Tea Chamomile Sparkling Tea

7 Great Teas That Shine In Sparkling Tea Drinks

Adagio Teas Wholesale

Sparkling tea is booming, fueled by wellness-minded guests, Gen Z caffeine moderation, and demand for elevated alcohol-free drinks. Cafés can start simply: brew double-strength concentrates and top with quality sparkling water. Green, citrus mint, hibiscus, peach white, chamomile, Earl Grey, and raspberry herbal teas deliver refreshing, Instagrammable, menu-ready results fast.

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Tea Green Rooibos Lemonito iced tea is a great choice for a summer menu!

Try Green Rooibos Lemonito Iced Tea

Cynthia Fazekas

Meet Green Rooibos Lemonito, a caffeine-free iced tea blend perfect for summer menus. Light, fruity green rooibos mingles with lemon, orange, lemongrass, lemon verbena, and cooling spearmint for a mojito-inspired mocktail. Antioxidant-rich and soothing, it brews easily in quart-sized pouches for consistently refreshing service every time, all summer season long.

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Tea White Eternal Spring tea is a popular white tea with a medley of fruit flavors and hints of rose petals.

The Best Teas for Spring Menus

Cynthia Fazekas

Refresh your spring tea menu with fruity, floral favorites that shine hot or iced. White Eternal Spring offers elegant fruit and rose; Jasmine Chun Hao evokes meadows; Lemon Meringue Green is creamy, zesty, and uplifting; Berry Crème Compote brings caffeine-free berry decadence, perfect iced with garnish and sparkle for customers.

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Tea Late winter calls for comfort  - update your menu today!

Five Late Winter Teas for Tea Shops

Cynthia Fazekas

Late winter menus need teas that comfort now and sparkle into spring. Add Orange Spice, White Ayurvedic Chai, Samurai Mate, Rooibos Cinnamon Roll, and Chocolate Chai for warming spice, gentle sweetness, cozy cocoa, and fruit-kissed freshness. Serve hot or iced to delight guests, chase chills, and boost seasonal sales today.

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Tea Our Latte Matcha brews up great flavor and great margins!

Introducing Latte matcha

Cynthia Fazekas

Latte Matcha is a cost-effective Japanese green tea powder crafted for cafes, restaurants, and wholesale foodservice. Bold grassy flavor, vibrant color, smooth texture, and dependable consistency shine in lattes, boba, smoothies, and milkshakes. Designed for high-volume menus, it supports profitable, repeatable service while maximizing margins and matcha appeal every day.

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Tea Introducing Kringle's Krush creamy minty black tea!

Kringle’s Krush Holiday Tea

Cynthia Fazekas

Kringle’s Krush brings holiday cheer to tea shops with premium Sri Lankan black tea, creamy white chocolate, peppermint, candy cane pieces, and vanilla. Smooth, festive, and visually giftable, it shines hot, as a latte, or retail take-home, offering nostalgic flavor, broad appeal, and strong seasonal sales potential for cafés everywhere.

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Tea Enchant your seasonal guests with Candy Cane tea!

Candy Cane Tea - A Seasonal Bestseller

Cynthia Fazekas

Delight shoppers with Candy Cane Black Tea, a festive Sri Lankan blend sprinkled with peppermint leaves and candy cane pieces. Cool, sweet, and nostalgic, it shines in holiday gifts, samplers, café specials, and cozy winter cups, while its whimsical flavor keeps customers returning year-round. Available wholesale to boost seasonal sales.

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Tea Cozy yet uplifting, with lively citrus and warming spices.

Orange Spice Black Tea: Updating a Classic

Cynthia Fazekas

Adagio Wholesale’s Orange Spice Black Tea refreshes beloved Oriental Spice with robust Ceylon, bright orange peel, natural citrus flavor, cinnamon, cardamom, and cloves. Cozy hot for colder seasons or vibrant iced for summer, this versatile caffeinated blend offers wholesale menus nostalgic warmth, modern lift, and year-round appeal. Order a sample.

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Tea The blue beauty of Butterfly Pea Flower Powder.

Elevate Sales with Matcha Alternatives

Cynthia Fazekas

Matcha’s popularity has opened doors for vibrant, wellness-focused powders like butterfly pea flower, turmeric, and beetroot. With bold colors, functional appeal, and café-friendly versatility, these caffeine-free options help businesses create Instagram-worthy lattes, teas, and smoothies while diversifying menus, attracting health-conscious customers, and standing out in the specialty beverage market today.

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Tea Tea alternatives to Pumpkin Spice Lattes.

Pumpkin Spice Teas for Seasonal Success

Cynthia Fazekas

Autumn’s pumpkin spice craze offers tea sellers a golden seasonal opportunity. Spotlight Pumpkin Spice, Honeybush Pumpkin Chai, custom blends and limited-time promotions as latte alternatives, gift sets and cozy café features. For customers craving variety, offer Spiced Apple Chai, Autumn Mist Green and Bonfire to capture fall’s warm, spiced comfort.

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Tea Gorgeous leaf glamor shot of our Decaf Breakfast tea

Wholesale Preview: Decaf Breakfast Tea

Cynthia Fazekas

After a brief hiatus, Adagio’s decaf teas return with new Decaf Breakfast, a rich Kenyan black tea offering full body, malt, and red fruit notes. CO2 decaffeination preserves flavor and antioxidants, making it perfect for jitter-free sipping or lattes, alongside refreshed favorites like Decaf Cream and Hazelnut Cinnamon Creme too.

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Tea Full-leaf tea with great flavor and teabag convenience and precision.

Premium Food Service Teabag Options from AdagioXL

Cynthia Fazekas

Elevate your café, restaurant, tearoom, spa, or event space with AdagioXL’s premium full-leaf pyramid teabags, designed for flavor, convenience, and consistency. Choose 15-count stand-up pouches in 260 varieties or individually wrapped airtight options in 24 best sellers, ideal for self-serve, in-room amenities, and tableside brewing. Freshness assured for every guest.

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Tea White Sangria with apples, strawberries, cherries, and hibiscus!

NEW: White Sangria Tea for Summer

Cynthia Fazekas

Add a summery splash to your tea menu with White Sangria, a refreshing white tea bursting with citrus, stone fruits, berries, apples, strawberries, cherries, and hibiscus. Booze-free and low caffeine, it shines hot or iced. Pair with Kentucky Bourbon, Pina Colada Iced, and Peach Bellini for mocktail sipping this summer.

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Tea Personal blends promote tea love!

Sharing Tea Blending Ideas Increases Sales

Diana Rosen

Smart tea retailers can spark curiosity and sales by teaching customers to craft personal blends. Start small, pairing quality teas with fresh spices, petals, peels, fruits, or vanilla; demonstrate recipes, garnish beautifully, store blends carefully, and present single servings charmingly. From DIY chai to floral greens, experimentation makes tea sensational.

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Tea Dress up classic iced tea with fresh garnishes like summer ripe strawberries!

ICED TEA: The Coolest Bestseller

Diana Rosen

Iced tea sells all year, and AdagioXL makes it effortless with fresh, grower-sourced teas in pre-measured quart, gallon, and 3-gallon options. Stock Ceylon Sonata, fruity whites, greens, oolongs, herbals, chais, and new Lemon Meringue Green. Add fruit, juice cubes, or tea sangria for irresistible, sales-boosting sipping fun all summer long.

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Tea Healthy and energy boosting matcha!

Matcha Sales Yield Spring Profits

Diana Rosen

Spring means fresh, fabulous matcha: vibrant powdered Japanese green tea from shaded gyokuro, whisked into creamy foam. Promote its arrival everywhere, host tastings, share easy preparation directions, offer bowls, whisks, strainers or home alternatives, suggest travel tumblers, and sprinkle in energizing history, vocabulary and healthful L-Theanine clarity. Drink up! Yum!

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Tea Pure bliss- our newest blend!

New – Caramel Crème Brulee Tea

Cynthia Fazekas

Indulge in pure bliss with Caramel Crème Brulee, a luxurious black tea blending velvety custard and caramelized sugar in a smooth, full-bodied cup. Add cream and sugar for dreamy sweetness. Perfect for spring menus, special events, chocolate pairings, tea flights, and elegant high tea dessert towers. Order today and savor.

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Tea Offer cozy comfort in every seasonal teacup!

Holiday Season Teas

Cynthia Fazekas

Stock holiday shelves and tearooms with cozy seasonal bestsellers: Candy Cane, Rooibos Nutcracker, Chestnut, Yuletide Toddy, White Chai, Chocolate Truffle, and White Chocolate Peppermint. From minty cheer and fireside warmth to cranberry-orange sparkle and decadent chocolate, these festive blends create joyful servings, charming gifts, and magic in every cup.

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Tea Tea brewing can be as simple as teapots and leaves or to-go cups and paper filters.

Tea Brewing 101 for Shops and Cafes

Diana Rosen

Great tea begins with measuring: weigh 3 grams of leaves per 8 ounces of good water, know your vessel, control temperature, and time each infusion. Use scales, cups, kettles, pots, gaiwans, filters, and timers. Match heat and steeping to tea type, from delicate greens to boiling pu erh and herbals.

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Tea Add tea and spices to your craft brewing palette for unique creations.

The Best Teas and Spices for Craft Brewing

Cynthia Fazekas

Modern craft brewing thrives on imagination, with teas, tisanes, herbs, and spices bringing bold new character to beer, cider, and mead. From smoky Lapsang and fruity Berry Blast to chai warmth, citrus-lavender brightness, butterfly pea color, and bulk spices, fresh ingredients help brewers create distinctive, medal-worthy pours without limits today.

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Tea Enhance study time with the magic of tea!

The Best Back-to-School Teas

Cynthia Fazekas

Send students and educators back to campus with teas for every study moment: cozy Rooibos Vanilla Chai, refreshing Citrus Mint Green, zesty Turmeric Bliss, tangy Blood Orange, soothing Elderberry Wine, energizing Lemon Mint Mate, and classic Irish Breakfast. Add travel tumblers, filters, and kettles for loose-leaf magic on the go!

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Tea Spiced Blood Orange - an herbal orange spice blend!

Introducing Spiced Blood Orange

Cynthia Fazekas

Pre-Fall invites smart planning, and Spiced Blood Orange arrives just in time: a caffeine-free hibiscus herbal tea glowing garnet with tangy citrus and cozy cinnamon, clove, and cardamom. Serve it soothingly hot, brightly iced with sparkle, or as a festive base for toddies, glögg, wassail, and cider when winds change.

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Tea Fresh garnishes enliven iced tea presentation.

Selling Tea in Summer

Cynthia Fazekas

Celebrate iced tea as a year-round opportunity with fresh, small-batch brewing, spotless equipment, and plenty of ice for lively service. Choose premium loose leaves, fruity blends, and seasonal flavors, then refresh descriptions with summery appeal. Finish each glass with herbs, fruit, spices, or salts for irresistible warm-weather sales all season.

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Tea Add a pink dragon to your menu!

Our Top 3 Iced Teas for Summer

Cynthia Fazekas

Welcome summer with three refreshing iced tea stars: Wild Strawberry, a tangy hibiscus favorite; Dragonfruit Dream, exotic, pink, and packed with wow; and Peach Oolong, smooth, sweet, and easy to brew. Serve straight or brighten menus with boba, seltzer, florals, and herbs to delight customers and boost sales all season.

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Tea Lavender tea is popular for beauty, taste, and calming properties.

Floral Teas for Your Spring Menu

Cynthia Fazekas

Brighten your tea table with fragrant floral favorites for showers, weddings, garden parties, and summer sipping. From creamy Earl Grey Lavender and uplifting Lavender Lemon to romantic rose blends, exotic lychee, and divine jasmine pearls, these beautiful brews charm palates, perfume air, and invite you to brew, inhale, and sip.

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Tea The home-baked goodness of Blueberry Peach Cobbler now in a healthy tea blend!

