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Tea plantation images from around the world, including Japan, India, Africa, Australia, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, and more.

For our Bigelow Tea employees, no task is too great or small. Yet their rewards for volunteering in our community are absolutely plentiful!  As part of our company’s commitment to community service, workers at our Fairfield, CT plant recently gave their time to help out at another “plant” in town: a special playground. This “tea” team eagerly got their hands dirty at The Sandcastle Playground by pulling weeds and planting new flowers in the playground’s planting beds. Our handy workers started off their day by focusing on the space near the playground’s sign. First they removed dead bushes and weeds, and then they planted colored lilies. Over the years, Bigelow Tea has partnered with the Town of Fairfield and local parents to help in maintaining The Sandcastle, a community playground built in the mid-nineties. Being a stone’s throw from Fairfield’s beach area, The Sandcastle has many fun options for kids: slides, swings, a sandbox, a trapeze ladder, and even a mini-amphitheater. Being proud to help on our Community Service Day, our Bigelow Team looks forward to going back to The Sandcastle Playground again. We want to thank our team members Mike Marenna, Manny Leon, Jenny Vongxay, Tomas Rivera, Jose Santiago, Rob D’Agostino and Rich Queen who made this space brighter for the countless children who use it. Good job!

Our eyes are like cameras, taking in images of what’s around us. With June being Cataract Awareness Month, Bigelow Tea is getting a clear perspective on how cataracts can impact our lenses and our sight. According to the American Optometric Association, a cataract can impact the eye’s lens, which focuses light onto our retina to transmit what images we see to the brain. A cataract blocks light from properly passing through the lens, which in turn can make our vision blurry or dim. Just like with a camera, a blurry lens affects how our images come out! Cataracts can happen at any age, but they often develop as we become older. Treatment can really make a difference in handling cataracts, so it’s important to visit your eye doctor on a regular basis. Nutrition, too, plays a factor, as lutein and Vitamins C and E appear to help with eye health.  And let’s not forget about tea! Some studies have indicated that drinking green tea and black tea may reduce the progression of cataracts. In this warmer weather—and during Iced Tea Month—perhaps enjoy our Green Tea with Pomegranate Iced Tea. However you like your Bigelow Tea—hot or iced—let’s sip a little while we plan on having a clearer view of taking care of our eyes! Top image by magnoid via Flickr.com

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Bigelow Tea is proud to be a family-owned business that treats everyone like family.  Our “family circle” includes many suppliers, employees, retailers, and of course, passionate tea consumers! More recently, we have connected with a vibrant community of bloggers, and many of them have shared personal stories about their affection for Bigelow Tea. We take a moment to thank these wonderful writers and highlight a few of our favorite tea musings from the blogs—all of which revolve around … family, of course! Great Contradictions – a blog dedicated to helping “others to live happy, healthy lives no matter what their circumstances are,” posted a lovely tribute to tea and tradition. “Girl Talk with my mom drinking a cup of Bigelow Tea is definitely a cherished moment.” Cre8tive Compass – At first glance, Rebecca Parsons’ photos (like the one above) featuring Bigelow Tea and her grandmother’s china look like still-life paintings. Simply stunning. We also appreciate Rebecca’s take on our teas: “I call it ‘MY’ Bigelow Tea because I think of it as a member of my family. I drink it every day … My favorite is Plantation Mint.” The Mommy-Files – Shannon Gosney’s morning tea ritual was inspired by her mom. She prepares a cup of her favorite flavor, Earl Grey, and moves the tea bag to a small bowl after steeping. “I pick up my mug and as the steam lifts from the mug, I can smell the delicious aroma of the tea. It’s heavenly!” We want to thank every blogger who has taken the time to celebrate Bigelow Tea and tea drinking in general and we invite all of you to visit the above bloggers as well as those listed below for more tea inspiration! Rambles of a SAHM Still Blonde After All These Years Mom with a dot com Mommy Hates Cooking Mudpies and Tiaras Bubbly Nature Creations And, as always, we invite you to share your own tea stories with us on Facebook or Twitter! Image by Rebecca Parsons via Cre8tive Compass

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The Bigelow Tea Green Team has started a community garden and invites you to follow our progress! The team has been hard at work establishing planting beds in the front grass area of our Fairfield headquarters for the initial phase of this exciting Green Wellness Community (GWC) initiative. The Bigelow Green Team will be planting, maintaining and hopefully growing vegetables in these plantings beds. We are starting this year with tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchini and squash. We are hopeful that the garden will yield enough product to donate to a local nonprofit organization such as the Bridgeport Rescue Mission where they can use these freshly grown vegetables to help feed those who may be less fortunate. The Bigelow Green Team feels that this project touches upon each of the GWC areas as the gardening touches upon greening and sustainabili-TEA, the vegetables touch upon our wellness efforts, and we will serve our community by donating what we grow. Stay tuned for more pictures documenting our gardening progress!

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