Combining tradition and science to create natural and effective remedies.
When we first set out to create “The Smoking Gun,” which is the blend used as the foundation of this tea – we were worried that it might end up being a little too weird. It doesn’t necessarily make sense that this sort of worry still happens, as we have Continue Reading →
Our ‘Beauxbaton’s Blend‘ began the process. Sadly, it took us a couple years to get around to blending teas for Durmstrang and the Hogwarts houses. I hadn’t initially had any notes on Durmstrang, strangely enough – but there are good conversations to be had in the Twitterverse, and a couple Continue Reading →
Shortly after creating Beauxbaton’s Blend, we realized we should probably make teas for each of the Hogwarts houses, as well as for Durmstrang. We put the idea into the file, and it sat there for a while. Conversations within the august and patient Tea Naming Group led to some scribbled Continue Reading →
‘Beauxbaton’s Blend’ started because a client was mourning a favourite tea. This was early on in our experimentation with tasty teas, so I wasn’t positive that I could do it, but I was more than willing to give it a shot. She sent a sample of the original tea, and Continue Reading →
There are a number of our teas that began as an idea that we initially thought might be a little crazy. It has become our practice to try them anyway, just to see whether it is a good crazy or a bad crazy. (Except for the weird idea I had Continue Reading →
Wandering into new realms of social media has been a very positive experience for me. Especially Twitter, once I worked past my initial intimidation and confusion. It has become a fairly amazing internet-space. I stepped into Twitter with relatively low expectations. I wasn’t entirely sure how to approach it, and I was uncertain Continue Reading →
I have what might be called a bit of an obsession with chai. The particular spice combination makes me happy, and, as an added bonus, is really quite good for you. Occasionally, when we create a ‘simply tasty’ tea, it sparks an idea for a chai that is similar, but Continue Reading →
Over the course of the past few years I have interacted with a lot of people who suffer from chronic pain. For some it is because of fibromyalgia, for some it is because of spinal trauma, for some it is… any of a number of other conditions. Sometimes the reason Continue Reading →