Tea Time #WordlessWednesday

 It's time for tea at Your Home Library in Johnson City, New York.

For the second straight year, it's time for tea at Your Home Library in Johnson City, New York.  The drawers that once stored catalogs now store giveaway seeds in the spring and tea and cocoa in the fall.

Once again, the teas mainly come from Harney and Sons, a New York State tea company headquartered in a small town of about 1000 people.

Time for tea, and time to support your local library by enjoying one of their programs.

 

Joining Sandee at Comedy Plus for her #WordlessWednesday.

New York Tea

These tea bags (and a CBS Saturday Morning segment) led me down an interesting rabbit hole the other day.

 Did you know that a well regarded tea company is headquartered right in New York State?  You might guess, "oh, it's in New York City."  It's not.  It's located in a small village of about 1000 people in rural New York near its border with Connecticut.  It's called Harney & Sons and its teas are delicious.  

I don't know if this link will play outside the United States, but it is interesting to watch.  It will take about seven minutes out of your day, and introduce you to the family that founded this tea company.  The original founder is deceased but his 92 year old widow is still involved in the business.

You would think this company was British from the name, but it's not.

But this American tea is sold in Great Britain in some Royal palace gift shops.

Right now, tea is only grown commercially, I understand, in one state, and I have been to that place in South Carolina.  

But there is another company attempting it in New York State near the Finger Lakes.  I was there several years ago.  I wonder how they are doing.

In the meantime, tea drinkers in New York State can rejoice.