Recognized for the Standard We Refuse to Compromise
Homes & Gardens
January 2026 — Expert Contributor
Founder Carmine Del Sordi was featured as a tea plant expert in Homes & Gardens, offering guidance on growing botanical tea ingredients at home — alongside industry peers from leading specialty tea companies.
The Ascent Pure Tea Experience was named an Editor’s Top Pick Winner by Food & Beverage Magazine — recognized for its purity, craftsmanship, and elevated design. Five handcrafted whole-botanical blends. No artificial flavors. No fillers. No exceptions.
Pure & Easy’s Sunday Morning blend was hand-selected by Tea Time Magazine’s Tea Sommelier as the recommended tea for the Scones Course in their May/June 2026 issue — the most respected voice in the specialty tea world.
Wimbledon has spent 150 years making active decisions against every pressure to compromise. The grass courts. The whites. The refusal of corporate branding on Centre Court. Verdant is built the same way.
Founder Carmine Del Sordi contributed to JD Rico’s research on bringing wellness products to market, on why a product has to hold up outside the development room — from an Amazon thumbnail to a retail shelf or hospitality setting.