My Cup of Tea, More Than Premium Tea // January 15, 2025

In 2021, Memphis's poverty rate was 22.6%, nearly double the national rate of 12.8%. Structural disparities based on race are persistent and seem to have accelerated in 2023. Carey Madison Moore and Cheryl Henderson discuss how My Cup of Tea provides fair-wage jobs to help women overcome poverty living in the Orange Mound community. Orange Mound is the oldest African American Community in America. In 1895, a portion of the land from the vast Dederick Plantation was sliced into narrow lots and sold to African Americans. These women are provided with the tools they need to thrive financially, physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. Their premium teas imported from some of the world's best and most seasoned blenders can be purchased to support their efforts fighting poverty.