Lost Pines Yaupon Tea Blog

Philadelphia Fish House Punch with Yaupon cocktail recipe

Philadelphia Fish House Punch with Yaupon cocktail recipe

Ingredients 1 Bottle of dark Jamaican Rum (750ml) 2 cups Cognac 1/2 cup peach brandy 1 cup fresh squeezed lemon juice (We used Meyer Lemons, reserve the peels) 1 cup sugar 4 cups Dark Roast Lost Pines Yaupon Tea (brewed at 2 teaspoons per cup)

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Down the Yaupon Rabbit Hole, America's first tea.

Talk given by Jason Ellis at the Lone Star Tea festival in Houston, Texas.  A brief talk on yaupon, it's history, it's place in the environment, beneficial properties and it's current renaissance.

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We've made it into the Austin Chronicle!

We were honored to featured in the Austin Chronicle article by Adrienne Whitehorse Texas Tea, Three local purveyors search for an ethical cup. We really enjoyed the interview sitting around the table talking yaupon and drinking yaupon prepared in all its various ways.  Light roast tea, dark roast tea, yaupon kombucha, drinking light roast "mate style" with a bombilla and also dark roast brewed very strong from the coffee maker.

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