[This is an archived post and some of the information below may no longer reflect Discover Teas' current situation.] While Discover Teas is still in business, we no longer have either of our brick and mortar locations and no longer vend at Busch Gardens. Please continue to support Discover Teas online for your tea needs shipped to your door!

Williamsburg certainly does know how to put on a show for the Holidays! From Colonial Williamsburg downtown to Busch Gardens, it's a festival of lights and tradition that fill the town with cheer. The annual Christmas Town at Busch Gardens didn't disappoint this year. It was an extraordinary display of millions of lights, cultural music, carnival rides, and thousands of people from far and near coming together in appreciation of Peace and Joy that the season brings.

Discover Teas was proud to take part in all the celebration and extend our teas to the Busch Gardens Christmas Town. Located in the Mistletoe Marketplace, our booth was nuzzled in next to Mary, well known as the 'Goat Soap Lady'. The Mistletoe Marketplace showcases craftsman and their talents by providing a space for their gifts to be sold for the holidays. Discover Teas was honored to be invited to take part in displaying the art and craft of blending loose tea. Providing hot tea samples and a variety of House Blends for purchase, we were able to add our own little tea touch to the experience for all who visited. Tea is a very beautiful art in our lives at Discover Teas, and we were happy to share that with so many.

“A Dollar spent locally circulates 30 times within the community. Whereas a Dollar spent in a chain store circulates 8 times!”

You may or may not know, Discover Teas is locally owned and operated as a small business in the state of Virginia. More and more we see people extremely conscious about the dollars they spend of their hard earned cash. Something we’d ask you to think about however, is beyond the “price” and look at the “cost” of doing business locally as opposed to a chain.

Shop local events are being held nationwide. When you shop at a local business, you are helping members of your direct community—providing healthcare for their children and family or possibly your neighbor to pay for school. They hire local people who also dine in local restaurants, enjoy local entertainment and buy groceries and gas. They hire local services for plumbing, heating and cooling, landscaping and they shop at local businesses.

They pay taxes….

When you spend your money in a chain store the lions share is deposited in an account wherever the “Corporate Office” is located. It is then used to pay the salaries and bonuses of the Board of Directors and shareholders and truthfully many other operating procedures. But the point is that it is usually in some other state; where their employees spend that money, somewhere else.

You are empowered to make a direct impact in your local market, your neighborhood commerce, and state economy. Your hard earned money really can have a huge bang for the buck for all! This season and every day of the year you are building and supporting the economy in your community, and strengthening the economy of America, when you choose to SHOP LOCAL! And believe me; your local merchant thanks you for it.