Fresh Spring Flavors for Your Tea Menu

Cynthia Fazekas

Winter frost fades, so refresh your tea menu with spring delights: new Blueberry Peach Cobbler Green, fruity White Eternal Spring, creamy Berry Crème Compote, bright Lemon Meringue Green, and decadent April in Paris. Fruit, cream, citrus and soothing bases promise warming cups now, refreshing iced teas later. Order today, delightfully!

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Tea Lavender continues to trend as consumer seek calm and restorative ingredients.

Flavor Trends for TEA in 2024

Cynthia Fazekas

Peek into 2024’s crystal tea ball: green and black teas are blooming alongside beloved herbals. Dessert sips—Butterscotch, Black Forest Cake, Autumn Mist Green, and White Chocolate Peppermint Rooibos—promise indulgent delight. Florals like Lavender Lemon, Summer Rose, and Jasmine Phoenix Pearls bring calm, beauty, and irresistible menu magic all year ahead.

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Tea Tea and mulling spices are a perfect winter warmer.

Dashing Along to January

Cynthia Fazekas

January is coming, so TeaSmart shops should plan promos that balance wellness with winter cheer. Stock Tea-Tox, Skinny Tea, and Minty Comfort for post-holiday care, plus Blood Orange, Rooibos Vanilla Chai, and Chocolate Truffle for cozy fun. Bundle teas, tumblers, honey, and sugar for snow-day sipping adventures all season long.

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Tea Candy Cane Tea will delight your customers!

Deck the Hall with Holiday Tea Favorites

Cynthia Fazekas

As nights grow longer, stock your shelves with Adagio Wholesale’s holiday teas before seasonal favorites sell out. Delight customers with Candy Cane, Almond Cardamom Cake, Butterscotch, Rooibos Noel, Chestnut, Cranberry Nut Muffin Green, and Yuletide Toddy—festive, cozy cups perfect for winter gatherings, gifting, brunch, spritzers, and holiday tea sales cheer.

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Tea Sprigs of evergreen, fairy lights, and craft paper can make for inexpensive yet dazzling holiday displays.

10 Ways to Fabulous Holiday Displays

Diana Rosen

Stocked for holiday tea gifting? Add dazzle without draining the till: spotlight candles, advent calendars, colorful tins, teaware, spices, and stocking stuffers with pine sprigs, cotton snowballs, doilies, glittered branches, jar trees, silver tinsel, and fairy lights. Invite staff creativity, stir customer curiosity, and watch shoppers come cheerfully inside today.

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Tea Move over, pumpkin. Pomegranate is coming through!

Apples, Pumpkins, and Pomegranate!

Cynthia Fazekas

Move over, pumpkin spice—fall teas are here! Sip bestsellers like Pumpkin Spice and Honeybush Pumpkin Spice, cozy up with Rooibos Cinnamon Apple or Spiced Apple Chai, then let pomegranate shine in green or herbal blends. Brew with cider, sparkle with seltzer, or craft cocktails for autumn creativity and seasonal fun.

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Tea Fruity, tropical teas delight your clients!

Tropical Teas for Summer Escapes

Cynthia Fazekas

Summer sipping shines with tropical teas that delight customers and boost warm-weather sales! Offer pineapple, piña colada rooibos, passionfruit-mango herbals, mango green, and creamy white toasted coconut for cafés, shops, patios, road trips, or backyard oases. Refreshing iced blends bring fruity, floral, beachy vibes anywhere clients crave sunshine and relaxation.

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Tea Earl Grey Supreme is an elegant brew for high tea and special events.

Introducing Earl Grey Supreme!

Cynthia Fazekas

Elevate Earl Grey lovers with Earl Grey Supreme, an upscale blend of full-bodied Ceylon, smooth Keemun, and Silver Needle buds. Bright Italian bergamot shines with floral-citrusy elegance, added depth, and soft fruity sweetness. Ideal for high tea, premium gifts, celebrations, me-time, and Father’s Day for domestic earls everywhere with flair.

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Tea spearmint tea for an exotic staycation tea time.

Promoting Staycations with Tea

Diana Rosen

Invite customers to travel the world of tea without passports: stage enchanting Moroccan mint, elegant Chinese gaiwan, royal English tea, peaceful Japanese matcha, and South African rooibos displays. Add tastings, tent cards, teaware, kettles, social promotion, and imagination to turn wanderlust into worry-free experiences—and rising sales right in your shop.

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Tea Spring teas are a smart boozy beverage alternative.

Update Your Menu with Spring Teas

Cynthia Fazekas

Spring is here, so lighten and brighten your tea menu with refreshing seasonal favorites. From fruity Berry Crème Compote and dessert-like Lemon Meringue Green to tropical Green Rooibos Paradiso and calming Lavender Lemon, these blends offer caffeine-free to moderate options, perfect for iced tea, showers, brunches, soirees and booze-free celebrations.

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Tea Our Mindful Mint Chai ready for its close-up.

Introducing Mindful Mint Chai

Cynthia Fazekas

Meet Mindful Mint Chai, a balanced hojicha-based blend with spearmint, ginger, cinnamon, cardamom, fennel, cloves, and black pepper. Cooling for the mind yet warming for the body, it shines hot or iced as a latte, offers gentle caffeine, suits yoga, meditation, rainy afternoons, and brews at 195F for three minutes.

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Tea Persian Almond Cardamom Cake inspired this new tea!

NEW! Almond Cardamom Cake Rooibos Tea

Cynthia Fazekas

Welcome spring with Almond Cardamom Cake, a delectable caffeine-free rooibos blend inspired by Persian sweets. Toasted almond and fragrant Selefina cardamom create a dessert-like cup for holidays, menus, and warm-weather iced lattes. Customize with extra pods or seeds, pair with lighter fare, cheeses, or citrus sorbet, and sample today now!

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Tea April In Paris is a dreamy spring tea whether served hot or iced.

Our Favorite Teas for Spring 2023

Cynthia Fazekas

Spring is on the way, and changeable weather calls for teas that shine hot or iced. Stock versatile favorites like Masala Chai and Blood Orange, plus bright seasonal picks: Lemon Meringue Green, White Eternal Spring, Berry Crème Compote, Lemongrass Ginger, and bestseller April In Paris. Be ready for every forecast!

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Tea Our Valentine's Tea is like chocolate covered strawberries!

Enticing Tea Lovers with Valentine’s Teas

Cynthia Fazekas

Cupid is coming, so stock up on Valentine-ready teas and gifts now! Pair romantic blends like Valentines, Chocolate Truffle, Ripe for Romance, Hugs and Kisses, Sweet Nothings, Chocolate Chai, and White Chocolate Rooibos with adorable mugs or teapots. Sweet, spicy, floral, caffeine-free, and perfect for dazzling tea-loving sweethearts everywhere soon.

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Tea Creamy Toasted Coconut Tea is like a Coconut Cream Pie!

Introducing White Toasted Coconut Tea

Cynthia Fazekas

New Year, New Tea! Adagio’s White Toasted Coconut blends soothing White Peony with decadent toasted coconut, evoking macaroons and creamy coconut pie. A cozy, dessert-like winter warmer, it helps customers indulge without derailing wellness resolutions. Perfect after snowy outings, this wholesale tea could become your tearoom’s next bestseller. Order today.

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Tea Golden Chai Latte

New Year Wellness Teas

Cynthia Fazekas

Cheers to January wellness seekers! Stock detox, slimming, soothing, and antioxidant-rich teas to support body, mind, and spirit after holiday indulgence. Tea-Tox, Skinny, Moringa, Daydream, Matcha, Chaga Chai, and Golden Turmeric Chai offer cleansing herbs, energy, emotional ease, superfood benefits, and warming lattes for a healthy New Year ahead now.

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Tea Tea and spices have a long, tasty history together.

Enhancing Your Teas with Spices

Cynthia Fazekas

Spices and tea make a long, lovely pairing, inviting blenders to add comfort, warmth, sweetness, fire, color, and exotic aroma. Cinnamon, ginger, cardamom, cloves, licorice root, and turmeric each bring magic, but many shine best sparingly. Infuse longer, mind delicate teas, and let imagination guide every unique cup you brew.

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Tea Stock up and be ready with irresistible holiday teas!

Christmas and Winter Holiday Teas for 2022

Cynthia Fazekas

Season’s Greetings! Prepare early for holiday shoppers with festive bestselling teas: Rooibos Nutcracker, Candy Cane, Chestnut, Yuletide Toddy, Christmas, Rooibos Noel, and indulgent Chocolate Truffle. From caffeine-free spice to minty black tea and guilt-free chocolate, these cheerful blends delight planners and impulse buyers alike. Stock up and navigate the season.

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Tea Chaga mushrooms grow on birch trees!

Just Added – Chaga Chai

Cynthia Fazekas

Chaga mushrooms, birch-grown fungi beloved by wellness seekers, bring antioxidants, anti-inflammatory promise, and surprising fruity subtlety to tea. Instead of tasting earthy or shroomy, they blend beautifully with classic chai spices. Adagio’s Chaga Chai suits spiced or wellness menus, cozy as a latte or pure and straight up, deliciously inviting.

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Tea Chocolate teas are perfect for the holidays!

Introducing Two New Yummy Decaf Teas

Cynthia Fazekas

Holiday indulgence meets mindful sipping with two new decaf dessert teas: Decaf Cream, a rich Ceylon base with vanilla-derived crème, and Decaf Chocolate Truffle, brimming with cocoa nibs, chocolate chips, and cocoa powder. CO2 decaffeination preserves flavor, making these cozy, guilt-free nightcap brews perfect for self-care, gifting, and in-house menus.

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Tea Spiced tea lattes yield autumnal sales!

Tea Planning for Autumn 2022

Cynthia Fazekas

Autumn is coming, and consumers will crave cozy comfort amid lingering stress, variants, and supply hiccups. Stock up now on soothing favorites and wellness-minded blends: Autumn Mist Green, Cranberry Nut Muffin Green, Pumpkin Spice, and Rooibos Vanilla Chai. Serve hot, iced, or latte-style to capture seasonal cravings and early sales.

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Tea Chicory root has long been used as a coffee substitute and enhancer.

Introducing Chicoriccino Herbal tea

Cynthia Fazekas

Introducing Chicoriccino, Adagio’s rich, roasty herbal blend for coffee lovers easing off caffeine. Chicory root, cinnamon, dandelion root, and cacao nibs create depth, gentle bitterness, and latte-ready comfort. Nearly caffeine-free, wholesale loose leaf is available now, with retail coming this fall, perfect for cool weather menus and satisfying daily sips.

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Tea Calypso Green is a refreshing choice for Summer of 2022!

Summer 2022 - Premium Iced Teas for Your Menu

Cynthia Fazekas

Summer 2022 calls for fruity, flavor-forward premium teas! Boost prepared tea sales by partnering with local cafés, restaurants, fairs, and festivals. Serve refreshing favorites like Peach Oolong, Green Rooibos Key West, Paradiso slushies, Casablanca Mint, Raspberry black, Passionfruit Tango, and Calypso Green—crowd-pleasing iced teas with tropical, cooling flair all season.

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Tea Toasty and tasty: Matcha Genmaicha!

New! Matcha Genmaicha and Why We Love It

Cynthia Fazekas

Toasty, comforting Matcha Genmaicha blends Sencha-based Genmaicha’s roasted rice warmth with a light dusting of fresh, grassy Matcha. This approachable Japanese green tea mellows bold vegetal notes, offers Matcha’s benefits without powder fuss, and brews easily in 170–180-degree water for a soothing cup sure to delight tea newcomers and customers.

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Tea Passionflower is perfect for emotional support.

All About Calming Herbal Brews Part 2: What's New?

Diana Rosen

Looking for caffeine-free brews with flavor and function? Moringa energizes with tangy, antioxidant-rich leaves; passionflower gently supports relaxation; rooibos brings South African coppery comfort; honeybush offers naturally sweet, toasty smoothness. Brew each like traditional herbals at boiling, steep five minutes or more, and finish with a dab of raw honey.

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Tea Tea comforts on a rainy spring day.

