If you’re a fan of throwing garden parties as soon as the weather starts to warm up, then we have your next party already planned out for you: a spring-themed tea party! Target’s new tea cup and ...

It may surprise you to learn that the earliest tea cups lack handles. Every family has these small tea cups, which are a product of the late 1700s and early 1800s. These are referred to as sipper cups ...

I never realized it as a kid, but drinking tea was a ritual in my family. We drank a variety of teas, each made in its own precise way. Every tea has an optimal steep time and ideal water temperature, ...

Editor’s note: This story is part of an occasional series focusing on local businesses inducted into the Illinois Made program by the Illinois Office of Tourism. The shelves at Steep N’ Clay in ...