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Michelle & Rich De Marco

 Everyone wants to know why a tea company? The answer is quite simple, we love tea and history. If you have grown up in New Jersey, or any other state for that matter, you’ve  been taught about BOSTON and their Tea Action on December 16^th 1773 .  Did you know that although, Boston has bragging rights about being first; it was far from being the only tea party action. In fact , it was  the first of five retaliations against the Townsend Act. The others being Charleston, Annapolis, Princeton and Greenwich.  Greenwich was the last and final action before the war.

A man by the name of Philip Vickers Fithian, a young recently graduated student from Princeton University was traveling home from a tutoring job for a wealthy plantation owner. He was coming home through Maryland for the holidays in October and found out about the Brig laden with tea that had been burned in the Harbor.

Forward to Sunday December 18^th 1774, word spread after Sunday worship service, of a certain shipment of tea hidden in Dan Bowen's warehouse.  They apparently thought they could hold the tea until the heat of the tea tax blew over. They couldn’t have been more wrong! On Friday December 23 1774 the Owner of the Gray Hound found out just how mad the residents of Greenwich, Shiloh and Roads town  were! They dressed as Native Americans. Dressed as Indians, as many as 40 of the local people (a group that was against the Townsend Act) all were thought to be young Whigs, set fire to the whole cargo of tea (Oolong) in the towns market Square. Although, none were identified most people believe that it was Philip Vickers Fithian ,Richard Howell Silas Newcomb,Joel Fithian Philips brother James Ewing ,Henry & Josiah Seeley as well as, Ebenezer and Timothy Elmer. As the journal of Philip Vickers Fithian  read “Last night the Tea was by a number of persons' in disguise taken crates of tea out of the house & consumed with fire.” Several times charges were brought against some of the lads, they were never able to get a conviction .The prosecution was fighting an up hill battle in a town with more sympathy for the tea burners than the tea owners.  

So now … As Paul Harvey would say  "you know; the rest of the story". After pouring your self a piping hot cup of our great tasting, relaxing, Greenwich Tea Burners Tea. Learn more about local history;  look to find a copy of Smugglers woods, By  Arthur D. Pierce or read The Beloved Cohansy of Philip Vickers Fithian. If your really adventurous, come visit the Historic Tea Burning town. Located in south west Jersey along the banks of the Cohansey River.

                                 Have a Tea--rrific  Day

                                 Michelle & Richard