In 1945, inspired by an Early Colonial recipe, Ruth Campbell Bigelow disappeared into her New York brownstone kitchen to create a better cup of tea.
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When Ruth Campbell Bigelow started Bigelow Tea in 1945, the going was tough. She had created a wonderful tea, “Constant Comment,”
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Sometime in 1942 or ’43, Ruth and David Sr. decided they wanted to start a tea business. At the time, they lived in a small apartment in Manhattan.
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Back in 1945, when the Bigelow Tea company first started, Ruth Bigelow and the family could only afford a single-color label for her tea.
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In 1955, Bigelow Tea moved from New York to Connecticut. Soon afterwards, back-to-back hurricanes hit! Connecticut rivers, including the Norwalk River, where the new factory resided, rose up over 35 feet, moving over 50 miles an hour.
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In 1945, Ruth Bigelow was trying to establish a market for her new product, “Constant Comment” Tea. This was no easy task.
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In the early 1960’s the Eunice and David conducted all of their tea tasting and purchasing from the comfort of their kitchen in Westport CT.
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I knew my mother in law (Ruth) was a peppermint fan. But I loved spearmint. Every time I would mention spearmint to Ruth she showed no interest.
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When Lori and Cindi were very young, their mom Eunice would dress the girls up in matching holiday outfits;
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Tasting teas in Bigelow Kitchen when Cindi was young
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We could write volumes about all the things that Mary did for Bigelow, but the important things included managing the profit sharing plan and subsequently, a separate 401k plan for all Bigelow employees.
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I will never forget the first Bigelow Tea Community Challenge Road Race. I actually scheduled it for my wedding day back in 1988.
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