Cup of Sea tea made from seaweed
Portland, Maine
The back story:
Josh Rogers, a freelance cookbook editor and web content strategist on the side, got the idea to make tea from seaweed after noticing how alike green tea and kelp tasted. He started making tea from seaweed and opened his own store, Heritage Seaweed, the country's first and only all-things-seaweed store, in Portland, Maine. “I source flakes of dried seaweed from local harvesters including Atlantic Holdfast, who's based on a remote island seven miles off Stonington,” he said. “I blend the seaweed with caffeinated or herbal tea ingredients in small batches at our Portland shop. You'd be hard-pressed to find a more nutritious tea. It’s chock-full of minerals, antioxidants, and anti-inflammatory agents. Ultimately, a cup of tea is one of the easiest ways to add seaweed to your diet.”