Recipes
How to Brew Iced Tea
It is officially summer and we are hot. Like, super hot. As much as we love sipping on our warm teas throughout the day, we have come to terms with the fact that the temperatures outside do not all...
Holidays
Father’s Day Gift Ideas for Dad
And just like that, it’s June. You’ve spent so much of your time outdoors enjoying the feeling of sunshine on your shoulders after another long, hard winter, you neglected to think about what to g...
Teafluencers
Nicole Feliciano of Momtrends
Meet Nicole Feliciano, the New York City fashionista who is always ready to face the challenges of modern-day motherhood. This savvy “momtrepreneur” is the CEO and founder of Momtrends, an online ...
Tea 101
The Ultimate Tea Brewing Guide: How to Make 7 Different Types of Tea
Discover our distinctly different types of tea we offer, white, green, darjeeling, herbal, oolong, matcha, and black tea, and follow the brewing instructions to learn how to make the perfect pot o...
Seasonal
Graduation Gifts: Tea Brewing Kit
Whether they are just starting college or joining the real world, every new grad should enter the next stage of their life armed with a tea brewing kit that will help them make their new house feel...
Travel
Japan 2018. Last one
People wonder how great matcha is made. After hand plucking of great teas in Uji, the tea is made into Tencha by steaming and drying the tea. Later it is ground in between to rotating stones.
Japan 2018. Unjonotomo Matcha
The last day in Uji was warm and sunny as we walked along the banks of the Uji River. We were about a mile south of the Historic city. There were many black plastic covered tea plants. Underneath ...
Travel
Japan 2018. Matsuda
Matsuda.
The man and the myth.
Decades of toiling in his tea fields near his house making the most distinctive Sencha have done him no harm
Travel
Japan. 2018 Uji
Sometimes I am lucky. 16 years ago, I was very lucky to stumble across Tsuyoshi Sugimoto. He runs one of the best tea companies in the best tea town in Japan. We stopped by his factory and tasted t...
Travel
Japan 2018 Harney & Sons
Takashimaya has a warm spot in my heart. One of our early projects was working with my dad to source great teas for the New York store on Fifth Avenue. It started us down the path. And we have kept...
Travel
Japan 2018 Kakegawa part 2
The next morning we went to the Otsuka’s house. Mrs. Otsuka wants to make us some Matcha in her tea room.
Travel
Japan 2018 Kakegawa
It was cold and rainy last Tuesday when we checked in with the Otsukas in central Japan. Kakegawa is in the heart of Japan’s largest tea area: Shizuoka. However the warm welcome more than made up ...
Travel
China 2018. Hunan
Most Springs we like to check in with our friend: Steve He in Changsha. He makes the black tea that we use in most black tea blends. So one of our most important suppliers. Also he always has some ...
Travel
China Trip Enshi
I have been to many parts of China, so I assumed that I pretty much knew China. Good to see at 62, I can still learn. Enshi is a city located in western Hubei Province. 6 hours by bullet train from...
Travel
China trip. Zhejiang part 2
We drove down to Xianju. It is a lovely town of 100,000. There we were welcomed by Mr. Wang. Yes it was a different Wang. In China, many people are named Wang. His season was ending soon. He makes...
Travel
China 2018 Zhejiang
We went up to lovely Anji and our friend Mr Wang. There the frost caused less problems. So we bought the Anji Bancha and Anji Black. We love these teas because they have so much of mouth filling a...
Lifestyle
Royal Wedding Cocktail Recipe
Like every American, we are obsessed with the royal family and are counting down the days until the royal wedding on May 19th. To celebrate Prince Harry and Ms. Meghan Markle’s impending nuptials,...
Teafluencers
Teafluencers: Molly Hatch Designs
Molly Hatch is an artist, designer, and ceramicist who creates modern heirlooms with an everyday charm. Her signature line of 18th century home goods and decor items turn into special treasures th...
Holidays
How to Host a Mother’s Day Tea Party
As the weather warms and Mother’s Day approaches, we can’t help but get excited to begin hosting afternoon teas in our garden again. When Fashionable Hostess reached out to us and asked if we woul...
Lifestyle
Harney Charity Partners: Buy Tea, Give Back
At Harney & Sons, protecting the earth and its inhabitants is a top priority. That’s why we give a portion of our sales to foundations like 1% for the Planet, The GMHC, and The National Breast ...
Holidays
Easter Basket Ideas for Tea Lovers
Another year has flown by and Easter is upon us once again - how does this keep hop-pening? If you’re feeling unprepared for the upcoming holiday we have compiled a list of Easter basket fillings ...
Teafluencers
Teafluencers: Noah Wilson-Rich of the Best Bees Company
Noah Wilson-Rich is the founder and chief scientific officer of the Best Bees Company, an organization dedicated to raising funds for honey bee research to improve bee health. Noah and his team st...
Recipes
How to Brew Matcha Tea + 2 Fruit Matcha Flavors for Spring
Matcha tea, originally used for the Japanese Tea Ceremony, has been around for thousands of years but has just recently gained popularity in the United States. Made only from premium Tencha tea le...
Harney Happy Hour
St. Patrick’s Day Matcha Tea Cocktail
With St. Patrick’s Day right around the corner, we wanted to create a tea cocktail that would wow party guests. We reached out to our girl Stacie of Garden Cocktails to help us develop one of our ...
Teafluencers
Teafluencers: Amanda Kloots of The Rope NYC
Amanda Kloots, a Harney tea lover and celebrity trainer from Ohio, has developed an unstoppable strategy for staying in shape – with a jump rope. Creator of fitness classes, The Rope, The Dance, a...
Recipes
Raspberry Bisou Winter Tea Cocktail
Entertaining this winter? Add a splash of our Raspberry Herbal tea to your favorite sparkling beverage for an extra layer of flavor. The fruity notes of raspberry and the tang of orange, along with...
Lifestyle
Athletea: Performance Hydration Tea for Athletes
It’s time to kiss those sugary workout powders goodbye and say hello to a natural, sugar-free workout drink. Packed with electrolytes and antioxidants, our line of hydrating teas will give you the ...
Podcast
As The Tea Steeps: A Harney & Sons Podcast
It started as a hobby in the basement of the White Hart Inn in Salisbury, Connecticut and was shared only with inn guests. Now, over 30 years later, their 90,000 square foot facility in Millerton, ...
Recipes
How to Make a Paris Fog
A strong black tea welcomes milk and sugar and is a combination that has stood the test of time. To add a Parisian twist to this classic, we use our Paris tea blend with its notes of black currant...
Recipes
Lemongrass Sour Winter Tea Cocktail
If you are in the mood to feel fancy but want to avoid the wintery weather, this Lemongrass Sour can really add a twist to your evening. Our Amba Lemongrass herbal blend with its citrus aroma and ...