Iced Tea, Ya’ll!

iced tea time, ya’ll, in the apothecary! I was raised on family stories of not-so-law-abiding ancestors who lived fast, and in some cases, died young.  Having now lived for a short while in Austin, I’ve come to appreciate one of my ancestors, the wild west train robber and outlaw, Sam Bass.  My Uncle Sam’s death [...]

Herbs of the Full Moon

We plant by the moon, pick, and make medicine by the moon.  The moon calls the tides of our earth’s waters and our own individual tides.  Just as some herbs are more suited to organs in the body they also correspond to the planets which orbit our the greater body of our earth. JASMINE Jasminum [...]

More Stars for More Merriment

As with any part of the year, whether you are tired, invigorated, flabbergasted, illuminated, joyful, disgruntled or bursting with any other exuberant expression of emotional being-ness, we hope that you’ll always have time to drink deep the incredible (tea)cup of life that we’re all experiencing. All that said, we are simply tea-sellers at the end [...]

Tea to soothe, to calm, to sing a song…

When I was working at a local café here in Portland, I had the opportunity to create custom teas for our customers.  In the process of creating blends for the café, I asked many of our customers not only what kind of teas they liked, but why they drank tea.  Many responses included drinking tea [...]

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