Combining tradition and science to create natural and effective remedies.
May’s theme was chosen the moment I decided the Soft Reopen was going to happen on the 6th. May was about reclamation. May was about rediscovery. May was also about being completely overwhelmed by some of my more ambitious choices and high expectations for myself. These things combined, even Continue Reading →
This tea exists for a very simple reason. I wanted to drink it. St. John’s is part of my everyday hot beverage rhythm and is probably my favourite workday black tea blend. I love the taste. This means I rig up a lot of cups of St. John’s plus other Continue Reading →
One of the things that happened early on in the journey of Desert Sage Natural was the realization that the teas I create are far tastier than anything that I could find on a grocery store shelf. However, some of the teas that had been standards had general taste ranges Continue Reading →
7-335 was created because there was an individual who stated that he wanted to drink more Desert Sage Natural tea. One of the things he pointed out was the relative dearth of strict black tea blends that didn’t involve smoke. To my chagrin, I realized that he was not wrong, Continue Reading →
The tea survey was, on some levels, a brilliant idea. Most of the feedback I’ve received indicates that my skillset, when combined with the questions I asked, allows me to curate teas for other humans quite well. One way in which it is incredibly helpful is also one of the Continue Reading →
The story of Eureka: Smoky Monkey began more years ago than I want to think about right now. It started, as many of my teas do, with a tea survey. In this particular case the list of favourite teas quite frankly terrified me. Silver Needle. Golden Monkey. Things I had Continue Reading →
If you’ve been following the process of rebuilding Desert Sage Natural at all, you’ve probably caught at least a couple of mentions of the Tea of the Month Club. Each month I plan to write up a brief introduction to the tea chosen for the prior month’s standard tea club. Continue Reading →
There are a handful of teas that do not have a tremendously detailed backstory. In the beginning, there was a hyper-focus on purpose, especially in the days of making only useful teas that tasted good, rather than teas specifically for taste. Frankly, at the very beginning, the teas didn’t have Continue Reading →
The story of this tea is a relatively short one. In my quest for decaffeinated versions of the teas, I realized that I could make my own decaffeinated genmaicha. This was a staggeringly cool concept as I need to cut back on the amount of caffeine I intake and one Continue Reading →
Sometimes when I get to the bottom of a tin of something there isn’t enough left to make a proper cup. However, I hate wasting tea. Depending on what was in a tin, I will drop it in on top of one of my foundational teas. In the case of Continue Reading →