Tea Ideas For Your Early Spring Menu

Cynthia Fazekas

Early spring asks for a nimble tea menu, ready for blustery chills and light-sweater sunshine. Keep warming spice close: vanilla chai, spiced green, white chai. Add bright springtime fruits: apricot, lemon meringue, cherry marzipan. Watch the weather, keep kettles ready, and switch smoothly from cozy chai to refreshing iced teas.

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Tea Chamomile is the queen of calming herbs.

All About Calming Herbal Brews Part 1

Diana Rosen

Herbal tisanes offer caffeine-free elixirs of flavor, vitamins, and soothing benefits. Chamomile, lavender, lemon balm, and peppermint calm anxiety, invite sleep, aid digestion, and refresh. Brew with boiling water, steep generously, sweeten with honey, and encourage customers to explore blends, aromas, garnishes, and gentle nightly rituals, with prudent medical precautions.

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Tea True tea is one of the healthiest and tastiest treats in the world!

Is True Tea Really Healthful? YES!

Diana Rosen

True tea is a healthful, flavorful treat: its antioxidants support heart, circulation, and cellular health, while L-theanine and mild xanthines encourage alert calm. Tea offers less caffeine per cup than coffee, can be re-brewed, pairs with soothing herbals, and even serves as green first aid for minor discomforts at home.

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Tea Tea is love... and a great Valentine's Day gift!

Be Mine and Be Ready for Valentine’s Day

Cynthia Fazekas

Welcome lovebirds with AdagioXL Valentine’s Day teas and gifts! Share chocolatey blends like Valentines, Ripe for Romance, and caffeine-free Hugs and Kisses, plus pink or red teaware and Love Petals sets. Order soon, browse more sweet options, and be ready when tea-loving sweethearts come calling this cozy winter with delight.

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Tea Our Kentucky Bourbon tea makes a tasty booze-free mint julep!

Tasty Teas for Dry January!

Cynthia Fazekas

Dry January is a refreshing chance to reset wellness goals, save calories, and explore tea’s flavorful benefits. Cocktail-inspired blends like Kentucky Bourbon and Peach Bellini make going booze-free festive and fun, offering faux mint juleps or sparkling peach spritzers that feel sophisticated, satisfying, and hangover-free all month long and beyond.

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Tea Moringa is a nutritional powderhouse!

New Offering - Moringa Leaf Tea

Cynthia Fazekas

We are happy to introduce pure moringa leaf tea, a wellness favorite packed with antioxidants, vitamins, beta-carotene, manganese, and protein. Lightly tangy, herbaceous, earthy, and smooth, it’s pleasant alone, sweetened with honey, or blended into herbal teas to boost healthy January routines. Discover moringa’s nourishing benefits today with every cup.

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Tea Tea is the PERFECT gift - reorder now and be ready!

Holiday Flavors in Good Supply

Cynthia Fazekas

Tea is the perfect holiday gift, and these well-stocked favorites are ready now: spicy chais, cinnamon blends, nutty rooibos, roasted chestnut, fruity herbals, vibrant greens and whites, plus minty winter classics. Choose caffeine-free comfort, festive flavors, or latte-worthy treats, and order soon to keep cups cheerful all season long. Cheers!

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Tea 24 festive days of merry tea delights!

Great Gifts: 2021 Tea Advent Calendar

Cynthia Fazekas

Bring cheer with AdagioXL’s bestselling Tea Advent Calendar, a stunning blue gift filled with 24 merry tea delights for December first through Christmas Eve. Available as loose-leaf Portions or individually wrapped teabags, it’s a comforting, healthy, thoughtful seasonal treat customers will love to give—and retailers will want ready for November.

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Tea Tea is a universal gift - order early and don't miss the bestsellers!

Popular Holiday Teas to Stock Up On NOW

Cynthia Fazekas

This holiday season, unpredictable shipping and shortages make tea the gift to stock early. Order bestsellers in volume now, with unopened holiday teas returnable by year’s end. Replenishments, including chamomile, lemongrass, matcha and Japan teas, are coming. Secure festive favorites and offer customers good health, cheer, comfort all season.

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Tea Autumn spiced teas are seasonal treats!

Autumn Tea Menu 2021

Cynthia Fazekas

Summer’s slipping away and Pumpkin Spice season is calling, so refresh your tea menu with cozy favorites! Pour Pumpkin Spice or Honeybush Pumpkin Chai, or tempt fall-loving customers with Fiery Cinnamon Spice, Candy Apple, Autumn Mist, Bonfire, and Pomegranate Grove. Stock up now for crisp days and autumn cravings ahead!

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Tea Offer Peach Bellini tea for your late summer tea menu!

Late Summer Tea Suggestions

Cynthia Fazekas

Late summer feels like a sunny farewell, so keep relaxation flowing with vacation-inspired teas. Pour caffeine-free Pina Colada for coconut-pineapple backyard cheer, Summer Night for orange creamsicle sparkle with seltzer or ginger ale, and Peach Bellini for peachy iced beach vibes. These festive brews help customers savor summer longer, happily.

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Tea Colorful tea drinks attract 'likes' and new business on social media

New Tea Alert! New Teas for Summer

Cynthia Fazekas

Spring sipping gets sweeter with three share-worthy AdagioXL teas: Cherry Marzipan Oolong, a dessert-like Formosa delight; revamped Black Cherry, brightened with rose hips and blackberry; and SO PURPLY Purple Papayaberry, a butterfly pea flower herbal made for iced, layered, Instagram-ready fun. Request samples and refresh your menu today this season!

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Tea Co-spacing with a bakery is common due to the natural alliance of tea and yummy baked goods.

All About Co-Spacing and Cross-Marketing

Diana Rosen

Co-spacing is hot! Share rent, utilities, parking and customers with complementary vendors, from culinary halls to bakeries, bookshops or craft stores. Cross-promote events, products and social media, but consult accountants, attorneys, insurers, landlords and local officials first. Set clear rules, then promote, promote, promote to keep shopkeepers thriving and open.

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Tea Dessert based teas are crowd pleasers!

Spring Teas for Spring Events

Cynthia Fazekas

Dessert teas are ready to delight spring shoppers and guests. Berry Crème Compote, a caffeine-free hibiscus herbal with berries and crème, and Lemon Meringue Green, a light green tea with lemony cream, offer sugar-free, festive flavor without heavy calories. Serve hot or iced, stock up, and welcome happy gatherings again!

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Tea wellness teas!

Tea Trends – Immunity Boost and Stress Relief

Cynthia Fazekas

As pandemic wellness demand steeps on, stock shelves with immunity-minded teas and soothing tisanes. Elderberry, ginger, mint, echinacea, chamomile, rooibos, honeybush, lavender, and valerian blends comfort bodies and spirits alike. Keep favorites like Double Ginger, Foxtrot, 40 Winks, and Daydream ready, while anticipating strained supply chains ahead this season carefully.

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Tea Don't miss Valentine's Tea Sales!

Stock Up NOW On Valentine’s Day Teas

Cynthia Fazekas

Be ready for Valentine’s Day with better-for-you dessert teas that share love, wellness, and sweetness. Stock decadent chocolate favorites like Chocolate Chai, Tiger Eye, Ripe for Romance, Valentines, and Chocolate Truffle, plus festive strawberry, raspberry, cream, rose, and lychee blends. Add teapots, mugs, and honey for perfect last-minute gifts too.

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Tea Citrus notes are both energizing and mood lifting.

New Year Resolution Teas 2021

Cynthia Fazekas

Post-holiday wellness calls for teas that energize, motivate, and help restore balance. Green tea, yerba mate, Arabica Tea, and Skinny Tea offer gentle caffeine, endurance support, and antioxidants. Caffeine-free rooibos, citrus, ginger, and turmeric blends refresh, while dessert-like Chocolate Truffle curbs cravings. A tasty, health-conscious start to January sales ahead.

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Tea Tea is healthy and festive!

Perennial Holiday Tea Bestsellers

Cynthia Fazekas

Celebrate the season with AdagioXL’s bestselling bulk loose-leaf holiday teas, ready to rebrand as your own. From Christmas spice, Gingerbread, Cranberry, Candy Cane, Chestnut, Rooibos Nutcracker, to Yuletide Toddy, each blend is cozy, merry, and giftable. Order early, stock up, expect shipping delays, and don’t forget tea honey. So festive!

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Tea Check out Arabica Chai - light bodied and zesty.

NEW - COFFEE LEAF ARABICA TEA

Diana Rosen

Meet Coffee Leaf Tea: smooth, light-bodied Arabica leaves brewed into a plant-based sensation. Traditionally enjoyed in Indonesia and Ethiopia, it supports Central American growers with steadier income, offers low caffeine plus antioxidants, polyphenols, and nitric oxide, and comes in four fabulous AdagioXL flavors: Earl Grey, Chai, Lemon Turmeric, Mocha today.

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Tea Comforting Daydream tisane comes in loose leaf bulk or gift tins. (Adorable Petite Teapots sold separately.)

What Are The Best Teas For Anxiety?

Cynthia Fazekas

With 2020’s stresses, comforting teas make compassionate business sense. Chamomile, Daydream, Foxtrot, Cha Cha, peppermint, rooibos, honeybush, and hibiscus offer caffeine-free calm, tummy comfort, antioxidants, and soothing flavors, with allergy or medication cautions. For gentle energy, green and black teas provide relaxing L-Theanine alongside warmth and modest caffeine for customers.

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Tea Soothing wellness teas offer comfort.

Specialty Tea Provides Comfort During Pandemic

Cynthia Fazekas

Specialty tea sellers are seeing pandemic-era growth as anxious consumers seek comfort, wellness, and small indulgences in every cup. Summer favors fruity, floral iced teas and dessert notes; autumn will call for elderberry, green tea, ginger chai, herbals, pumpkin, apple, pomegranate, and cozy flavors. Whatever changes, tea answers with solace.

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Tea Convenience and cost-effective loose leaf Portions!

New! Presto Liquids and Portions Leaf Packets

Cynthia Fazekas

New from Adagio Teas, Presto single-serve liquid concentrates and Portions loose-leaf packets bring convenient, cost-effective tea anywhere. Presto pouches mix with hot or cold water for consistent cups, boba, iced tea, travel, or work. Portions offer sealed, pre-measured leaves, reducing waste, improving safety, and upgrading menus on the go easily.

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Tea Impress customers with gorgeous Masters Teas Snow Drop Jasmine

Masters Teas - New Harvests Arriving!

Cynthia Fazekas

Elevate your tea offerings with new harvest Masters Teas: small-lot, single-origin selections crafted for connoisseurs. From layered Qimen Caxia to fragrant Snow-Drop Jasmine and striking Tai Ping Hou Kui, these limited retail sizes inspire tastings, gong fu demonstrations, and loyal recommendations—order soon before each precious harvest disappears until next season.

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Tea Delicious and Refreshing!

NEW – Mocktail Teas for Starry Summer Nights

Cynthia Fazekas

Summer calls for booze-free relaxation with AdagioXL’s Mocktail Teas Sampler, a wholesale gift set featuring Peach Bellini, White Fuzzy Navel, Pina Colada, and new Kentucky Bourbon. Fruity, festive, caffeine-conscious blends invite iced sipping, mocktail mixing, and hangover-free cheer. Bulk loose leaf options let shops craft custom kits for summer.

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Tea Classic flavors such as chocolate provide comfort in difficult time.

Shutdown Recovery - Comfort, Wellness, and Fun

Cynthia Fazekas

As the world reopens, tea menus should meet customers’ needs for comfort, wellness, and fun. Offer familiar classics like Earl Grey, vanilla, chai, strawberry, and chocolate; healthful greens, herbals, matcha, and calming blends; plus colorful iced teas with fruity, summery flavors for refreshing escape and at-home enjoyment all summer long.

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Tea Take your professional tea-tasting to a new level that allows you (or your customers) to watch the liquor change color as the tea brews. Integrated strainer in brewing container with matching tasting cup.

Tea Cupping is the Foundation for Tea SELLING

Diana Rosen

Professional cupping educates the palate and excites customers. Use white porcelain or clear glass tasting sets, quality spring water, proper temperatures, measured leaves, timers, and orderly equipment. Practice safe decanting. Smell leaves and liquor, observe clarity and color, slurp, assess texture and flavor, spit, cleanse, re-brew, compare, and repeat confidently.

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Tea Be ready for summer sales with tasty new teas!

Summer Teas – Papaya and Coconut Grove Pouchongs

Cynthia Fazekas

As summer weather approaches, refresh your menu with two tropical pouchong blends from Taiwan. Papaya Pouchong pairs light floral tea with sweet melon-mango papaya notes, while Coconut Grove Pouchong offers bolder coconut, ideal iced, sweetened, and poured over shaved ice. Available by the pound; contact Adagio for samples today now.

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Tea Kombucha brewed with fresh tea leaves.

Tea For Cider, Kombucha, & Craft Beer

Cynthia Fazekas

Commercial brewers seeking flavorful craft beverages can enrich cider, mead, beer, and kombucha with Adagio XL’s bulk teas, herbs, and spices. From smooth Ceylon, smoky Gunpowder, rooibos, honeybush, sencha, hibiscus, peppermint, and fiery ginger to vibrant blends, fine ingredients help creative batches reflect their locality, character, and brewing magic beautifully.

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Tea Kid-Themed Tea and Tins

Tea For Kids!

Cynthia Fazekas

Don’t leave out young tea lovers! Caffeine-free rooibos, honeybush, fruit, and herbal blends make cheerful, healthy sips for kids, especially with playful tins, clear labels, and colorful cups. Host themed tea events, share samples or coupons with parents, and create welcoming moments that build quiet-time habits and happy new customers.

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Tea Comfort Teas for Seasonal Transitions

Teas for the Transition to Spring

Cynthia Fazekas

As winter softens into spring, keep comforting, lighter teas close at hand. White, Green, and Ayurvedic chais warm without heaviness, while lemon, apricot, cream, almond, Honeybush Banana Nut, ginger, mint, and wellness blends soothe seasonal sniffles. Offer samples whatever the weather, and customers will sip, smile, and happily return again.

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Tea Ginger Root - Tasty and Beneficial

Ginger - A Spice For The Ages

Cynthia Fazekas

Ginger, long loved in teas worldwide, brings zesty warmth, earthy sweetness, and traditional wellness appeal to blends. From digestion to motion sickness, its reputation keeps growing with global cuisine. Adagio’s new Double Ginger tisane turns up the heat with rooibos, peppercorns, citrus, and florals—a fiery, fruity treat for eager customers.

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Tea Tea for your Valentine's Day Menu!

Plan Ahead for Valentine Success!

Cynthia Fazekas

Plan ahead for Valentine’s Day with a romantic tea menu sure to delight busy tea rooms. Feature festive favorites like Valentines Tea, Hugs & Kisses, Chocolate Truffle, and Wild Strawberry Herbal, then pair sweets or savories with Darjeeling, Formosa Bai Hao oolong, or Earl Grey Lavender for a lovely celebration.

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Tea Healthy habits often start in the New Year

New Year Cheer

Cynthia Fazekas

A new year—and decade—invites renewed focus on wellness, detox, and self-care. Tea shops can inspire customers with tastings, education, and meditation, pairing daily tea rituals with calm. Adagio recommends blends like Tea-Tox, Happy Belly, Skinny, Lemon Mint Mate, and Matcha to support energy, digestion, balance, and mindful renewal all year.

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Tea Our Candy Cane also comes in sachet gift tins. See our Gift section on AdagioXL.com!

December Tea Best Sellers

Cynthia Fazekas

Hohoho! Stock the season with AdagioXL’s festive loose leaf favorites: Candy Cane, Rooibos Nutcracker, Yuletide Toddy, Chestnut, and White Chai. From minty lattes to fireside sips, caffeine-free treats, sparkling refreshers, and party-ready gifts, these merry blends delight hosts, carolers, skaters, and tea fans. Request samples or order wholesale today now!

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Tea The gorgeous color of pure Butterfly Pea Flower

Flower Power – Butterfly Pea and Lavender

Cynthia Fazekas

Adagio Wholesale welcomes lavender and butterfly pea flower to bulk herbs and spices. Lavender brings tranquil aroma, delicate flavor, and French charm to soothing, citrus, creamy, or dessert blends. Butterfly pea flower contributes calming tradition and brilliant blue color, shifting violet with acidity. Experiment, cup often, and enjoy creative possibilities.

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Tea Blend your way to success!

Create-A-Blend Tea Blending Tips

Cynthia Fazekas

Blend boldly with Adagio XL’s wholesale create-a-blend tool: choose up to three teas and accents, balance ratios to 100%, watch pricing, name, save, and sample first. Start light with creamy notes, use spices cautiously, let fruits lead, number experiments, and test brewing temperatures for mixed bases. Sip, and be brave!

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Tea View from and Ancient Tea Tree Forest, Vietnam

Tea Trip to Vietnam

Cynthia Fazekas

Our recent Tea Masters Cup journey to Vietnam led us among ancient tea tree forests, possibly kin to Yunnan’s venerable cultivars. Sampling white, green, and highly oxidized red teas, we found familiar beginnings and distinctive finishes of vanilla, cedar, sandalwood, and fruit, inspiring further exploration for hidden treasures and promise.

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Tea Signature blends made easy!

Small Batch Signature Blends for Wholesale

Cynthia Fazekas

We’re super excited to share that Adagio Wholesale will soon offer signature blending for business clients, letting tea shops and tea rooms combine existing Adagio teas with fruit, spice, and flower accents. Blends will be bulk loose leaf, with ten-pound minimums; sample orders are recommended before custom quantities become final.

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Tea AdagioXL can now be searched by details such as ingredients!

New! Advanced Search Function on AdagioXL

Cynthia Fazekas

During the slower summer months, adagioXL.com has added Advanced Search to help wholesale clients find products faster. Click the top-right magnifying glass, choose Advanced Search, and filter teas and tisanes by origin, variety, caffeine level, or ingredients. This efficient tool saves valuable time and supports ingredient-focused consumer demand with ease.

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Tea The best Boba Tea Drinks use fresh, full tea leaves.

Tea Drinks for July

Cynthia Fazekas

Summer’s hottest—and coolest—tea trends mix quality infusions with lemonade, seltzer, boba, juices, milks, cider, and adult beverages. Start with full leaves, brew concentrates for easy serving by boosting leaf-to-water ratios, then dilute into refreshing creations. Favorite bases include Assam, Ceylon, jasmine, rooibos, hibiscus, turmeric, berry, peach, and piña colada blends.

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Tea Tea is a little bit of white magic, perhaps.

Tea Trends and June Tea Menus

Cynthia Fazekas

Tea’s newest enchantment blends wellness, apothecary wisdom, and a touch of white magic, pairing spiritual support with sippable comfort. Turmeric Bliss and Daydream offer sunny refreshment and emotional kindness, while June’s iced favorites—Berry Blast, Lychee Rose Green, Blackberry Sage Oolong, Chili Lime Green, Peach Bellini, and Kona Pineapple—sparkle for summer.

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Tea Blackberry Sage Oolong!

May Brings Fresh Tea Menus

Cynthia Fazekas

May blooms with flowers, fresh harvests, and thirsty customers craving iced tea! Brew loose leaf hot, concentrate with half water, sweeten warm, then pour over ice for easy chill. Stock summer favorites: Berry Blast, Blackberry Sage Oolong, Citrus Green, Passionfruit Tango, and versatile Ceylon Sonata. Easy peasy, lemon squeezy now!

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Tea Green Spring Sprouts

Great Teas for Transitioning Into Spring

Cynthia Fazekas

April’s fickle mix of showers, sun, chill, and warmth calls for teas to match every mood. Bold breakfasts, matcha, chai, oolongs, and Jump Start rouse sleepy spring bears, while citrus greens, lively herbals, berry, apricot, and chamomile blends brighten warmer days. Keep cups varied, fresh, cozy, and spirited all season.

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Tea Throat Therapy offers soothing comfort.

March Brings Cooties and Teas to Help!

Cynthia Fazekas

There’s still no cure for the common cold, but a steaming cup of tea can make sniffles gentler. Wellness favorites like Blood Orange Herbal, Minty Comfort, Speedy Recovery, Lemongrass Ginger, and Throat Therapy blend herbs, citrus, mint, ginger, and soothing roots to comfort throats, tummies, spirits, and dreary March days.

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Tea Ripe for Romance Tea

Tea and the Pursuit of Love

Cynthia Fazekas

Help clients thaw winter’s chill with amorous Valentine’s tea fun! Offer chocolaty black teas, creamy berry tisanes, spicy Chocolate Chai Pu Erh, caffeine-free rooibos treats, romantic raspberry-chocolate blends, Pecan Turtle sweetness, and elegant Jasmine Phoenix Pearls. Order soon for a happy Valentine’s Day menu customers will love and share joyfully.

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Tea Turmeric Bliss for a Golden New Year Latte

New Year and Wellness Trends

Cynthia Fazekas

Happy New Year! As customers wobble from holidays into wellness season, stock comforting teas like Minty Comfort, Speedy Recovery, and Turmeric Bliss. Highlight rooibos, honeybush, ginger, lemongrass, peppermint, and energizing yerba mate for rituals, recovery, and calm. These blends brighten menus and position shops as trusted healthy tea destinations today.

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Tea Spiced Apple Chai - so warm and cozy

Spicy Teas as Holiday Treats

Cynthia Fazekas

Festive chai blends bring cozy sparkle to holidays and cold months, warming cups, lattes, boba, and treats. Bestsellers range from majestic Raja Oolong and classic Masala to juicy Spiced Apple, delicate White Ayurvedic, smooth Rooibos Vanilla, Fiery Cinnamon, and Rooibos Cinnamon Apple — each spiced, aromatic, inviting, delicious hot or iced.

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Tea High Mountain Tea Garden in Taiwan

Oolongs for October

Cynthia Fazekas

As autumn cools, invite tea lovers beyond pumpkin comforts into oolong’s wondrous range: mineral Wuyi rock, lush Taiwanese jade, honeyed Bai Hao, and muscatel Darjeeling. Flights let adventurous customers savor oxidation, terroir, floral fruit, and lingering warmth, creating memorable holiday gifts and delighted connoisseurs who gladly spread the word. Joy!

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Tea spicy Masala Chai is a great choice for you autumn menu

Plan Your Autumn Tea Menu

Cynthia Fazekas

As August wanes, plan an autumn tea menu rich with apple, pumpkin, spice, caramel, pear, and pomegranate. Stock fruitier oolongs, nutty greens, smooth China blacks, and comforting chai. Shorter, cooler days invite deeper flavors, from Dragonwell and Keemun to Wuyi, pear white, pomegranate herbal, apple chai, pumpkin spice for success.

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Tea Tea and Coffee Living Together Harmoniously

Being Leaf Friendly in A Bean World

Cynthia Fazekas

Specialty tea is blooming in coffee shops, inviting baristas to flex creative brew skills. Keep leaves fresh with careful storage, away from coffee aromas, and use dedicated equipment. Start menus with crowd pleasers and traditional classics, guided by vendors and customer tastes. Add descriptions, seek training, and embrace the leaf!

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Tea Beautiful Botanicals!

Botanicals Are Booming

Cynthia Fazekas

Everything is coming up botanicals: hibiscus, apples, lemongrass, rose hips and more are blooming in beloved caffeine-free tisanes. Refreshing hot or iced, these healthy herbal blends delight all day. Review your menu and brighten the season with fruity favorites from Berry Creme Compote to Kona Pineapple. Order Adagio Wholesale now!

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Tea Berry Creme Compote

Trending Toward Iced Tea

Cynthia Fazekas

As winter fades, prepare for a brisk iced tea season by testing hot tea bestsellers over ice and adding bright spring flavors. Berry, citrus, tropical, peach and caffeine-free herbals shine. Consider Berry Crème Compote, Lemon Meringue Green, Kona Pineapple, Passionfruit Tango, and Ceylon Sonata for elevated sweet tea service options.

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Tea White Eternal Spring to welcome the season

Seasonal Shift - Spring!

Cynthia Fazekas

As winter softens into spring, uplift mind and spirit with seasonal teas that echo nature’s renewal. Cherry Green, White Eternal Spring, Earl Grey Lavender, Berry Crème Compote, and Lemon Meringue Green offer fruity, floral, creamy delights, hot or iced, together inviting customers to savor awakening glory in every buoyant cup.

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Tea Tea drinks continue to be popular!

Milk Tea, Boba and Kombucha Tea Base Suggestions

Cynthia Fazekas

Great tea drinks begin with high quality leaves. Classic Ceylon, smoky Gunpowder, smooth rooibos, honeyed honeybush, delicate White Peony, fruity Formosa Oolong, rich Decaf Ceylon and spiced Masala Chai offer versatile bases for milk tea, boba, kombucha and more. Explore, experiment and let inspired blends reach delicious fruition and delight.

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Tea Fill your tea menu with a balanced selection

Devising a Tea Menu

Cynthia Fazekas

Build a balanced tea menu by choosing a manageable number and representing each category. Include familiar black teas, flavored favorites, greens and matcha, whites, herbals, rooibos, oolong, pu erh, seasonal blends, and wellness options. Mix approachable staples with premium or adventurous selections to satisfy newcomers, regulars, and curious customers alike.

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Tea :)

Fall Teas

Salma Ali

Autumn’s crisp breeze is drifting in, bringing changing leaves and cozy cups. Prepare fall menus with Spiced Apple Chai, Honeybush Pumpkin Chai, Masala, Vanilla Rooibos, Gaucho Mate, Thai Chai, Hot Cinnamon Spice, and Decaf Hazelnut Creme. Celebrate pumpkin season, warm the soul, and request samples for seasonal sipping today now.

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Tea Tuareg Man pouring some tea.

Tuareg Tea

Salma Ali

After landing in Las Vegas for the World Tea Expo, a friendly Ethiopian taxi driver shared tales of Tuareg nomads and their desert tea. Their sweet, mint-heavy Moroccan brew, familiar across the Middle East, is both hospitality and survival, a cooling ritual to enjoy hot or iced with rock sugar.

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Tea Yum!

World Tea Expo Reflections

Salma Ali

The World Tea Expo overflowed with cool innovations, delicious New Zealand oolongs, fascinating teaware, and lively tea business discoveries. Adagio Teas won Best Specialty Tea Brand, shared new samples like Melonberry Green, Hot Cinnamon, and Decaf Hazelnut Crème, met clients face to face, and left inspired until the next expo!

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Tea Refreshing!

Summer Sensations! NEW Blends!

Cynthia Fazekas

Summer means iced teatime and seasonal sales! Stock up on refreshing blends: Lemon Meringue Green, White Fuzzy Navel, Berry Crème Compote Herbal, Key Lime Herbal, and Melonberry Green. Perfect for poolside, beachside, and outdoor sipping, these fruity favorites shine iced. Include simple brewing cards and order through Adagio Wholesale today!

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Tea Getting that beach body two legs and one cup at a time

Fit Kicks and Tea

Salma Ali

Warm weather invites lighter clothes, beach-body goals, and fresh tea trends. Fit teas, turmeric blends, chai additions, and spa waters offer cafés refreshing ways to meet health-minded customers. With honest marketing, fruit, herbs, mint, ginger, and cold brews, businesses can teach benefits, stay seasonal, and sip toward summer success brightly.

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Tea Yum!

Much Ado About Matcha

Salma Ali

Matcha brings serene, alert energy, antioxidants, and cafe-ready versatility. This shade-grown green tea powder shines in Japanese ritual, health-focused sales, lattes, iced drinks, and creamy frappes. Whisk with 180° water, sweeten, add milk, or blend with ice. Try flavored matcha and experiment until your menu says yum, all matcha everything.

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Tea Beautiful collection.

Choosing a Teapot

Salma Ali

Wonder no more about teapots: cast iron keeps heat for black and herbal teas; unglazed ceramic suits steady daily brews but remembers flavors; yixing clay grows seasoned with oolongs; porcelain favors delicate greens and whites; glass showcases blooming teas. Experiment widely, because each pot shapes warmth, flavor, beauty, and ritual.

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Tea Meadow in a Cup

The World Needs Tea

Cynthia Fazekas

As 2017 begins tumultuously, tea offers clarity, solace, and gentle connection. Purveyors can share leafy goodness through healing, meditation, and supportive blends that comfort emotions, soothe bodies, and focus minds. From Daydream to Sencha, rooibos to Cha Cha, every cup can soften division, nurture customers, and inspire daily happy sips.

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Tea SCOBY or Symbiotic Culture Of Bacteria and Yeast

Kombucha Basics

Salma Ali

Kombucha, an ancient Asian tea drink, is brewed with sweet tea and a scoby, a probiotic culture of bacteria and yeast. Sour, astringent, and customizable, it can be flavored with teas, fruits, juices, or herbs. With clean glass equipment, ferment sweet tea, add starter, wait, flavor, ferment again, and enjoy.

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Tea Beautiful hibiscus adds color and tangy-sweetness to tisanes

Bulk Spices from Adagio Teas Wholesale

Cynthia Fazekas

Tea and spice make a lovely pair, and Adagio now brings that harmony to wholesale clients with a new bulk spice section. Direct sourcing means savings on one-pound bags and 25-pound chests of clove, cardamom, hibiscus, and rose hips, with cinnamon and ginger coming soon. Blend, customize, sell, and enjoy!

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Tea Boost summer sales with refreshing iced teas.

Summer Flavor Trends

Cynthia Fazekas

During summer months, iced teas reign supreme. Summer 2016 picks lean tropical and refreshing: Passionfruit Black, Peach Oolong, White Strawberry, Blood Orange and Calypso Green. Matcha Peach and Matcha Raspberry keep trends strong, especially with lemonade or coconut water. Stock seasonal favorites and say goodbye to summer slow-down. Happy July!

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Tea Iced teas entice the thirsty shopper

April Musings - Iced Teas

Cynthia Fazekas

Spring is here, so plan iced tea offerings now to stay ahead of seasonal demand. Peach teas, boosted by Teavana/Starbucks, should keep trending, along with hibiscus herbals and lemonade blends. Perennial favorites include mango, blueberry, strawberry and mint. Watch big beverage advertising, as commercials shape consumer cravings all summer long.

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Tea Big beautiful spices adorn our Gaucho Chai

New Products at Adagio Teas Wholesale

Cynthia Fazekas

Exciting news for our wholesale clients! Flavored Matcha is now available in peach, chocolate, mocha, cinnamon-apple and raspberry, with no added sugar. We’ve added bulk cloves, rose hips, hibiscus and cardamom seeds for blending, plus energizing Gaucho Mate Chai. Keep sharing product suggestions; your feedback helps grow our line beautifully!

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Tea Tea harvests heavily depend on favorable weather.

Spring Harvest Season Approaches

Cynthia Fazekas

March thrills tea people as spring harvest approaches. The finest specialty teas are bought early, yet weather shapes everything: mist, frost, drought and chill can delay picking, reduce outturn and shift flavors. Embrace the natural roller coaster, prepare tasting cups, and guide customers through each year’s subtle, delicious differences confidently.

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Tea Beautiful tea field in Kagoshima, Japan

A Trip to Sencha Country

Cynthia Fazekas

As luck would have it, Japan’s tea fields offered lessons in sencha, from Kagoshima’s warm, organic-minded farms and deep-steamed, broth-like fukamushi to Shizuoka’s cooler, grassy asamushi beneath Fuji. Meeting proud, welcoming farmers revealed terroir, volcanic beauty, and a culture steeped in care, curiosity, and unforgettable cups for any tea lover.

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Tea Adding matcha options is easy and trendy!

Riding the Matcha Wave

Cynthia Fazekas

The matcha tea trend is thriving, thanks to easy preparation, rich flavor, health benefits, and versatility. This Japanese powdered green tea whisks into frothy cups, lattes, desserts, or water bottles. Add matcha, accessories, and gift sets to your offering this holiday season; order early, stock up, and beat the rush.

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Tea Autumn beauty

Tea and Cider

Cynthia Fazekas

For seasonal promos, tempt sippers and home steepers with tea-and-cider infusions. Steep spiced teas directly in warm cider or brew a strong concentrate and dilute to taste. Cider’s sweetness usually suffices; brown sugar can soften sharpness. Try chais, blood orange and favorites. Share recipe cards and serve hot or iced.

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Tea New for fall! Pumpkin Chai

Hot Tea Season

Cynthia Fazekas

Hot tea season is coming, so plan your autumn menu now and stock up early. Ease into fall with apple, peach, spice, pumpkin, cranberry, pomegranate and nutty favorites, including new caffeine-free Honeybush Pumpkin Chai. Try mulling teas into cider, and feature Genmaicha or Keemun Concerto for traditional warmth. Happy planning!

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Tea Blending for wellness.

Devising Wellness Blends

Cynthia Fazekas

As tea’s wellness reputation blossoms, blenders should meet curiosity with care: research herbs beyond casual sources, heed contraindications, and rely on reputable studies. Flavor still matters, though medicinal expectations allow leeway; peppermint, licorice, and cinnamon soften harsh notes. Rooibos and honeybush offer sweet, beneficial foundations for appealing, lasting wellness tisanes.

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Tea Tea-themed Spirited Sippers

Tea Cocktails

Cynthia Fazekas

With tea’s renaissance in full swing, spirited sippers are a natural next steep. Businesses can boost picnic and festival sales with recipe cards for cocktails or mocktails, from Watermelon Fizz to Ginger Lemon Lime Martinis and Sweet Southern Rose. Substitute favorite teas, add garnish, and enjoy tea-centric happy hour fun.

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Tea Prepare for peach cravings.

Feeling Peachy

Cynthia Fazekas

Peach is popping on the summer flavor radar, likely fueled by national promotions and consumers. Smaller retailers should be ready with peach-forward teas: White Peach, Peach Oolong, Ginger Peach, and caffeine-free Rooibos Peach. Consider custom blends with blueberry, strawberry, or almond to create refreshing iced offerings unique to your business.

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Tea Anxi hills, hoping for rain.

Growing Conditions

Cynthia Fazekas

Tea is natural, and there’s no rushing Mother Nature. Spring harvests depend on rain, wind, sun and temperature, leaving tasters, buyers and budgets waiting. In difficult years, staples may accept lesser lots while rare teas disappear. Specialty tea rewards patience; occasionally, loving it means accepting sacrifice and explaining nature’s whims.

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Tea Many ways to achieve the perfect cup

Brewing Suggestions

Cynthia Fazekas

Brewing instructions on tea packages are helpful suggestions, not rules. Because water, taste, and purpose vary, experiment before dismissing a tea. Steep black teas longer for milk-friendly strength; try cooler, slower methods for nuanced greens. Adjust leaf, time, and temperature, and let each cup reveal its best character to you.

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Tea Cherry Blossoms welcoming Spring

Finally Spring!

Cynthia Fazekas

Spring’s arrival invites a refreshed tea menu: bright lemon, apricot, currant, and cherry greens for sunny days, warming spiced blends for raw April showers. Offer crisp Sencha, Dragonwell, Silver Needle, Ali Shan, and rich Fujian blacks to pair with lighter fare and holiday sweets, welcoming guests from winter’s long hibernation.

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Tea Tea is my bourbon.

Blender Musings: Bourbontucky

Cynthia Fazekas

Inspiration arrived through a bourbon documentary, revealing devotion, craft and reverence that mirrored tea’s own quiet magic. From water and grain to barrels and flavor, every detail mattered, yet enjoyment remained personal and unjudged. Though tea stays beloved, shared passion sparked fresh blends, reminding us to sip, savor and celebrate.

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Tea Lovely lattes

Latte Season

Cynthia Fazekas

February’s chill invites tea purveyors to dream ahead: iced menus, spring changes, and warming trends like lattes and matcha. Brew bold teas, steam milk, sweeten with syrup, then play with chai, Earl Grey, chocolate, caramel, mint, and pretty garnishes. After all, coffee lovers shouldn’t have all the latte fun alone.

