Fancy a Jar of Tea?

Floral, herbal teas are perfect for gifting in a jar since they’re often colorful and comprised of different-size elements. Try Village Tea Company’s sweet, spicy Gentle Organic Lemon Ginger or Cherry Me Bloom teas; they’re both suited to cooler temperatures and have ingredients that can fight common winter colds. Fill a short jar with a few ounces of tea and then tie a tea ball and enamel copper spoon to the top.

Read more: http://www.oprah.com/food/Gift-Jars-Ideas-Gift-Jar-Recipes/7#ixzz1ffvJu5FL

The first thing that struck me about this tea was the 100% recycled packaging. Inside of the cardboard tube were two cotton muslin bags filled with tea and ten paper filters. How perfect it would be to use (if you wish to read more please click here)

Village Tea Company, a relatively new vendor based in Texas, has a small but growing line of tea and tea equipment.  One item on the product list is their Mobile Teapot, or infuser mug.  The mug is made of a BPA-free, clear tempered plastic, holds almost 13 oz of tea and has the standard tall cylindrical shape of travel mugs, which fits easily into a cup holder in the car.  There is a separate molded plastic and metal ring that screws on top of the mug itself, which provides a smooth edge to drink from, as well as contains the metal mesh strainer.  A molded plastic lid screws on top of the strainer and drinking ring. To read more please click here…..

I tend to be more of a coffee person, but, I keep hearing about all of the health benefits of tea (at every turn!), and I feel like I should drink more of it. I thought that tea was pretty boring, until I tried this variety, and I’m hooked! Click here to read more

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Finding My Tea Timeby PAIGE on SEPTEMBER 12, 2011I’m so glad you guys enjoyed this afternoon’s metabolic kettlebell exercise and workouts! Kettlebells can be a little scary if you’ve never used them, but they are SO fun once you know what you’re doing
After lunch, I told myself the next two hours would be dedicated to sitting at the laptop getting some quality work done. I’ve got a lot to do for some upcoming projects, and wanted to research some workouts for future training sessions. For this task, I rounded up some helpers: click here to read more

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As someone who writes not only for print but also online media I often find myself presented with opportunities to sample new products. When I was recently asked to sample some teas from the Village Tea Company I sat up and took notice, as a devoted tea drinker I’m always on the hunt for that one special tea that I can’t live without.  Upon reviewing the company website you could have knocked me over with a feather after discovering that Village Tea Company founder and CEO was an African-American gentleman by the name of  Martin Ekechukwu.  Forget the Tea, I had to interview Martin for The Blacker The Berry Food.  Martin was born in Nigeria to a Nigerian father and Czech mother, the youngest of four children click here to read more

I am a big drinker, a teaholic.  I don’t frequent bars but I will drive 2 hours to go to a good tea house. This is why I was so excited to receive an email asking if I would like to sample Village Tea Company’s line.  Village Tea is a new player in the tea market and provides loose leaf teas in earth-friendly recyclable packaging – you can even use the containers as pencils holders on your desk, or paintbrush bins like we do.

I received Sweet Grace Vanilla Rooibos which was wonderfully delicate with an intoxicating vanilla scent and flavor, no sharp tea taste and no need for sweetener.  For the last week I have had at click here to read more

Ginger root dominates over the delicate green tea in this blend, so if you’re not a fan of the spicy stuff, skip this one. If you are, though, this is a nice example of warming ginger brightened with lemongrass. It’s definitely herbal from the lemongrass and lemon myrtle, and it’s a bit grassy-tasting, but not bitter. It will likely calm your stomach after a big meal.We liked this tea over ice, too, though we were tempted to add a dollop of honey. The ginger flavor would also be excellent mixed half-and-half with lemonade.Around $10 for 16 sachets, also available as loose leaf tea. Sample provided for review.

The Celebrity Cafe.com staffIn the U.S., tea has always played second fiddle to coffee, but Martin Ekechukwu, one of the country’s foremost tea experts, was looking to change that when he created the Village Tea Company.
Village Tea is all about the taste, rather than stuffy European traditions. The flavors of tea are a direct response to the domestic teas that do not have the great flavor, innovative package design or attention-grabbing marketing that American tea needs in order to compete with our coffee addiction. Village Tea is still able to operate as a small company, so they can ensure that each product is hand blended and inspected to give the customer the high quality they should expect.
Village Tea is a delicious, unique and healthier alternative to coffee. Ekechukwu has combined his worldwide tea-drinking experience with a unique taste to create tea flavors specifically for the American consumer. So, throw out all your preconceived notions about tea, because Village Tea will change them.

Between Will and Kate’s Summer of Love tour and Adele’s “Rolling in the Deep” (thanks for making us feel normal, girl), you’re eating up all things English.

Wash it down with Village Tea Company.

Selling loose leaves and individual packets, the local brand is not your mum’s morning cup.

Owner Martin Ekechukwu blends flavors — ranging from vanilla, cherry, and strawberry to lemon ginger, spiced chai, jasmine green, and ginger orange and ginseng — by hand. The packaging is modern (no flimsy boxes here) and made of 100 percent recycled paper. Filter bags are made of unbleached cotton.

Our most anglophilic friends rave about the Royal Organic English Breakfast and Simply Organic Earl Grey black teas.

They promise to put some Pippa in your step.

Available at Whole Foods Market, 4100 Lomo Alto Drive (214-520-7993); Central Market, 5750 East Lovers Lane(214-234-7000); online at villageteaco.com, $3-$16.

Martin Ekechukwu would likely say yes to both. The founder, CEO, and Creative Director of Village Tea Company Distribution, Inc. and the Village Tea Company brand, 33-year-old Martin was born in Nigeria to a Nigerian father and Czech mother. The youngest of four children, he spent most of his childhood taking trips between Nigeria and the Czech Republic in order to visit his extended Czech family and attend summer school in the Czech Republic. During these Central European forays, Martin developed a taste for tea as he shared many cups with his grandmother. Then, in the late 1980s, in pursuit of better opportunities, Martin’s father moved the family to Fayetteville, Arkansas. Eventually, Martin attended both the University of Arkansas and then the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University. Martin then worked for the Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, where he became fascinated with the research on tea and its health benefits. Vowing never to forget his roots in “the village” – the tight-knit community he was raised in – Martin found it apt to name his new endeavor Village Tea, which he launched in 2009.  To read more click here

Michelle Money with our Village Tea Royal Organic English Breakfast. Watch her on Bachelor Pad 2 airing August 8 at 8/7CST on ABC