Our Ingredients
All of the ingredients for our herbal teas are grown on our farm or local orchards at the base of Colorado's West Elk Mountains. We have taken great care in selecting varieties that complement our climate. These ingredients form the basis of herbal tea blends cultivated with care and beauty.
Anise.
This herb is both beautiful and tasty. The subtle, licorice flavor adds sweetness to tea and has historically been used as a digestive aide.
Our Anise Blend:
Apple.
The flavor of apple invokes memories of autumn's warmth and abundance. As part of our teas, we draw in the nutrition from what is considered one of the worlds healthiest fruits.
We source our orchard fruits locally from First Fruits Organic Orchards: a multi-generational family-owned organic orchard.
Our Apple Blend:
Apple Mint.
This plant has a fresh, fruity aroma with nuanced apple flavors. They combine with a subdued mint fragrance. As with other mints, it has historically been used to calm stomach discomfort.
Our Apple Mint Blend:
Chamomile.
These delicate flowers have a lemony-floral scent that make your nose smile. Chamomile tea has renowned calming effects that bring peace to your moment.
Our Chamomile Blends:
Echinacea.
The hearty echinacea flower blooms in deep summer and helps boost your immune system during winter's deep cold. It is rich, beautiful and vibrant.
Our Echinacea Blend:
French Tarragon.
This hearty plant is sweet with delicate licorice hints. We grow the french variety on our farm because of the strength of its flavor.
Our French Tarragon Blend:
Hibiscus.
We grow a hardy variety that thrives in Colorado's climate. Our hibiscus displays the same giant showy red flowers for which it is famous. It adds tart, cranberry flavors and has been used to reduce blood pressure and boost the immune system.
Our Hibiscus Blends:
Lavender.
This is one of our most beloved ingredients. It has a rustic beauty and tolerant vigor. Best of all, the aroma from our purple buds is invitingly calm.
Our Lavender Blends:
Lemon Balm.
There is so much to love about this ingredient. Not only does it guide pollinators (our happy honey bees) around our fields, it's aromatic, fresh and lemony. It has been used as an immune booster and digestion aid. We love it!
Our Lemon Balm Blends:
Pear.
Our local orchards have perfected growing flavorful pears. Their sweet flavor hints of honey and citrus. Best of all, pears are packed with vitamins and antioxidants that reduce free radicals.
We source our orchard fruits locally from First Fruits Organic Orchards: a multi-generational family-owned organic orchard.
Our Pear Blends:
Peppermint.
We love this herb. The scent is familiar, and pairs well with some of our sweet, smooth-flavored ingredients. Inhale, and it will invigorate.
Our Peppermint Blends:
Pineapple Mint.
Similar to apple mint, this ingredient has fruity overtones layered with its mint heritage. Pineapple mint also hints at citrus flavors. In the cultivation fields, it is a beautiful plant. And, like other mints, has been used to calm the tummy.:
Our Pineapple Mint Blends:
Pineapple Sage.
This beautiful ingredient is one of our best kept secrets. This variety of the traditional culinary herb is both sweet and fruity. Its scent has a pleasant strength, just like the plant itself. We also love this plant because it attracts pollinators.
Our Pineapple Sage Blends:
Raspberry.
An ingredient for tea? Of course. The flavor of this berry is familiar, popular and well-blended. It is a great grower in Colorado. Who can resist the taste of mountain raspberries?
Our Raspberry Blend:
Raspberry Leaf.
The flavor? When dried, raspberry leaves taste and smell a bit like traditional black tea. Its medicinal history? While it's often been used to induce labor, it may actually do so by enhancing muscle tone and strength. It's also packed with iron, potassium and vitamins. So good.
Our Raspberry Leaf Blend:
Spearmint.
The smell of spearmint is both soothing and invigorating. How does that work? We don't know. But we do know that it's delicious. And, like other mints, it has been used for centuries to address digestive discomfort from baby colic to flatulance.
Our Spearmint Blends:
Stevia.
This plant has been discovered; South America's "Honey Leaf." As an ingredient in our teas, we do not over-process. We keep it simple: Harvest. Wash. Dry. Steep. No stringent aftertaste. We value this ingredient because it enhances the best flavors in all the others. Humble. But very special.
All of our blends are available with or without stevia leaf.
Strawberry.
Locally-grown strawberries have an amazing flavor. A flavor available only in the summer. A flavor that we just had to capture. We preserve that taste for, perhaps, a cold snowy January night. Summer, in your favorite mug.
Our Strawberry Blends:
Yarrow.
This flower is definitive Colorado. Its flavor: aromatic, sweet, zesty and pairs well with our sweet fruity ingredients. We grow a cultivated variety of Achillea millefolium that varies in color from dark pink to white. We recommend you consult your doctor about drinking yarrow tea when pregnant.
Our Yarrow Blends: