Woman drinking When the Sons of Liberty dumped over 92,000 pounds of British tea into Boston Harbor in 1773 protest against the Tea Act, patriots knew they wouldn’t abandon their caffeine ritual. After the Townshend Acts sparked widespread boycotts, the colonists turned to “liberty teas” from native plants like yaupon, North America’s only native caffeinated plant, long cherished by Indigenous peoples in the South. Yaupon, a hardy evergreen holly from North Carolina to Texas, grows wild and abundant, yet most Americans overlook this homegrown treasure. That oversight may end soon. Post-Revolution, cheap foreign tea overshadowed it, but today’s tariffs, highest on tea since 1773, could revive yaupon. These bold tariffs on imports, including tea, reminds us of the colonial fight for economic independence, shielding American…
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