ABOUT
We are a small mom-and-pop's tea company, and a
tea-hand for hire.
EST. 2019
PROLOGUE
This is the third act, the catastrophe, the resolution, of a long career in tea. And it started by ditching the factory model I grew up with.
Here we operate more like a kitchen. Buying ingredients only when in season, prepping each to perfection before making finished tea, in tiny batches with my own two hands—and most importantly, "putting myself in the cup".
This is also where I help others make great tea, pass forward what I have learned, and to share the legacy of quality, innovation and authenticy of my master.
LESS IS MORE
SPECIAL TEAS
CELEBRATING THE HARVESTS
Each year we follow the harvests around the world, tasting teas and botanicals after they are made and finding exceptional lots that we feel are special.
We then craft two collections, menus if you will, made from the teas we sourced—one for spring and summer, another for fall and winter.
Our aim is to showcase the natural ingredients and their seasonal character while crafting something new—in a very old-world kind of way.
This is tea with integrity, made and served in season, and crafted with respect for the ingredients.
F/W '24 COLLECTION COMING SOON
IF YOU HAVE ANY REQUESTS, NOW IS THE TIME TO SEND THEM
OUR THINKING
WORK IS WORSHIP
Here you will find tea that I make and not just design. I sift, sort and roast. I scent, smoke and extract—and I fold it all together. And while family and friends may help pack and label from time to time, the making of the actual tea will alway be on me.
Because it matters, in the cup, and it matters to me.
I also believe that manual work leads to a happy and long life, and I am happiest when my hands are busy. We are not meant to sit down, we are meant to move.
LEAVE NO TRACE
Climate change is real, and we worry about the future our kids will inherit. We wont use the word sustainable, as this has lost most of its meaning, but our aim is to leave no trace and to limit our footprint.
Our kitchen runs on less than 10amps of electricity (mostly lighting) and no part of our production is automated. We heat our space in the winter burning wood we collect, not harvest, from our property in a high efficiency stove.
All of our packaging is made locally from recyclable and biodegradable materials. We print and cut our own labels, use paper tape and hand-stamp our shipping materials—limiting waste, soluvents and chemicals and plastic.