To cater to all tea lovers, many brands are involved in tea farming, offering a variety of teas, such as herbal, black, green ...

Rod Markus opens a package of tea and prepares it in his Ravenswood “laboratory.” His Chicago’s Rare Tea Cellar supercharges the imaginations of chefs and bartenders at more than 1,800 high ...

With degrees in psychology and hypnotherapy — “Education I still use everyday to this day,” he said — Markus started Rare Tea some 27 years ago, following a career importing wine and cigars.

Flavors include cinnamon orange, peach white, jasmine green and apricot black. ... One rare tea, the 25-year-aged pu-erh, sells for $1,100 a pound. “It’s a unique tea.

Vintage Tea and Cake Company Adel Donegan recently opened the tea room, her second. The location is a larger version of the one she’s run for nearly eight years in Belmont.