By: Deborah Storey
From the tiny Lacey’s Spring community in North Alabama, family-made specialty tea blends from Piper & Leaf make their way to customers as far away as California and Europe.
“Piper Partner” markets sell a proprietary recipe of black teas from across the globe blended with the earthy goodness of fruits, roots and herbs from the gardens, farms and briar patches of Alabama.
Three siblings — Connor Knapp, Brigette Christopher and MaryClaire Thomas — teamed with Brigette’s husband, Caleb Christopher, to start Piper & Leaf Tea Company in 2013.
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