“Yaupon can choke out everything else, and it grows like a thicket,” says Jason Ellis, the cofounder of Lost Pines Yaupon. The company, launched in 2015, makes tea from yaupon plants that its ...

They can produce a dense thicket in both sun and shade ... The leaves and twigs of the native yaupon contain caffeine. Native peoples used them to prepare a tea, the “black drink,” which ...

Take a hike in one of our Pleasure Island State Parks (Carolina Beach State Park and Fort Fisher State Recreation Area) and you are sure to encounter a thicket of yaupon holly. The amazing story ...

Donation Options Search Search Search Yaupon holly is a familiar garden plant. Its leaves are also used to brew tea. /tamu - stock.adobe.com Share Long before Earl Grey, Darjeeling and oolong ...

Only recently have people started to return to its cultivation. Yaupon is a species of evergreen holly that originates from the southeastern part of North America. For thousands of years ...

Rise Yaupon teas are made from North America's only naturally caffeinated plant species, the Yaupon Holly. Yaupon has a rich history of cultural significance among indigenous communities and is ...

The yaupon used in Storehouse Teas is sourced from of CatSpring Yaupon, a woman/Native American-owned, regenerative, and certified organic company in Cat Spring, Texas. Women coming out of ...