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The big-city dwellers drink it black, in ceramic mugs with intricate decorative patterns. Sure, it’s a luxury that has to be imported from faraway growers, but no big meeting gets started without the ...

For generations further back than she can trace, Laura Cummings Balgari’s ancestors had a close relationship with yaupon holly. As Indigenous people of the Pee Dee and Natchez Nations, they foraged ...

Get expert tips on whether an HOA should plant yaupon or Nellie R. Stevens holly and whether to redo a lawn yourself or hire help.

Your morning caffeine fix could be getting more expensive thanks to President Trump's latest wave of tariffs, set to go into effect this week. Brazil, the world's largest producer of coffee, is being ...

The adage "everything old is new again" seems tailor-made for the plant known as yaupon. What is yaupon—and why is it creating a stir in the beverage world? For one thing, it makes a delightful cup of ...

Correction: A previous version of this article included a photo of a Japanese honeysuckle that the caption incorrectly labeled a yaupon plant. The image has been removed. Subscribe to The Post Most ...

My wife was working in the flower beds the other morning when she ran into the house and said, “Come see the cedar waxwings!” At least 50 birds had descended on two yaupon bushes by the side of our ...

Long before Earl Grey, Darjeeling and oolong reached our shores, there was yaupon. Tea brewed from the leaves of the yaupon holly has been part of the North American diet for more than 1,000 years, ...

Long forgotten, this buzzy elixir rooted in American history is making a comeback.