Leaf Peeper Tea & Artisan Wares

Leaf Peeper Tea & Artisan Wares Original Tea Blends & Small-Batch Artisan Goods. Prepared by Hand in North Carolina. ("Pizer"--which rhymes with "wiser"--is a local word for porch.)

Available directly from the maker at seasonal pop-ups + mostly year-round online (Etsy). Tea Blends: March-November @ the Village Craftsmen gallery (Ocracoke Island, NC). Leaf Peeper Tea began at the Ocracoke Fig Festival in 2016 with a few packages of tea enhanced with figs and spices inspired by the famous fig cakes of Ocracoke Island, North Carolina. After successful sales there, the Village Cr

aftsmen gallery began stocking the original Fig Cake Spice black tea, green tea, and red rooibos blends in 2017. The Leaf Peeper Tea collection has since expanded seasonally or as inspiration visits. Other longtime blends include Pirate Camp (smoked black tea) and a yaupon blend called Sippin' on the Pizer, which is in pouches sized for pots of hot tea or pitchers of iced tea. One of the newest blends is FigMints of Imagination (a multi-mint tea). Most of the Leaf Peeper tea stock is available at the Village Craftsmen gallery on Ocracoke Island. The Leaf Peeper shop on Etsy occasionally offers an expanded collection of products that vary in availability: rustic homemade soap, skin toner, bug bite spray, bitters, fig-infused vinegar, fig mustard, Village Bay herb and spice seasoning blend, etc. Look for the Leaf Peeper Tea & Artisan Wares booth--which typically offers tea, baked goods and savory treats, and more--at festivals on Ocracoke Island.

Mon 18 Aug 2025. Ocracoke, NC. The village—quiet. Silver Lake—calm. The surf was churning on the beach this afternoon, b...
08/19/2025

Mon 18 Aug 2025. Ocracoke, NC. The village—quiet. Silver Lake—calm. The surf was churning on the beach this afternoon, but here under a blue-clouded sunset, it was a peaceful time to finally finish reading Robin Wall Kimmerer’s *The Serviceberry* while waiting for the lighthouse light to shine.

Leaf Peeper Tea & Artisan Wares got snapped on Friday in the eighth photo in this collection from Ocracoke Alive. One mo...
06/08/2025

Leaf Peeper Tea & Artisan Wares got snapped on Friday in the eighth photo in this collection from Ocracoke Alive. One more day of the Ocrafolk Music & Storytelling Festival on Sunday!

06/05/2025

Leaf Peeper Tea & Artisan Wares has something different for the festival booth this weekend--woman-grown organic Fair Trade cold brew coffee! Grown in Guatemala and sourced through Equal Exchange's Women in Coffee series partnership with the the Manos Campesinas co-op, these beans are lightly roasted to retain their lovely flavor, and their purchase helps young coffee farmers cultivate a viable future in the industry.

Why cold brew? Well, the inspiration came from a cold brew-themed episode of The Science of Coffee podcast. The series is well researched and entertainingly presented--and I have enjoyed the whole series, despite being...not really a coffee drinker.

Thanks to taste testers and equipment loaners Chad and Amy for helping with these experiments!

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Podcasts are often the soundtrack when I am blending and packing tea and making other concoctions for Leaf Peeper Tea & ...
05/25/2025

Podcasts are often the soundtrack when I am blending and packing tea and making other concoctions for Leaf Peeper Tea & Artisan Wares. Here’s a fun one I listened to the other day about Blackbeard from one of my binge series—the “You’re Dead To Me” history podcast on BBC. While Ocracoke doesn’t get a direct mention in the podcast, it does get a namedrop on the notes page linked in the comments. Also linked in the comments is a tutorial on the Bristolian accent mentioned in the podcast episode (listen for the “loife” example at about 2:30 in the video😏).

Greg Jenner and his guests learn about the infamous pirate Blackbeard.

SAT 26 April 2025 -- Happy Independent Bookstore Day! If you're lucky enough to be at Ocracoke today, you can stroll int...
04/26/2025

SAT 26 April 2025 -- Happy Independent Bookstore Day! If you're lucky enough to be at Ocracoke today, you can stroll into Books to be Red and find your treasure. If you're off-Island and tend to buy books online, one way you can still support Ocracoke Island's indie bookstore is by purchasing your books through Bookshop.org and setting your proceeds to go to Books to Be Red. 🌳🏠🏖 (links in comments)

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The first local strawberries of the season basking in a berry bowl! Pottery: a Martha Hayes piece from the Village Craf...
04/09/2025

The first local strawberries of the season basking in a berry bowl!

Pottery: a Martha Hayes piece from the Village Craftsmen

Leaf Peeper Tea & Artisan Wares is slated to be back at the Ocrafolk Music & Storytelling Festival this year! Stop by fo...
04/04/2025

Leaf Peeper Tea & Artisan Wares is slated to be back at the Ocrafolk Music & Storytelling Festival this year! Stop by for original tea blends, iced tea, baked goods, Fig Mustard, Tomato Fig Herb Jam, and more. Till then, check at the Village Craftsmen for the Leaf Peeper tea blends: Fig Cake Spice black/green/red rooibos, FigMints of Imagination, Pirate Camp, Sippin' on the Pizer, and...new this season and featuring lavender and blue butterfly pea flower...Sea Glass.

Leaf Peeper Tea & Artisan Wares launched at the Ocracoke Fig Festival in 2016 and maintains a plant-inspired theme in an eclectic product line that includes original tea blends made with organic, Fair Trade, homegrown, and/or wild-harvested ingredients; homemade sweet and savory goods; and miscellaneous locally themed crafts.

For more information about all of the artisans and performers coming to this year's Ocrafolk Music & Storytelling Festival visit https://www.ocracokealive.org/

Six months after Hurricane Helene, community need is ongoing--and the Appalachian Herb Collective has been doing great w...
03/27/2025

Six months after Hurricane Helene, community need is ongoing--and the Appalachian Herb Collective has been doing great work! The webinar "Community Herbalism in Action: How Herbalists Can Support Community Affected By Tragedy" (link in comments) with Lupo Passero offers excellent insight into AHC's beginning and approach to community aid.

Nice ride! 😍 Congrats to Traditional Medicinals on 50 years! I enjoy several of TM's products, and some my favorites are...
03/27/2025

Nice ride! 😍 Congrats to Traditional Medicinals on 50 years! I enjoy several of TM's products, and some my favorites are Chamomile, Chamomile & Lavender, Nettle Leaf, Peppermint or Spearmint, and Tulsi & Ginger.

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