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Tea Story Time teas for young readers to enjoy.

Don't Forget the Wee Ones!

Cynthia Fazekas

Healthy habits start young, so tuck tea gifts under the tree for little sippers. Fruity, candy-kissed, caffeine-free rooibos and fruit blends please persnickety kids while avoiding sugary drinks and holiday bouncing. Choose ready-made Tree House, Story Time, or Fairy Tales teabag sets, with playful blends, images, reviews, and wholesale details.

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Tea Wellness blends make loving gifts!

Adagio Wellness 2 – Day and Night

Cynthia Fazekas

Customers seeking functional herbal blends can now enjoy an easier option with AdagioXL’s expanded wellness line. Following Body & Soul’s success, the new Day & Night set offers Jump Start for energized mornings, Day Dream for relaxing evenings, and 40 Winks for restful sleep, available as tins, sets or bulk.

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Tea Masala Chai - up close and personal.

Spiced Tea (Chai) Season

Cynthia Fazekas

Chai may simply mean tea, yet US drinkers crave it as bold, sweet, milky spice. Autumn heightens demand for warming blends, from classic black masala to caffeine-free rooibos. Market them plainly as chai, deliver fiery flavor, and guide brewing with milk, sweetener, and recipes to win loyal return business customers.

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Tea Pumpkin Invasion!

Pumpkin or Die!

Cynthia Fazekas

As crisp New England evenings herald autumn, pumpkin mania arrives with a wink. Coffee giants and Dairy Queen are already stirring cravings, spending big to make pumpkin ubiquitous. Tea purveyors should ride the buzz: stock Pumpkin Spice tea, bake scones, craft drinks, bundle gifts, and welcome every pumpkin-loving eager customer.

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Tea What should be on your tea menu?

Tea Menu Review

Cynthia Fazekas

Wonder if your tea menu is reaching its potential? With 15 years in specialty tea, we’ll review your selection for free, offering objective recommendations, seasonal insights, and even outside vendor suggestions. A balanced menu can delight customers and boost sales. Contact us for an experienced opinion you accept or decline.

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Tea Many sips down and many more to go!

Busy Buds!

Cynthia Fazekas

We are deep into cupping new harvest teas, tasting patiently and refusing shortcuts. Some lots shine, others demand more searching, and weather may yet alter choices. By September, fresh leaves should arrive. Ask vendors about harvest variances, sample carefully, and celebrate single estate teas’ natural differences in every thoughtful cup.

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Tea Herbs!

Iced Tea Trends

Cynthia Fazekas

Though Connecticut still shivers beneath bare trees, iced tea season glimmers ahead. With steaming oolong in hand, we dream of frosty glasses beaded with condensation, brightened by fresh herbs: mint, sage, cilantro, basil, thyme. Muddle them into favorite teas or summer salads for sunny pizzazz. Cheers to warmth, tea friends!

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Tea Blueberry deliciousness!

New For Spring - Green Rooibos Blueberry

Cynthia Fazekas

As winter melts away, welcome spring with new Green Rooibos Blueberry. Mild, naturally fruity green rooibos blends with rose hips, raspberry leaves, hibiscus, blueberries, cranberries, cornflowers, and natural blueberry flavor for a light, refreshing treat. Delicious hot and especially iced, it is already a popular pick for warmer menus everywhere.

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Tea Tasting is the best part!

Tea Blending Tips, part I

Cynthia Fazekas

Begin tea blending simply: keep a careful notebook, weigh each ingredient, and measure into separate bowls before combining. Use cupping sets to compare equal brews. Start with two teas at 50/50, 25/75, and 75/25, taste thoughtfully, note balance and dominance, then try three flavors to build your repertoire with confidence.

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Tea green tea heaven

Matcha!

Cynthia Fazekas

In tea news, Adagio Teas offers wholesale Japanese matcha green tea powder: a lively, bright green ceremonial grade with notes of spring peas, fresh grass, and natural sweetness. Tea aficionados will love this green tea heaven, especially alongside gourmet chocolates or sweet treats. Visit Teaclass or AdagioXL for details. Cheers!

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Tea Tea-tox tisane to support modern needs

Body & Soul Blends - Now in Loose Bulk

Cynthia Fazekas

Happy to announce our popular Body and Soul wellness tisanes are now available to wholesale clients in loose bulk. Tea-tox, Throat Therapy, and Happy Belly feature herbal blends with rooibos, roots, spices, and botanicals, ready for your own blending touch and rebranding. Thanks for the enthusiasm; more blends are coming!

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Tea Caffeine-free tea sets for kids!

Timely Tea Gift Expansion

Cynthia Fazekas

Hear ye, tea lovers! Adagio unveils three merry caffeine-free children’s gift sets: Fairytale, Storytime, and Tree House. Each offers three whimsical full-leaf pyramid teabag blends in playful tins, from Cinderella pumpkin to Tea-Rex roar. Wholesale orders welcome by email, and festive Stocking Stuffer tins await baskets and teapots this season.

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Tea New! White Chai

Spicetober!

Cynthia Fazekas

October invites forgiving weather, colorful leaves, and a happy craving for spice. Classic Masala Chai, Cinnamon Spice, Pumpkin Spice, Spiced Apple Chai, and cozy rooibos blends warm seasonal menus, while Bonfire, decaf, fruit tisanes, and new White Chai add festive variety, perfect for embracing autumn’s flavorful, spooky charms this month.

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Tea Chorange, baby!

Coming Soon - Pu'erh Blends

Cynthia Fazekas

This fall, alongside origin teas, four in-house pu’erh blends arrive to soften earthy, fermented character with inviting flavors. Chorange pairs silky chocolate and bright orange; Spice warms with zesty comfort; Hazelberry mingles hazelnut, strawberry and cream; Tahiti drifts toward papaya, coconut, black sand beaches and Pacific breezes for curious sippers.

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Tea Iced deliciousness!

Summer is Here

Cynthia Fazekas

Happy July! The World Tea Expo buzzed with vibrant conversations and tea friends old and new. As summer heats up, iced tea offers a refreshing way to win new customers. We’re busy tasting 2013 harvest samples, watching jasmine improve, and hoping everyone powers down before September’s hot tea rush returns.

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Tea Ah, strawberries!

May is National Strawberry Month!

Cynthia Fazekas

Doesn’t National Strawberry Month sound delicious? Celebrate spring’s first sweet harvest with strawberry-inspired teas: lively Strawberry Black with Ceylon, or mellow Wild Strawberry bursting with berries, apple, hibiscus and rose hips. Brew them iced, pour over strawberry puree, sweeten with syrup, or add cream for silky seasonal joy. Ah, tea!

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Tea If we could all sleep like a pup...

Sweet Dreams

Cynthia Fazekas

Advise clients seeking sleep to create gentle evening rituals: dim lights, breathe, bathe, and read calming fare. Caution them about caffeine’s lingering effects, including in some herbals. Recommend caffeine-free chamomile, rooibos, honeybush, valerian, or lavender, noting allergies and aromas. Discourage alcohol, which may induce drowsiness yet disrupts rest all night.

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Tea Sweet Summer Roses

Roses in April

Cynthia Fazekas

April’s chill lingers, but summer dreams are brewing. After winter storms, Adagio introduces Summer Rose, a Sri Lankan black tea blended with rose flavor and petals. Lovely hot and especially refreshing iced, it evokes porch swings, warm breezes, and roses in bloom—a fragrant addition for customers and tea blenders alike.

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Tea This tropical beauty loves to chill.

March Melange

Cynthia Fazekas

March brings festive occasions, but savvy tea businesses should prepare now for iced tea season. Plan menus early, stock varied teas including caffeine-free, and spotlight hibiscus tisanes for bright color, tangy refreshment, and wellness appeal. Brew double-strength concentrates, pour over ice, and secure large IngenuiTEA teapots before warm weather arrives.

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Tea Soul soothing and delicious!

Terrific Tisanes

Cynthia Fazekas

Fruit tisanes are soul-soothing, naturally sweet blends of dried fruits, rose hips, and tangy hibiscus, usually caffeine-free and delicious hot or iced. Beloved in winter and warm months alike, favorites include rich Blood Orange, dessert-like Wild Strawberry, bold Berry Blast, and tropical Pina Colada, all easily steeped to taste anytime.

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Tea Apple-y goodness!

Welcome Autumn!

Cynthia Fazekas

Autumn breezes in with cool air, colorful trees, and prime tea time. Welcome cozy fall flavors by adding apples, pumpkins, nuts, cinnamon, clove, ginger, and cardamom to your menu. Spiced Apple Chai, Pumpkin Spice, Spiced Green, Candy Apple, and Almond Oolong celebrate harvest bounty and keep hot beverages happily flowing.

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Tea Fuzzy, peach tea memories.

Peaches and Dreams

Cynthia Fazekas

Once upon a summer lunch in Vermont, an unexpectedly enchanting iced ginger peach tea sparked a lifelong devotion to leafy deliciousness. Though tastes now wander to sencha and Darjeeling, peach season still calls. Adagio’s peach, ginger peach, and peach oolong teas honor that memory, delicious brewed hot or iced alike.

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Tea My plans for July + Iced Tea

July 2012 - Popular Iced Teas

Cynthia Fazekas

July arrives as tea’s sunny pause, perfect for beaches, picnics, vacations and cold refreshment. As iced tea gains favor, fruity blends shine, calorie-free and wonderfully guzzlable. Green Rooibos Bonita, Fruit Medley and Casablanca Twist offer tropical, tangy, minty inspiration for relaxed sipping before the busy season returns all too soon.

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Tea Beautiful Rukeri leaves

Limited Edition - Rwanda Rukeri

Cynthia Fazekas

Invite your customers on a global tasting with Rwanda Rukeri, a limited wholesale black tea from volcanic, high-elevation gardens. Full-bodied and Assam-like, it offers bright astringency with currant, malt, toasted bread and caramel notes. Ideal for tea flights or origin tastings, this fine African cup is available in small quantity.

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Tea Are you ready?

Prepping for World Tea Expo 2012

Cynthia Fazekas

Coming up soon: the 2012 World Tea Expo returns to Las Vegas June 1-3, celebrating its 10th anniversary with new educational sessions, exhibitors, events and a June 2 party. Visit Adagio Teas at booth 625 to share business adventures, discuss growth, discover trends, and enjoy three energetic tea-filled desert days!

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Tea Keeping the shopper bees happy!

Sunlit Blooms!

Cynthia Fazekas

Beautiful Spring! Sunlit Blooms brings three charming Mother’s Day tea tins in a handsome gift box: A Tisket, A Tasket, a citrus-vanilla green; Bushel and a Peck, floral fruity black with jasmine; and Pocketful of Posies, calming caffeine-free herbal. Wholesale-ready, these vernal blends brighten shelves and teacups alike for everyone!

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Tea Oolongs pair well with flowers and snow squalls

March Transitions - 2012

Cynthia Fazekas

March brings tea offerings into spring’s mixed weather, when winter spice cravings give way to lighter, fruity and floral cups. Keep variety ready: uplifting oolongs, vanilla green, caffeine-free Honeybush Apricot, and vibrant fruit tisanes like Wild Strawberry and Berry Blast delight purists, skeptics and surprised new tea lovers alike today

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Tea The dragonfly symbolizes good fortune, new beginning and romance.

New! Cast Iron Teapots

Cynthia Fazekas

We are delighted to add elegant cast iron teapots to our wholesale collection. Long cherished in Japan, these durable beauties retain heat, include stainless steel infusers, and offer matching cups. Crafted by skilled artisans in China, each dragonfly-accented pot promises lasting service, thoughtful gifting, and possible heirloom charm for generations.

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Tea Dragonwell to scare away the winter blues!

January Teas

Cynthia Fazekas

After holiday indulgence, help customers lighten up with naturally healthy teas. Recommend antioxidant green teas like Dragonwell and sencha, bright citrus greens, tangy fruit tisanes such as Blood Orange or Pina Colada, and warming chai blends. Seasonal favorites Candy Cane and Chestnut remain available. Encourage less sugar, more sipping daily.

