Great Lakes Tea & Spice
Throughout Heather and Chris Sack’s travels, they’ve sought after flavors from around the world that have inspired and enlightened their senses. As owners of Great Lakes Tea & Spice in Glen Arbor, this is their opportunity to bring those flavors to you. Made from all natural, handpicked ingredients and put together in tea and spice combinations from classic to eclectic, Heather and Chris are sure there’s a flavor to flatter your palette. Consider them The Great Lakes region’s premiere purveyor of new and exciting loose leaf tea and spice blends.
Contact information:
6610 Western Avenue, Glen Arbor … (231) 334-6747 … www.teaandspice.com
Read this excerpt from Maggie Meyers’ story “Seep in tranquility with Great Lakes Tea and Spice” which ran in the Glen Arbor Sun in August 2006.
A few yards west of the Pine Cone ice cream shop, just past the storefront to the Glen Arbor Botanicals Gallery, stands an enticing sign that reads, ‘Follow the Path to Enlightenment’. Curious passersby enter the shady stone path and are lead to a quaint courtyard, at the center of which sits the Tea and Spice Company’s retail shop, a charming 12 foot x 12 foot trading post. Upon entering the tiny shop, the visitor is inundated with fragrant aromas arising from the many enticing offerings that fill every inch of the cozy space. Each day, complimentary samples of three specialty tea blends — one hot and two iced — are freshly made for the enjoyment of all who wander through. Many a first time visitor’s attention heads straight to Cappy, a two-year-old Blue and Gold Macaw — an adoptee of the company’s owners, husband-and-wife team Chris and Heather Sack — which perches and chatters effusively in front of the shop. Cappy spends each day engaging visitors, especially those of the younger contingent, who, with a comical combination of anticipation and trepidation, approach him — hands outstretched — with offers of crackers and other treats.
