Tea lovers are inclined to brew a cuppa any time of year, but especially now, in the dead of winter. Time to put the kettle on and savor the warm, soothing flavor of steeped tea leaves. Here are some ...

Editor’s note: This story is part of an occasional series focusing on local businesses inducted into the Illinois Made program by the Illinois Office of Tourism. The shelves at Steep N’ Clay in ...

Disposable plastic and paper cups are an environmental mess. GaeaStar, a startup based in Berlin and San Francisco, thinks it can do better with just clay, water, salt and sand. After piloting ...

We’ve all done it. You’re in line at a coffee shop but forgot your travel mug at the office. You wait to order, trying to decide between buying a new $40 reusable mug at the counter or walking out ...