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Tea The undisputed King of Squash!

The Pumpkin Craze

Cynthia Fazekas

October ushers in pumpkin’s delicious reign, from festivals and jack-o’-lanterns to treats lining every grocery aisle. Adagio Teas celebrates with popular Pumpkin Spice, now offered loose, in pyramid teabags, gift tins, and Holiday Cheer boxes. Seasonal tea makes festive gifts, welcomes new tea lovers, and spreads cozy autumn cheer everywhere.

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Tea Hope your autumn tea is 'gourd-geous.'

Finally Fall!

Cynthia Fazekas

September’s meteorological fall brings cooler days, back-to-school bustle, and renewed tea sipping. Tearooms should refresh Teamap listings, promote events early, and stock autumn flavors—pumpkin, apple, cinnamon, pear, cranberry, pomegranate, and chai—plus nuanced oolongs, Keemuns, and toasty greens. In uncertain times, tea offers comfort, focus, energy, and love. Happy Autumn, teafolks!

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Tea Planning tea at the beach next week for me!

Late Summer Planning

Cynthia Fazekas

August’s late-summer lull is the perfect time to enjoy beaches and picnics while planning fall tea menus, gifts, décor, and events. Chat with vendors about bestsellers, consider seasonal favorites like Spiced Apple Chai and Pumpkin Spice, request samples soon, and visit us at World Tea East in Philly, booth 214.

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Tea Icy Tea Goodness!

June is Iced Tea Time

Cynthia Fazekas

Ah Dear Reader, June arrives sunlit and sweet after winter’s toil and spring’s troubles, bringing Dads, Grads, gardens and chances for Red Cross kindness. Celebrate National Iced Tea Month with refreshing low-sugar brews: Ceylon Sonata, Mango Black, Grapefruit Oolong, Raspberry Green, White Cucumber and Wild Strawberry, each delicious, summer ready.

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Tea Breathtaking views of Anxi

China Trip

Cynthia Fazekas

Last month’s China tea journey with Adagio was warm, exhausting, and dreamlike. Friendly hosts shared craft, cuisine, and culture; misty Anxi gardens fulfilled every imagined vision of tea. Though travel and strange foods tested weary bodies, each field, farmer, cup, photo, and memory brought beloved tea friends along in spirit.

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Tea My imaginary friend looks a lot like a bunny.

The Merry Old Month of May

Cynthia Fazekas

May blooms with spring promise, bringing busy tearooms, Mother’s Day, Memorial Day, and playful celebrations like Zombie and Imaginary Friend Awareness Months. Serve floral teas such as Jasmine Bloom, Earl Grey Lavender, and White Peony, then berry blends iced as summer nears. Enjoy flowers, sunshine, and cherished imaginary friends nearby.

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Tea Dragonwell Farmer Yao Fu Yun in Hangzhou, China

April Tea Travel

Cynthia Fazekas

Spring has sprung, and tealeaves are calling! The author joyfully announces a China tea journey with colleagues Suzette Hammond and Lydia Liu, visiting gardens, growing regions, and production sites. They hope to witness tea’s transformation firsthand and share posts and pictures on Adagio Teas’ Facebook, inviting readers along in spirit.

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Tea Dreamy lavender.

Lemon Clouds and Lavender Fields

Cynthia Fazekas

We’re delighted to share February’s requested blends: Rooibos Lemon Cloud, a naturally caffeine-free lemon-cream rooibos with dreamy dessert notes, sunflower petals, and lemongrass, lovely hot or iced; and Earl Grey Lavender, a soothing, aromatic black tea that softens citrus with floral sweetness. More blends are coming, thanks to your suggestions!

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Tea Hoping for an early harvest.

For the Leaf of It

Cynthia Fazekas

March brings whispers of spring harvests, and perhaps, if fortune smiles, an early first flush Darjeeling for our cups. Now is a lovely time to refresh tea lists with finer single estate offerings. Lean on trusted purveyors and free Tea Class guidance, then share knowledge with staff and customers. Enjoy!

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Tea Can tea take us here?

Tropical Getaway

Cynthia Fazekas

Green rooibos has arrived just in time to brighten this unforgiving winter. Naturally caffeine-free, lighter than red rooibos, fruity and softly herbaceous, it charms even skeptics. Blended with sweet summery fruits, these tropical cups offer customers a snow-free mini-vacation, perfect for mid-winter luaus, warm daydreams, and grateful sipping away. Aahhh

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Tea A Winning Team

Be My Valentine (Tea)

Cynthia Fazekas

Frosty February needs Valentine’s cheer, and nothing warms midwinter doldrums like chocolate teamed with tea. From strawberry-kissed Valentine’s and indulgent Chocolate Chip to brownie-rich Tiger Eye, spiced Chocolate Chai, and nutty Mocha Nut Mate, these blends swoon. Creative cupids can mix chocolate with fruit, nuts, vanilla, or cream for romance.

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Tea Precious leafy good stuff.

Tea Taster's Lament

Cynthia Fazekas

2010 tested tea retailers: growing U.S. tea culture brought renewed interest, yet harsh weather thinned early crops and complicated buying. Rejecting weak lots risked empty shelves; accepting improved ones meant painful prices. For popular blends, patience proved wiser. Each precious leaf reminded sellers and customers how nature shapes every cup.

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Tea Merrymint tea latte!

Holiday Spice!

Cynthia Fazekas

Looking to add merriment to your holiday tea offering? Try time-tested favorites: Gingerbread, warmly spiced and latte-ready; Cranberry, tangy with orange; Chestnut, perfect fireside sipping; Candy Cane, sweetly merrymint; Sweet Potato Pie, uncommon candied delight; and popular Spiced Apple Chai, an apples-and-spices holiday home run. Yum! Be sure to sip!

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Tea Mocha Nut Mate - yum!

Mate Maddess!

Cynthia Fazekas

After years of requests, Adagio Teas welcomes Yerba Mate: pure, toasted, and flavorful blends. This energizing herbal, caffeinated like green tea, brews smooth at 150F for 3-5 minutes. Toasted mate suits chocolate, hazelnut, and spice; green mate loves mango and citrus. Sip, share, taste, and tell us what you think!

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Tea Sweet Potato goodness - makes a great tea!

Cinnamon, Spice and Everything Autumn

Cynthia Fazekas

September invites tea businesses to freshen shelves with cozy fall favorites. Highlight caramel black, pumpkin spice, rooibos cinnamon apple, spiced apple chai, masala chai, pomegranate, and sweet potato pie. From harvest fruit to warming spices and sweet comfort, these blends delight customers, warm cool days, and brew autumn yumminess beautifully.

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Tea Google Adwords - a valuable tool.

Conquering the Digital Landscape

Stepas Parulis

Modern tea businesses need more than a simple website: digital tools can attract, inform and engage online customers. Google AdWords offers targeted, transparent advertising, while Facebook builds relationships and word-of-mouse sharing. Directories, bloggers and newsletters further expand visibility. Combined, these efforts help tea enterprises compete effectively in today’s online marketplace.

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Tea Blueberries

Blueberry Dreams

Cynthia Fazekas

July brings blueberry season, and local growers are bursting with bright, flavorful berries. Celebrate with blueberry-inspired teas: light White Blueberry, caffeine-free Berry Blues with hibiscus tartness, and fuller-bodied Blueberry Black, all delicious hot or iced. For easy pitchers, brew in the 32-ounce IngenuiTEA, dispense over ice, chill perfectly, and enjoy!

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Tea Freshly Picked Peppermint Leaves

Minty Fresh for Summer

Angela Justice

Few herbs are as beloved as mint, an ancient infusion prized for fresh breath, digestion, calm, and cooling comfort. From Menthe’s myth to sprawling garden roots, peppermint and spearmint remain favorites. Steeped plain, sweetened Moroccan-style with gunpowder green tea, or served iced, mint offers bright aroma and soothing refreshment worldwide.

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Tea Chasing the heat with gourmet iced tea.

Making the Killer Iced Tea

Christine Rillo & Cynthia Fazekas

As warm days arrive, trade steaming cups for homemade iced tea: steep quality leaves, pour over ice, and personalize freely. Choose bright plain teas or flavored bases, then add sweeteners, fruit, herbs, spices, juices, pretty garnishes, or tea cubes. Be adventurous; chilled tea can become your daily sublime refreshment delight.

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Tea Adagio's Wild Strawberry Herbal Tea

Strawberry Season!

Cynthia Fazekas

June ushers in berry-licious strawberry season, perfect for celebrating with fresh dishes and refreshing strawberry teas. Adagio’s Strawberry Black and Wild Strawberry, brimming with real dried berries, pair beautifully with festival fare. Teashops can tempt customers through local events or in-house strawberry fests, complete with recipes, cards, and summer charm.

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Tea Simple Pleasures

Tea Appreciation for Troubled Times

Cynthia Fazekas

When the world reels with disaster, fear, and sorrow, pause with fresh leaves. Choose tea by fragrance, prepare vessel and water mindfully, breathe, watch, steep, sip, and notice each layered note. Such simple pleasures from Camellia sinensis cannot mend events, but they restore hope, focus, comfort, and gratitude for patrons.

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Tea Silver Needle - the queen of all teas

White Tea from China

Adagio Teas

Once praised by a Song emperor, white tea has emerged from Chinese obscurity to enchant the world with delicate sweetness, brightness, and beauty. Silver Needle and White Peony, Fujian’s treasures, demand exacting spring harvests. Prepared gently with cool water and patient steeping, they yield a sublime, fragrant cup of refinement.

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Tea Green tea should not = bad medicine.

Brewing of the Green

Cynthia Fazekas

March is perfect for celebrating spring and Irish cheer by inviting customers back to green tea. Brew gently—about one teaspoon, 180°F, under three minutes—to avoid bitter “bad medicine.” Offer easy samples: apricot, citrus, vanilla, toasty Genmaicha, smoky Gunpowder, maybe mint, and encourage tasting until enjoyment blooms in every cup served.

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Tea Tea bringing hearts together.

February Tea Themes

Cynthia Fazekas

February’s chill invites sweet tea celebrations, from groundhog hopes to Valentine hearts. Stock romantic blends like strawberry-chocolate, Wild Strawberry, Fruit Medley, and caramel-kissed Tiger Eye. Host couples’ tastings with global teas, treats, and notes. Offer themed gift tiers, from samplers to classic blends to connoisseur treasures. Keep love steeping brightly.

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Tea Beautiful Snowbird!

Snowbirds (and Tea)

Cynthia Fazekas

Winter storms bring hardy dark-eyed juncos to New England feeders, their slate feathers and bright courage charming the author amid snow and bitter winds. Their cheer inspires thoughts of winter comforts: warming teas, from Blood Orange Herbal and Rooibos Vanilla Chai to mango, Christmas spice, White Tropics, and Keemun Rhapsody.

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Tea Encourage trying new things!

Freshening Up Your Tea Menu

Cynthia Fazekas

With winter tea season still steeping, keep menus lively by introducing new teas with clear descriptions, trained staff, and risk-free samples. Guide customers through smart cross-sells, caffeine-free options, and familiar flavor bridges. Building variety delights guests, grows tea awareness, and protects businesses from relying on vulnerable seasonal super sellers alone.

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Tea Gingerbread guy, chillin' out.

What's New? - November 2009

Cynthia Fazekas

Happy November! We’ve expanded wholesale with six fabulous chai blends, from bestselling Masala to Chocolate, Apple, Thai, Bengal Green and caffeine-free Rooibos Vanilla. Holiday favorites return: Pumpkin Spice, Candy Apple, Gingerbread, Cranberry, Chestnut and Candy Cane, plus cutting-edge savories like Toasted Sesame, Artichoke Green and Sweet Potato Pie. Share ideas!

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Tea Tea has always been there...

A Ten Year Journey

Cynthia Fazekas

Autumn, ever my season of change, found me leaving pinching retail shoes for an unexpected cup of opportunity. A coworker’s notice of my tea devotion led to a tiny tea company, wondrous catalogs, patient tasting lessons, evolving palates, dear colleagues, Adagio, and ten years steeped in adventure, friendship and gratitude.

