Lecturing your dachshund nonstop on the pros and cons of converting your front yard into a Pat Sajak–themed mini-golf course is bound to make you thirsty after a while. Today's Groupon offers the perfect moistener for dry throats and mouths. For $15, you get $30 worth of retail products at Numi Tea Garden in Jingletown.

Grab an organically pre-packed Numi teabag such as the antioxidant-infused chocolate Puerh black tea blend accented with orange peel, nutmeg, and cinnamon ($9.99 for box of 16 bags), or load your own loose-leaf tea to finely tune the proportional potency of each cup of mint Puerh organic green tea ($13 for a 4 oz. bag). Upgrade from practical yet tasteless Chia Pets with the decorative and flavorful properties of flowering tea that blooms when steeped (from $7.99 for a 27-gram box). Or simplify your drink with an essential teapot such as the classic sage ceramic pot with bamboo handle ($26.99). You can browse the online catalog for a taste of what Numi carries, but your Groupon can only be used in-store.

Numi honors the natural potency of tea and worships the ground that its proud customers walk upon by utilizing recyclable and biodegradable packaging and renewable bamboo whenever possible. Avoid drinking tea out of footprint puddles left by rogue carbon shoes, and celebrate the elements before the elements go the way of the buffalo—growing wings and flying away.

Reviews

Yelpers give Numi Tea Garden four stars, and CityVoters have made it the top runner for 2010's Best Tea House with five:

• Their Numi Teas are rich in flavor, smooth, and taste deeeeeelicious! – Camellia F., CityVoter
• This is just like tea is at home, if home is an ancient cave heaven of infinite wisdom and undulating joy. – Matthew R., CityVoter
• Beautiful. An oasis in the middle of a busy day. – JanPattersonRN, CityVoter