BLACK MAGIC WOMAN: awakening black tea + warming ginger + roses
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Loose Tea (20 servings). This Calabash blend combines the lift of Kenyan black tea, tempting taste of mango and Jamaican ginger -- subtle yet warm and oh so enticing. INGREDIENTS: All organic full leaf black tea, mango, Jamaican ginger, Turkish roses, spices and love.
Dr. Fabio Araujo Reis works with his two sons and daughter to run their family farm, Fazenda do Salto, in the Sul de Minas region of Brazil. Fabio's sons, Andre and Juca, work along with 35 employees on the estate, many of whom grew up near the farm and later chose to return to the Carmo da Cachoeira area after finishing school.
In 1992, a group of 22 smallholder farms, united by a common dream, established the Aldea growers cooperative on the shores of Lake Apanás. Driven to innovate through data and technology, the group also embraces the ideals of social responsibility and equity. This lot is decaffeinated using the Swiss Water Process.
The Worka Sakaro washing station, in the Gedio Zone, works with more than 400 smallholder farmers in the region. These farmers grow coffee on the steep mountain slopes at approximately 2,000 to 2,200 meters above sea level. Anaerobic natural processing enhances the delicate citrus notes while producing a crisp cup profile.
FAT BLACK PUSSYCAT: super antioxidant elderberry + hibiscus
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Loose Tea (20 servings)
Ode to the legendary NYC nightclub! Many luminaries blessed the FBP stage; Dick Gregory, Richard Pryor, George Carlin, Richie Havens, Lenny Bruce, Jose Feliciano & Bob Dylan (who wrote Blowin' in the Wind onstage). The rich red color of the tea is reminiscent of the FBP’s infamous velvet backstage curtains.
INGREDIENTS: Jamaican hibiscus flowers, rose hips, wild-harvested cranberries, wild elderberries & love.
Loose Tea (20 servings). Yay for brain power with ancient herbs! Boost your brain power with memory enhancing herbs such as ginkgo and gotu kola, and healthful antioxidants. Not caffeinated. INGREDIENTS: Organic ginkgo, hibiscus flower, gotu kola, alfalfa leaf, ginger root, Holy Basil and High Energy Love!
HARRIET'S GUN CHAI: energy boosting ginger green tea
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Loose Tea (20 servings). Gunpowder Green Tea (energizes you to move forward never backward), Jamaican Ginger/Spices (warm & wake you up), Pepper Seeds (gets your blood pumping) & north stars (star anise, that is, to guide you). INGREDIENTS: Gunpowder Green Tea, Jamaican Ginger/Spices, Pepper Seeds, Star anise.
APROCCOR is an organic and Rainforest Alliance-certified cooperative that is committed to women's empowerment, environmental protection and social outreach to the agricultural community. The cooperative also supports local food security by promoting crop diversification, both as a source of food and income.
Coffee came to Java in the early 1700s when Yemeni coffee seedlings arrived in Indonesia, then called Batavia, traded through India. Blue Batavia green coffee is grown in West Java, just outside the city of Bandung. Semi-washed processing yields a cleaner, less earthy cup profile than found in other Indonesian beans.
Lenana AB Plus is a blend of beans sourced from estates and farmer cooperative societies across Murang’a, Kiambu and Kirinyaga counties. It is named after one of the peaks of Mount Kenya. Kenyan coffees are highly valued due to both meticulous processing of the harvested fruit as well as the rich volcanic soil in which it grows.
This Plum Sauce microlot is combined from two small farms, Santa Teresita and Los Nogales. The farms just happen to be separately owned and operated by a married couple, Maritza and Francisco Javier. While they each cultivate their own land, they work together to process the coffee in preparation for export.