Tracing the history behind sweet tea reveals a timeline shaped by shifting trade routes and evolving kitchen habits.

One special blend, the East Indian Tea Tin, sold at Oliver Pluff, tells the story of the Charleston Tea Party, which took place just weeks before the Boston Tea Party.

As the only commercial tea plantation in the country, Charleston Tea Garden in South Carolina runs tours and tastings highlighting local production from leaf to brew.

MUSC has refused to fix the historic and dilapidated Edward Sebring House on Ashley Avenue in downtown Charleston, despite ...

"Known as Mason, the 15-foot-tall sweet tea jar in downtown Summerville commemorates the town's 2016 Guinness World Record ...

Although America's first successful sweet tea plantation was established in Summerville by Dr. Charles Shepard in 1888, historic documents show that the first American tea was planted along ...

A fraudster who tricked luxury hotels and stores into buying "Scottish-grown tea" that was actually from abroad has been jailed for three and a half years. Thomas Robinson also conned aspiring tea ...

From Colonial roots to Southern staple, sweet tea's history blends trade, tradition and taste; still evolving, yet true to its roots.