At Yaupon Brothers, we are a company of self-proclaimed plant geeks and a former airline captain passionate about giving back... so it’s not often in our lives that we’ve found ourselves “on-trend”. ALAS, our day has come! When the Specialty Foods Association announced the top food trends for 2020... yaupon tea checks almost all of the boxes! Let’s break it down: Plants as Plants: Meat Replacement Pushback According to SFA, Trendspotters predict a consumer move to real fruits and vegetables themselves. More consumers will begin to think critically about meat replacements, looking more closely at the...
Jackie Vitale is chef-in-residence at the Rauschenberg Residency, and co-creator of the blog Sunshine + Microbes. Sunshine + Microbes explores food, fermentation, and climate change from sunny South Florida. Chef and fermentation pro Jackie Vitale and journalist Matt Levin write a weekly newsletter filled with original recipes, practical kitchen ideas, and investigations of how what we eat impacts the world around us. Here's some Yaupon treats from Jackie Vitale! For my fragile constitution, a cup of coffee has an effect similar to a couple lines of cocaine (I’m guessing, of course). Therefore, tea is the choice for me. We stock Yaupon Brothers...