TEABOX CHAI COLLECTION Beaming with flavors, freshness, and more, our chai collection is unlike any other that you will savor. Disrupting a 200-year-old industry was not easy, to begin with, and the chai scene was even more difficult to conquer. Our chai collection is more than just black tea blended in spices. Each blend is [...] The post THE AUTHENTIC INDIAN CHAI EXPERIENCE appeared first on Tea Stories - Still Steeping: Teabox Blog ..read more

Known as the Queen of Healing herbs, chamomile flowers have been long used by the Ancient Egyptians, to honor the gods, embalm the dead, and cure the ill. For centuries, people have been drinking chamomile tea before bed for a good night’s rest. The chamomile flower contains flavonoid and apigenin, which binds itself to benzodiazepine [...] The post A HEALING CUP OF CHAMOMILE appeared first on Tea Stories - Still Steeping: Teabox Blog ..read more

Known by the botanical name Lavandula angustifolia, the pale violet flower buds of lavender are popular for making soaps, bath salts, aromatic oils, and tea. Though it’s popular for its fragrance and color, it has been revered for centuries in traditional medicine to improve the sleep cycle, reduce anxiety, and heal skin ailments. With high [...] The post The Many Use of Lavender appeared first on Tea Stories - Still Steeping: Teabox Blog ..read more

With the holidays around the corner, and travel plans chalked out, it is time to ponder a serious question. Should one take their favorite teas along? Or should they just settle for mediocre, stale teas served in hotel rooms, and cruise ships and if one is on the road, then forego it altogether? For true [...] The post TRAVEL WITH TEA: STEEP ANYWHERE, ANYTIME appeared first on Tea Stories - Still Steeping: Teabox Blog ..read more

Often associated with complex postures, Yoga is more than just an exercise for agility and fitness. It is a holistic philosophy that gifts us a set of tenets, which teach us how we can navigate life in a spiritually aligned way. A practice, as old as time, yoga transcends religion, culture, and language and is [...] The post Understanding the Universe- The 8 Limbs of Yoga appeared first on Tea Stories - Still Steeping: Teabox Blog ..read more

This International Tea Day, we are bringing unheard, surprising, delightful stories, insights, and facts of our customers. Introducing Teabox Report 2021-2022 ‘The Fun version’ The post The Year That Wasn’t appeared first on Tea Stories - Still Steeping: Teabox Blog ..read more

“It looks big, Earth. But there are lots of us on here (7,523,458,567 and counting) so be kind.” —Oliver Jeffers This year, as we sat discussing Earth Day, we were delighted to discover through conversation, that in our ever-loving quest to be kind to the planet, we have developed some green habits to be kinder to [...] The post Celebrating Earth Day appeared first on Tea Stories - Still Steeping: Teabox Blog ..read more

IT ALL BEGAN WITH… A thought. .Whenever we would go to the mountains of Darjeeling, the valleys of Assam, or anywhere where tea grows, we would see people busy at work in the gardens. Swift, steady and efficient, their hands, plucking away at the tea bushes, their distant conversations, melodic songs, the very soul of [...] The post THE KALPANA STORY appeared first on Tea Stories - Still Steeping: Teabox Blog ..read more

The crafting of tea rituals is a practice as old as time. The ritualized form of steeping tea is a deeply entrenched cultural ceremony, especially in the eastern part of the world, which involves the ceremonial preparation and presentation of tea. The practice first originated in China, it was widely accepted and popularized in the [...] The post TEA RITUALS- CRAFTED FOR YOUR MIND appeared first on Tea Stories - Still Steeping: Teabox Blog ..read more

Recently the world’s largest tea brand Lipton has been put on the block by FMCG giant Unilever, sounding the final note for a century-old company. Despite its tragic end, how the 131-year-old tea brand emerged from the slums of Glasgow is a fascinating tale of the entrepreneurial spirit of the iconic founder Thomas J. Lipton.  [...] The post The Life and Legend of Thomas J. Lipton appeared first on Tea Stories - Still Steeping: Teabox Blog ..read more