Q&A - How do you blend?

Recently, this question was asked by a customer who was ordering some samples. It was such a good question, it had to be shared:

Do you make these tea yourself? Did you do some course to understand how to blend tea or is it just pure instinct?

The answer is that yes, all the teas are blended in-house. Different teas and herbal ingredients are combined to create each tea. Each is done in a small batch - usually about a pound at a time.

I started blending teas about seven years ago for others, and have been creating herbals blends for fifteen or so years now.

I grew up with parents who appreciated good food and drink. So I learned early in life about how to blend flavors, how scents didn't always match tastes, and what kind of flavor pallets went together.

My mother made many herbal teas for us as children when we were sick or having trouble sleeping. As I got older I became certain that there had to be a way to make some of my mother's foul tasting, but good for you, herbal teas into something palatable. And that's where my journey into tea blending began.

I have nothing against tea courses, and probably will take one in time, but for now, my pure instinct for flavor coupled with my upbringing and lots of experimentation are making lots of people, and their tea pots, happy.