Tall cylindrical travel mug covered in a dark blue sock, resting on a wooden table.

More adventures in improvised tea cozies!
An unmatched wool sock from the sock drawer worked great for travel.

Also, this is my first ever infusion of #Yaupon.

#HerbalTea #HerbSky #KitchenWitch

Pot of tea

The #yaupon tea has been sleeping since 2 PM. It is very strong. #tea

I took the lid off the pot & the steamy cinnamon smell instantly opened my sinuses. #tea #yaupon

Black tea

The cinnamon yaupon tea in honor of Christmas looks like hair-o-the-dog strong. #tea #yaupon

White drawstring bag with ingredients.

Making a new batch of yaupon tea: yaupon leaves, a few mountain mint leaves &, for Ann, a couple of slivers of cinnamon bark. #yaupon #tea #yaupontea

i love to drink tea, and i drink alot of tea on an almost constant basis... i also love botany and native plants, so naturally, yaupon is one of my favorites. Im excited to get these berries planted, and see how they grow #yaupon #tea #nativeplants #holly #gardening

Cup of tea

First batch of yaupon tea from the new harvest. Very smooth. Much better than the ~3 year old dried leaves we had left. #yaupon #tea

I learned of yaupon (pronounced yo-pahn) tea several months ago and bought some. I like it. #yaupon #tea

Photo of yaupon (pronounced yo pahn) white flowers, red berries and dark green, serrated leaves. Photo courtesy of Florida Wildflower Foundation.

NPR: Morning cup of coffee getting too expensive? Try Yaupon.

#yaupon #yaupontea #tea #CarolinaTea #nativeplants #SoutheastUnitedStates #Texas #Florida #Georgia #SouthCarolina

www.npr.org/2025/08/03/n...

Quart hermetically sealed jar of dried yaupon leaves.

Well, that should be enough yaupon leaves for a while. #yaupon #tea

Food dehydrator with dark green & dark brown leaves.

The yaupon leaves are almost dry. #tea #yaupon

Top of food dryer covered with small green leaves 0.5" deep.

About 15 minutes of harvesting yaupon (Ilex vomitoria) leaves. #yaupon #tea

Cup of dark tea with cup bottom barely visible.

I started this pot of yaupon tea at 10 PM Tuesday night & haven't added anything but water to replace the cups of tea we have removed. Might have to add more leaves tomorrow evening. #yaupon #tea

Cup of black tea

I forgot that I turned the #yaupon tea on to steep at 8 AM this morning. I might need a whip & chair. #tea

Exploring Coffee Alternatives: Yaupon, Part Two We continue our exploration of America’s only native caffeinated plant, and its potential to revitalize North American ecosystems. BY MELINA DEVONEYBARISTA MAGAZINE ONLINE Featured photo courtesy of CatSpring Yaupon Last week, we began our discussion [...] The post Exploring Coffee Alternatives: Yaupon, Part Two appeared first on Barista Magazine Online.

Exploring Coffee Alternatives: Yaupon, Part One With coffee becoming increasingly difficult to cultivate, is North America’s only native caffeinated plant set to become a café staple? Today, we explore yaupon and its Native American roots. BY MELINA DEVONEYBARISTA MAGAZINE ONLINE Featured [...] The post Exploring Coffee Alternatives: Yaupon, Part One appeared first on Barista Magazine Online.

Ilex is short for Ilex vomitoria, the Latin name for yaupon holly which I’ve had a connection to for most of my adult life. It can be made into a tea that treats my anxiety and depression. It’s a dream of mine to produce specialty yaupon tea. #mentalhealthawareness #pupplay #yaupon

Coffee Production May Be Imperiled as Forests Are Destroyed for More Crops

No more #coffee time for #yaupon

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/w... #climate #tea #deforestation

Goldholly brews up a revival for North America’s native caffeinated plant

Featured in digital + print!

Goldholly in the @bostonglobe?! 📰✨

We're beyond ecstatic to be featured in today's Globe.

Such a proud milestone in our mission to upgrade America's daily boost with our continent's only caffeinated plant—yaupon holly.

Read the article at the link in our bio!

#yaupon #tea #caffeine #bostonglobe

@widowsnorphans.bsky.social Here's your hour-long seminar on my #Yaupon filly. So far, I really feel like I've found my happy place in #HorseRacing with #Commonwealth. Notice the difference in level of horsemanship between them and, ahem, certain others? youtu.be/EwFEqGz9NYc?...

Drinking America's only caffeinated plant ⚡️on America's only high-speed rail 🚄

#MadeinUSA #tea #yaupon #caffeine

As in colonial days, the #USimportstea because it grows very little. #Trumptariffs will raise the price. As the colonists did, people are looking for alternatives. One that the colonists used, as had indigenous people for centuries, was #Yaupon, a type of holly, the #onlyUSnativecaffeinatedplant

Tariffs give the U.S.’s only native caffeinated plant a shot at stardom Yaupon, a holly plant long used by indigenous groups, gets new attention thanks to tariffs on tea and coffee.

#Tariffs give the #US’s only #native #caffeinated #plant a shot at stardom
#Yaupon, a holly, may be little-known outside Indigenous groups, but that may soon change thanks to #tea and #coffee tariffs.
Source: #TheWashingtonPost
www.washingtonpost.com/food/2025/07...

#yaupon #holly-plant #indigenous-culture #american-history #tea #coffee #tariff #tariff-policy #alternativetea #native-plant #planthistory #horticulture #drought-resistance #native-plant-cultivation #economic-history #agricultural-policy

🎬 That's a wrap on Summer Fancy Food Show 2025! Incredible debut. A true inflection point for American-grown caffeine.

Key takeaways:
✨ People love Goldholly's taste
✨ Real demand for jitter-free energy
✨ 100% American-grown resonated deeply

#Yaupon #Tea #Caffeine #FancyFoodShow #AmericanMade

If the objective is to make #caffeinated #beverages more #sustainable, #yaupon makes more sense since it's from #NorthAmerica

Yeah, the solution is #yaupon

Cut brown leaf material, sitting in a white glazed tea scoop, cup & gaiwan in the background

Looking downward over pink peonies and a cup of dark tea on a silver tray, alongside a gaiwan with blue and yellow lines on a grayish lid.

Dark roasted Yaupon tea, indigenous to Turtle Island; notes of cacao & cassia, tobacco & herbaceous smoke. Quite interesting! #yaupon #tea #teasky

The First Trump Tariff Americans Will Feel Every Morning Has People Steaming Critics pointed out the major flaw.

Maybe it's time for #Yaupon, the only North American #caffeinated drink www.huffpost.com/entry/first-...

Yaupon Tea's Latin-name Rabbit Hole - Cosmorock it’s almost impossible to talk about yaupon tea without having the Latin-name talk. And that’s not by accident.

#YauponTea has caffeine and tastes great! It's packed with health compounds. Drinking #yaupon supports local farmers and Whole Foods named it the top trending food of 2023. So with all this going for it, why weren’t we drinking it all along? cosmorock.org/ilex-vomitor...