Lipton is just about synonymous with industrial Big Tea these days. So you might be surprised to learn that once upon a time, Lipton was known for selling tea direct from its own gardens.

For tea aficionados, mass-market supermarket tea bags don’t cut it. True tea is loose, fresh and sold by purveyors such as Rishi, which buys directly from harvesters and sells Fair Trade ...

As for the amount of EGCG in the loose teas, Teavana had the most with 86mg of the antioxidant in a teaspoon followed by Lipton Green Tea with 71.1 mg per a tea bag.

When given room to expand, loose tea leaves swell to their full capacity, ... (The nutritional information for Lipton black tea says a serving contains 55 milligrams of caffeine per 8 ounces, ...

Lipton tea can be found in almost any grocery store, ... Shops were selling loose leaf tea for the equivalent at the time of 50 cents a pound, an amount he knew was beyond the means of a working-class ...

A Lipton ad from a Canadian grocer publication in 1896 boasts that the company's tea comes "direct from the tea gardens." Lipton traded on the idea that its tea was grown on the company's own estates.

Lipton is just about synonymous with industrial Big Tea these days. So you might be surprised to learn that once upon a time, Lipton was known for selling tea direct from its own gardens.