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Tea This writer's brain without tea

Ramping Up for Fall

Cynthia Fazekas

Tea season is rolling in! As customers return to school, work and caffeine-fueled routines, plan now: review last year’s sales, order bestsellers and giftware early, spotlight under-$25 presents, refresh shelves with autumn and holiday flavors, and host tastings. A little preparation keeps shoppers happy and your business steeping in success!

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Tea Giving tea its "props."

Tea vs. Teatime

Cynthia Fazekas

Tearooms are delighting newcomers, yet too often the tea itself plays second fiddle to sandwiches and sweets. In this enlightened, tea-loving age, proprietors should give the leaf its props: broaden menus, share simple tea tidbits, offer black, green, oolong, white and caffeine-free choices, and create a truly steeped, memorable experience.

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Tea Embrace iced tea season!

June is Iced Tea Month

Cynthia Fazekas

Summer’s arrival makes iced tea the beverage of the season. June’s Iced Tea Month invites shops to refresh menus with gourmet loose-leaf blends, creative flavors, and impeccable freshness. From water to leaf to turnover, thoughtful brewing and exciting seasonal offerings can charm customers, boost sales, and inspire delicious at-home sipping.

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Tea Chasing the heat with gourmet iced tea.

Making the Perfect Iced Tea

Christine Rillo & Cynthia Fazekas

As warm days arrive, trade steaming cups for creative iced tea. Brew quality leaves hot, pour over ice to chill clearly, then enjoy plain or personalize with sweeteners, fruit, herbs, spices, juice, garnishes, or tea cubes. Bright, floral, fruity teas shine; experiment freely and make refreshing daily concoctions this summer.

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Tea Adagio Teas' Jasmine Bloom

Blooming Teas

Cynthia Fazekas

Blooming teas have blossomed into popular showpieces, thanks to hand-tied leaves that unfurl into flowers, chains, and charming shapes. Choose sturdy, fresh blooms, preferably individually wrapped, then judge both spectacle and sip. Elaborate designs may sacrifice flavor, while jasmine often delights. Serve in roomy clear glassware and rehearse before celebration.

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Tea Tropical goodness!

Spring Favorites 2009

Cynthia Fazekas

May brings glorious weather, celebrations, and the call for perfectly brewed iced tea. Try guanabana or coconut pouchong for tropical Cinco de Mayo cheer, caffeine-free fruit tisanes for Memorial Day, and blooming teas or cool white cucumber for Mother’s Day gatherings. Happy May—and don’t worry, there are no tea police!

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Tea Spring Greeter

Sweet April

Cynthia Fazekas

With winter fading and spring blooming, April invites tea events for Easter, Passover, Earth Day and tax day. Pair chocolate teas with treats, offer green favorites for freshness, spicy blends for chilly showers and earthy pu erh for conversation. Refresh assortments, complement fare, and celebrate renewal, warmth and happy sipping.

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Tea Leprechaun at work.

Top O'the Morning!

Cynthia Fazekas

Keep Irish Breakfast tea at the ready for St. Patrick’s Day: a bold, malty Assam-rich brew that loves cream, sugar, scones, soda bread, and Kerry Gold. Loose leaf wins newcomers with fuller flavor. Add Irish cream or whiskey responsibly, skip green beer, and beware leprechauns turning milk green overnight, too.

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Tea Tea Treats

Valentine's Teas

Cynthia Fazekas

Make Valentine’s Day events sparkle by pairing meals and sweets with thoughtful tea choices: classic Darjeeling or Ti Kuan Yin, dessert-like Tiger Eye, Honeybush Hazelnut, Chocolate Chip, and Valentine’s blends. Add warming spice with chai, cinnamon, Oriental Spice, or Ginger Peach, and match fruity, caramel, vanilla flavors to desserts beautifully.

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Tea Divination devices to view the tea future - looks tasty!

Tea Scrying 2009

Cynthia Fazekas

What a year ahead for tea! In 2009, affordable luxury, comfort, and escape should keep fine tea thriving. Expect exotic fruits, faithful Earl Grey and breakfasts, ever-warming chai, coconut-kissed blends, daring savory pairings, and better-understood oolongs to charm cups everywhere. Happy sipping, rebuilding, and re-growth in a hopeful new year!

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Tea Indian Tea Plantation

Selecting a Tea Supplier

Michael Cramer

Tea may be simple, but wholesale sourcing is murky. Ask suppliers where teas originate, favor transparency, high turnover, retail insight, and references. Avoid resellers hiding sources and “vintage” stale stock. A worthy partner adds value through access, freshness, information, and character. If answers disappoint, keep looking for a better source.

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Tea Winds of autumn spinning the mill

Tumultuous Autumn 2008

Cynthia Fazekas

Autumn’s bright colors soften to honey and russet as bare branches tremble, mirroring uncertain markets and futures. In such shifting times, tea and teatime offer solace: a cookie, conversation, laughter, high mountain oolong. Brewing and sipping these leaves releases worries, restores calm, and lifts cups toward gentler days ahead together.

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Tea Popped roasted rice adorns the tea

Genmai Cha: The History of a Unique Taste

Chris Cason

Born of necessity, Genmai Cha stretched scarce tea with plentiful roasted rice, once marking a poor man’s cup. Made with humble bancha, it later charmed the fashionable, gaining better leaves, popped corn, and nutty sweetness. Today it remains a welcoming gateway to green tea, especially when crafted with spring leaves.

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Tea Honeybush: Sweet and sultry

Honeybush: The Other South African Beauty

Cynthia Fazekas

Rooibos may be the celebrated African red tea, but Honeybush is her sweet, sultry sister. Grown in South Africa’s Eastern Cape, this caffeine-free tisane brews smooth, fruity, honeyed, and never bitter. Gentler than Rooibos, blending beautifully, it offers body, reputed wellness benefits, and late-night charm in every quiet cup, too.

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Tea Silver Needle - the queen of all teas

Monthly Profile: White Teas

white tea from China

Once praised by a Song emperor, white tea has emerged from Chinese obscurity to enchant the world. From revered Silver Needle to White Peony, its finest leaves are spring-picked under exacting conditions. Prepared gently, with cool water and patient steeping, it yields sublime sweetness, brightness, aroma, and elegance each cup.

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Tea Hand plucking the finest leaves

Tea Profile: Ceylon

Diana Rosen

Ceylon, today Sri Lanka, rose to tea fame through Sir Thomas Lipton, his brisk marketing, and the bright black teas replacing coffee after disease. Now a leading exporter, its finest leaves are high-grown in Dimbula, Uva and Nuwara Eliya, especially dry months, while broken grades enliven blends with color, brightness.

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Tea The best water makes the best tea shine!

Water: The Key to Enjoying Great Tea

Angela Justice

Great tea begins with good water, that rare and precious jewel too often taken for granted at the faucet. Bad water can turn ethereal leaves brackish, hiding their craft. Taste, smell, and mineral stains reveal the need. Simple or customized filtration lets tea shine exactly as growers and purveyors intended.

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Tea The awards truly belong to the tea farmers and artisans

World Tea Expo: Good Showing in Tea Competition

Angela Justice

Just back from World Tea Expo in Las Vegas, we’re delighted that Adagio’s Jasmine Tea Bloom won finalist honors in the hand tied tea category. Crafted from white tea buds and jasmine blossoms, it charms eye and tongue. Oolong #18, Raspberry Patch, Jasmine #12, and Earl Grey Bravo were semifinalists.

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Tea Freshly Picked Peppermint Leaves

Minty Cool for Summer

Angela Justice

Few herbs are as beloved as mint, an ancient remedy and enduring infusion. From mythic Menthe to vigorous garden perennial, spearmint and peppermint refresh breath, ease digestion, calm headaches, and cool teas. Moroccan Touareg blends spearmint, gunpowder green tea, and sugar; dried leaves keep their potency for months when sealed.

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Tea Every tea can be a gateway to a new frontier.

Spreading Tea Joy

Adagio Teas

Guide customers beyond teas by featuring a discounted Tea of the Day, distinguishing special monthly selections, and knowing each promoted tea well. Offer stories, benefits, flavors, and reasons to try it. Thoughtful, trustworthy recommendations invite exploration, build customer confidence, expand palates, and keep guests returning for favorites and discoveries.

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Tea Chai fit for a Raja

Masala Chai

Angela Justice

Masala Chai remains my comfort tea: spicy herbs steeped in strong, milky sweetness, reviving late nights and travel dreams. Adagio introduces Masala Chai and Vanilla Rooibos Chai, delicious with amber sugar crystals. Steep boldly, prepare concentrate for hot or iced service, and shake with milk for creamy refreshment all summer.

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Tea Mist mountains make for the finest teas.

Tea Profile: Darjeeling

James Norwood Pratt

Darjeeling’s glory is scarcity: tiny mountain gardens, steep, misted, cold, yield little but demand devotion. China-type bushes, hand-plucked shoots, Orthodox invoices, and fickle winds, sun, rain, altitude and season give each lot its personality. In great years, especially First Flush, the tea is flowery, astringent, often costly, and utterly incomparable.

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Tea Bad tea makes everyone sad.

What's In Your Cup?

Cynthia Fazekas

Do not let tea become the overlooked afterthought in an otherwise thoughtful business. As awareness grows, guests will judge quality by the cup. Choose premium pyramid bags carefully, or better yet, serve loose leaf with proper tools. Fresh, beautiful tea adds panache, pleases clients, and shows attention to every detail.

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Tea All Boats Rise In A High Tide-Collaboration is key!

More Than Just a Paper Anniversary

Adagio Teas

Year Two must transform Tea Smart’s monologue into a fruitful dialogue. Tearoom owners should share insights, feedback, and resources, resisting cola-war rivalries in an untapped gourmet tea market. Collaboration—bulk cups, coordinated tea purchases, common education—cuts costs, reduces failures, and lifts all boats. Good karma, it seems, is good business indeed.

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Tea TeaSmart provides free tea business info online

Online Resources - A Wealth of Tea Info

Adagio Teas

Curious about tea? Log on. TeaSmart archives, Adagio’s guides, Oracle, Dossier and shop profiles, TeaMuse essays, Stash tidbits, TeaMap directories, Tea Association updates and TeaChat forums place business tips, history, trends, health news and community advice just a keystroke away. There’s no limit to what you can learn online today.

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Tea Teamap offers visibility to tea rooms and shops.

Online Tearooms Directory - Now Live

Adagio Teas

TeaMap, unveiled by Adagio Teas, helps tea fans find the growing number of tearooms with timely, free online listings. Each entry may include maps, photos, reviews, hours, web address and special offers. Tearoom owners are invited to confirm details, add appealing text and images, and email updates to TeaMap today.

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Tea Green Tea Continues to Charm the Tea Industry

Tea is 'Hotting' Up

Sage Group Int'l

Specialty tea is finally steeping into America’s beverage mainstream, fueled by long-awaited positive media, health headlines and premium service. Green tea remains red hot, threatening sluggish black tea unless PR touts its benefits. Specialty leaves, especially flavored green, are poised for staggering growth, though quality supplies may soon tighten sharply.

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Tea Proper Tea Room Equipage

Talking Tea: Tea Tray in the Sky

Cindy Gold

Tea Tray owner reports slowcooked house chai leads sales, while Boston heat lifts iced tea. To-go depends on Cambridge or Arlington; coffee barely registers, Starbucks sits nearby. Formerly pastry chef and high-tech worker, she prizes satisfied customers, dreams overseas, admires Lydia Shire and Roy Fong, and tells successors: comfortable shoes.

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Tea Iced Continues in Popularity

Reading Tea Leaves: Predictions for the US Tea Ind

Brian Keating

After years of slumbering promise, U.S. specialty tea is gaining critical mass, propelled by favorable media, health research, baby boomers and latte fatigue. Like natural foods, tea is moving from niche to mainstream, inviting corporate consolidation, regulation, flavored innovations, scarce premium estates and a record decade of growth ahead nationwide.

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