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A top-down view of a clear glass cup filled with brewed tea surrounded by piles of dried green, light roasted, and dark roasted loose leaves on a dark slate background, analyzing Catawba yaupon vs other yaupon tea brands for higher antioxidant levels.

Catawba Yaupon Tea and Antioxidants: What Sets ...

Yaupon is North America's only native caffeinated plant, and the antioxidant research is promising. But how much you actually get depends heavily on how the tea was made. Here's what...

Catawba Yaupon Tea and Antioxidants: What Sets ...

Yaupon is North America's only native caffeinated plant, and the antioxidant research is promising. But how much you actually get depends heavily on how the tea was made. Here's what...

A steaming clay bowl of dark tea sitting on stone next to a bundled yaupon holly branch, a small woven basket, and a seashell, showcasing traditional yaupon tea health benefits.

Yaupon Tea Health Benefits: A Native American Brew

Yaupon grew here long before coffee ever arrived. Southeastern Indigenous peoples brewed it for centuries. Science is finally catching up.

Yaupon Tea Health Benefits: A Native American Brew

Yaupon grew here long before coffee ever arrived. Southeastern Indigenous peoples brewed it for centuries. Science is finally catching up.

A steaming clay cup of brewed tea on a tree stump next to a pile of dark roasted loose leaves and fresh green yaupon holly branches.

How Yaupon Disappeared From American Cups — And...

For a brief moment in the 1700s, yaupon was shipped from Carolina ports as "Cassina" and competed with Asian tea across the Atlantic. Then a damaging Latin name, a colonial...

How Yaupon Disappeared From American Cups — And...

For a brief moment in the 1700s, yaupon was shipped from Carolina ports as "Cassina" and competed with Asian tea across the Atlantic. Then a damaging Latin name, a colonial...

A steaming ceramic bowl filled with dark Yaupon Black Drink, placed on a rustic wooden table next to green holly leaves and berries.

The Black Drink: Yaupon's Ceremonial Use in the...

A single paragraph that opens with a hook ("Long before coffee or English tea reached North America…"), names the three things that make the story distinctive (caffeine, conch-shell cups, Cahokia...

The Black Drink: Yaupon's Ceremonial Use in the...

A single paragraph that opens with a hook ("Long before coffee or English tea reached North America…"), names the three things that make the story distinctive (caffeine, conch-shell cups, Cahokia...

A close-up of a wild Yaupon holly branch in the woods, explaining what is yaupon tea by highlighting its characteristic smooth scalloped leaves, light splotched bark, and dense clusters of small red berries.

The Roots of Yaupon: How the Catawba People Bro...

Long before the first tea ship docked in Boston Harbor, the Catawba people were already brewing something remarkable.Yaupon (Ilex vomitoria) is the only caffeinated plant native to North America —...

The Roots of Yaupon: How the Catawba People Bro...

Long before the first tea ship docked in Boston Harbor, the Catawba people were already brewing something remarkable.Yaupon (Ilex vomitoria) is the only caffeinated plant native to North America —...

A sunlit, dense wild Yaupon Holly in Texas showcasing its signature small, smooth scalloped green leaves and vibrant clusters of bright red berries.

Yaupon Holly in Texas: The Native Caffeinated P...

Texas has a native caffeinated plant that tolerates drought and has been used ceremonially and medicinally for centuries. Yaupon holly isn't new — it just got ignored for a long...

Yaupon Holly in Texas: The Native Caffeinated P...

Texas has a native caffeinated plant that tolerates drought and has been used ceremonially and medicinally for centuries. Yaupon holly isn't new — it just got ignored for a long...