Charleston Tea Planation and America's Tea

When Daughter Sarah and I visited Savannah and Charleston last November, one of the highlights of the trip was a visit to the

America's only tea plantation.

As a lover of tea and the art of taking tea, it was thrilling to visit an actual tea plantation where the tea is grown.

On the tour, we learned a lot about the tea plant and growing and harvesting tea!

Acres and acres of tea plants -- camellia sinensis -- a cousin to the familiar camellia plant that graces southern gardens.

The tea had been harvested and the plants were starting to bloom.

Not big blooms like their garden cousins and not as fragrant either -- but they did have an aroma and I can imagine the plantation at the height of blooming -- it must be heady both in beauty and in aroma!

I've ordered tea from the Plantation before -- it is good tea and it is nice to drink an American tea.

Of course, on a trip to the plantation, what came home with me . . . .

Tins and tins of American Classic Tea! It's a good tea and one that I do enjoy. I had not ordered it for a while and the visit to the Plantation reminded me just how good "America's Own" tea was!

It's now partnered with Bigelow and so distribution is wider than it once was -- often you can find it wherever Bigelow products are sold. But if it say's "American Classic Tea" -- it was raised and harvested and processed at the Charleston Tea Plantation. They made that abundantly clear on the tour.

And today at half past three, my tea of choice was the American Classic Tea which I enjoyed with the rest of Andre's cookies!

It's Wednesday and time to join Susan at A Southern Daydreamer for Outdoor Wednesday.