Combining tradition and science to create natural and effective remedies.
A few weeks back I had mentioned that Mister Tea was shifting schedules at his new job, and that it was going to require some adjustment on the Desert Sage Natural side of things as well. November of last year I had come to the remarkably obvious conclusion that if Continue Reading →
There were many things that came out of the Doom Flu that stole my January and sent me into a catch-up scramble that I haven’t finished with yet. The Shapes of Clouds was one of them. Flus are interesting, and so are the various forms of delirium one can experience Continue Reading →
Accio Spoons was the product of the collision of a few things. The first was a ridiculously bad flu that knocked me out for most of January. The second was the fact that end of year stock clearing had left us in a bad place as far as access to Continue Reading →
One of the things that Mister Tea and I have decided to attempt to do is make it so that any flavour set we create that is caffeinated will have a companion tea that is either herbal or actually made with decaffeinated tea. Amusingly, this was actually a decision my Continue Reading →
Solace, and its companion tea – Sanctuary – were born out of a particularly nasty flu that was one of the gifts the holiday season of 2018 gave to me. We’d been out of most of our useful for sick and pain teas when it began, and as I do Continue Reading →
As we sort of dropped off the map for January – other than a somewhat wibbley-intermittently-feverish presence on Twitter – I thought an explanation might be warranted. It all started with our holiday rush last year. Which began sometime in early October. It was pretty impressive. And I enjoyed every Continue Reading →
Licorice Throat Soother was blended because a friend saw our Cinnamon Throat Soother and reacted with dismay that it lacked licorice. Due to some complications regarding licorice’s interactions with diabetes, as well as some of the other common first world chronic health issues, I’d mostly avoided using it. Strengthening that Continue Reading →
My Desert Sage Natural inboxes can be complicated and messy places. Queries from customers, whether about orders or teas are the majority of the messages, but far from all. There’s a wide variety of spam, ranging from normal to disturbing. (I get that the protocol is that sex sells everything, Continue Reading →
One of the things we want to do as a company is try to improve the world a bit around the edges. This starts with the fact that our goal with our products is to make your day a touch better. Whether it be a medicinal tea that eases something Continue Reading →
Syzygy is ones of the teas that fits into one of my long-term projects. I want to have tasty teas that fit into a couple of categories. One set that will be helpful for colds and flus – which dovetails well with my goal of “combine elderberries with All the Continue Reading →