Menno Tea opens farming cafe to connect drinkers with mint
Menno Tea, a bottled tea manufacturer, recently opened a farming cafe in Pennsylvania aimed at showcasing new mint drinks and mint farming practices. Menno Tea Mint Farming Cafe is inspired by mint-infused tea beverages that got the company off the ground in 2011 and that can now be found in over 600 locations across the east coast. The farming cafe is intended to be a consumer testing ground for various minty drinks before they hit production, including mint lattes and cold-brew mint tea. Outside the venue, six varieties of organic mint are grown on a two-acre plot that displays how the herbs taste and smell, and how they are cultivated. This initiative also hopes to encourage local farmers to take on mint production by providing root stock and starter packs, and to create partnerships between local growers in the future.