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The original Samovar Gardens sign on the Farm

Stories That Started Us: The Samovar Garden

Good times and better memories grew in that garden... Does Piper & Leaf grow their own ingredients for their tea blends? Find out in this week's Stories That Started Us...

Stories That Started Us: The Samovar Garden

Good times and better memories grew in that garden... Does Piper & Leaf grow their own ingredients for their tea blends? Find out in this week's Stories That Started Us...

Charlene with freshly picked beets

Then & Now: Charlene

Charlene, what can we say? She has never known a predictable life... She was born the year that Piper & Leaf (or Samovar Gardens rather) was literally brewing. Her first...

Then & Now: Charlene

Charlene, what can we say? She has never known a predictable life... She was born the year that Piper & Leaf (or Samovar Gardens rather) was literally brewing. Her first...

getting our hands messy in the compost

Harder Not Smarter: Compost Tea

"We didn’t start out to make tea"... at least, for people..."When a local news anchor tried to buy a gallon of compost tea to drink – we started to rethink...

Harder Not Smarter: Compost Tea

"We didn’t start out to make tea"... at least, for people..."When a local news anchor tried to buy a gallon of compost tea to drink – we started to rethink...

Photo: by Rocket City Rachel - Piper & Leaf's Pumpkin Moonshine tea-glazed oats with cranberries, pumpkin seeds, and walnuts make the best granola recipe for a crisp Fall treat.

The Best Granola Recipe - Tea-Glazed Granola

Photo by Rocket City Rachel  Piper & Leaf's Pumpkin Moonshine tea-glazed oats with cranberries, pumpkin seeds, and walnuts make the best granola recipe for a crisp Fall treat. Whether you...

The Best Granola Recipe - Tea-Glazed Granola

Photo by Rocket City Rachel  Piper & Leaf's Pumpkin Moonshine tea-glazed oats with cranberries, pumpkin seeds, and walnuts make the best granola recipe for a crisp Fall treat. Whether you...

couple in a greenhouse looking at fresh ingredients

Stories Behind The Blend: Springdrop Spritzer

If you are familiar with Piper & Leaf at all, you know that we love sourcing locally grown ingredients to base our blends on.       Our process for developing...

Stories Behind The Blend: Springdrop Spritzer

If you are familiar with Piper & Leaf at all, you know that we love sourcing locally grown ingredients to base our blends on.       Our process for developing...

Stories that Started Us: The First Samovar Party

Stories that Started Us: The First Samovar Party

FIRST OFF, LET'S BACK UP A LITTLE... First off, if you grew up in the United States then you are probably wondering what a Samovar is, so before we can...

Stories that Started Us: The First Samovar Party

FIRST OFF, LET'S BACK UP A LITTLE... First off, if you grew up in the United States then you are probably wondering what a Samovar is, so before we can...