| I have several large yaupons growing on my place and I use the leaves from them. There are quite a few outfits selling yaupon tea now and they are based all over the Gulf Coast. I haven't tried any commercial teas since reading about yaupons several years back. It looks like everyone and his dog who has ever tried to figure out what to do with all the yaupons on their property has chosen to market tea leaves. Some look like actual orchards but many advertise they sustainably or organically prepare the leaves. To me that means that as soon as they get an order they head outside to the thickest place and trim some branches and then go roast them and bag them up for shipping. There are several outfits that distribute through grocery stores here in Texas. They sell blends of yaupon with other herbs. I'm not really an herbal tea person. I like a Earl Grey, a Chai, a green tea, etc but when you start throwing flowers in I brew some coffee. I understand that Earl Grey has bergamot but it isn't the main character get to do the tea leaves do the talking. https://catspringtea.com/ NW of Houston in the heart of the yaupon thickets. https://lostpinesyaupontea.com/ Hill Country yaupons https://www.ritualyaupon.com/ Dallas company with canned teas. https://www.texteacompany.com/ Piney Woods in East Texas. They look uncommitted to the task since they are surrounded by yaupon but claim to be out of stock. LOL Those are all Texas yaupon tea companies. There are also others in the Carolinas, and other Gulf Coast states. It does make a great tea which you can drink alone or with a sweetener like honey. |