Many of us crave a nice cup of tea after a delicious meal, but have you tried to get a cup of good hot tea in a restaurant?
The tea is rarely steeped sufficiently, and the teabags can be stale from sitting in the storage room for who knows how long. To add insult to injury, [...]

“… the very purpose of our life is happiness,
the very motion of our life is towards happiness.”
~ H.H. the Dalai Lama, from The Art of Happiness
Happiness, according to Zen teachings, cannot truly occur until one achieves a state of mind known as Enlightenment. The path to Enlightenment is called “The Way.” Meditation and the [...]

Mardi Gras is an exciting time of year for people worldwide. In the United States, Mardis Gra is synonymous with New Orleans and the old south, where the institution represents many culinary traditions.
The season begins with Carnivale, which is celebrated through the weeks leading up to, and culminating with Fat Tuesday (the day before Ash [...]

Did you know that the federal holiday known as “Presidents Day,” celebrated on the third Monday of every February, is officially “Washington’s Birthday?” Even so, many states call their own celebration Presidents Day.
It was 1880 when the idea of adding George Washington’s date of birth to the existing holidays (New Year’s Day, [...]

Bigelow Tea is delighted to help usher in the Chinese New Year, which this year commences with the New Moon on February14th, and ends with the Full Moon, fifteen days later.  We love celebrations! And, in Chinese culture, this is the most festive of holidays.
The dates of Chinese New Year, and other traditional Chinese holidays, [...]

Believe it! Your Bigelow Tea teabags and the wrappers that envelop them have a significant impact on the aroma and taste of the tea you drink! While many people think wrappers and teabags are simply forms of packaging, at Bigelow Tea the bag and the foil wrapper are carefully crafted components, integral to the overall [...]

“I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound
to the starless midnight of racism and war,
that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality….
I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word.”
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

We are a nation of dreamers, fuelled by inspirational leaders [...]

It’s a famous old English proverb, to “strike while the iron is hot” – telling us to act quickly while the opportunity is available. For the blacksmith, once the iron has cooled it becomes brittle and the opportunity to hammer it into shape has passed…OK…got it…but what about the tea kettle…shouldn’t you also strike while [...]

The famed English East India Company formally introduced tea to Great Britain in the 1600s. In due course, tea’s popularity and increased consumption swept across England, and by 1700 tea was available in over 500 London tea houses.
The development of Afternoon Tea or High Tea didn’t develop until roughly the mid 19th Century, and has [...]

With all the tax-related “tea parties” in the news lately, let’s just take a step back and remember what tea parties are supposed to be about: for some, an elegant occasion to put the world on hold and enjoy the company of family and friends in a quiet, refined setting. For others, they’re a chance [...]