Refreshing peppermint...pure & simple.Our First Home: Where Bigelow Tea was Born. Sometime in 1942 or '43, my mom and dad decided they wanted to start a tea business. They felt strongly that, for the company to be a success, they needed a home where they could begin. Searching the local streets, they found a brownstone, which was in terrible disrepair. Optimistic, they bought it with the last of their life savings, and repaired it themselves. It was in this home in 1945, where my mom and dad...