Tea is stillness and reflection
Tea is the quiet moments
Tea is the world of whimsical and the creative
Tea holds the difficult conversations and
moments of connection as the first rays of light from the sunbeams at dawn find my eyes and say hello
Tea is the world I escape to on cold evenings by the fire
Tea is the medicine when I am tired and broken
Tea is soft, bitter and bold
Tea holds all of my secrets that will never be told
Wise Woman
Menopausal Herbal Infusions Range
Baba Yaga
Menopausal Hormonal Support
BABA YAGA Menopausal Hormonal Support Organic Tea WYLD Women, WISE Woman.
Herbal allies gather round to support you in your time of "Sealskin Soulskin - returning to oneself". During this time your body will present you with symptom upon symptom, seemingly one thing after another for you to face, honour, embrace and release. Herbal Teas are such a gentle and effective way to find relief at this time. You are becoming the wise, the discerning, the wyld and mysterious as you access and integrate deep roots of remembrance that have always lived within you.
BABA YAGA Wise Woman Hormonal Support is a blend of Chinese and Western herbal medicines that when taken daily helps your body stabilise and adjust to changing and irregular hormones levels.
Actions - Systemic Tonic & Restorative, Hormonal Regulator, Adaptogen, Anti-inflammatory, Adrenal Support
Indications - Helps to ease symptoms of dizziness, fatigue, fear and anxiety, flushing and night sweats, chills, sore joints and all over body ache, headaches, increases energy and all over feelings of wellness and vitality.
Sanctuary
Menopausal Emotional Uproar
For Anxiety, depression, fear, grief, nervousness, rage and oversensitivity, have I remembered them all? This is the path of the Dangerous old woman, she who holds her wise bloods inside, the woman who says what she wants, goes where she pleases and will not be held back by anything any longer. The emotional rollercoaster is part of the journey my sisters, take a breath, make a cup of Tea and settle in for the transformation.
It is time to embark on the sacred journey of the unmarked trail that no-one has ever followed, full of sky bridges, trusting river spirits and knowing the Wind as medicine.
Menopause is a time of wind, sometimes gently breezing, while other times it is the gusts and thrashes of a full blown cyclone. Breathe.
When the wind comes as medicine you are being invited to recognise the value of chaos. Windstorms are necessary times of change as are the menopausal years.
Dear Women, allow your windstorm the grace to be the deepest, messiest, ugly beautiful most profoundly yours, thunder, lightening, rainbows and tears unique experience of your lifetime.
The only way now is through, and that journey is made easier with herbal allies to nourish and support your nervous system and help to stabilize the effects of rogue cortisol behaviour and balance other brain chemistry.
Recalibrate
Menopausal Digestive Support
RECALIBRATE Menopausal Digestive Relief - Organic Tea
As the mix of hormones in your blood changes your Liver is challenged with heavier demands breaking down the influx of circulating hormones flooding your system. This takes from the Livers ability to manage the digestive system increasing the potential for issues like indigestion, gas and pain, constipation/diarrhoea, bloating and food sensitivities due to the incomplete breakdown and elimination of food & food waste. Symptoms can present as minimal or completely rage out of control.
This formula focuses hugely on supporting the Livers detoxifying function and its ability to breakdown fats, improving bile flow, soothing & protecting an irritated bowel & stomach lining, relieving bloating and settling down an inflamed digestive tract.
Actions - Cholagogue (stimulates bile flow), Anti inflammatory, soothing calming demulcent, bowel regulation, Hepatoprotective. Diuretic.
Indications - For menopausal digestive issues of bloating, irritable bowel, fatty liver, helps produce and activate bile flow, indigestion and gastric pain.
CHAI
Cosmic Chai
Chai is a way of life, a doorway home to the warm fire in the centre of the Earth, the starlight road out into the infinite cosmos. It belongs to the poets and their cats, the dreamers, rainy days in the mountains and cold mornings by the fire.
Cosmic Chai is inspired by the original and authentic flavour origins of Chai in India. Fresh Cinnamon, Cardamon, Ginger, Cloves, Star Anise and Nutmeg woven with bold Earthy tones of Black Assam Tea deliver a comforting, invigorating COSMIC experience.
Cosmic Chai is made with organic spices and organic Assam Dimakusi leaf black tea.
Cosmic Honey Bee Sticky Chai
Sacred Bees in union with Black Tea and Mother Earths original Chai spices presents Cosmic Honey Bee Sticky Chai. Chai at its finest. A dance of organic warming whole and partially ground aromatic spices combines with organic full bodied black tea leaves, steeped in sweet rich dark divine raw honey straight from the hive. Cosmic sticky Chai is your magic carpet ride world of comfort and love in a mug. #HONEY#CHAI#LOVE# YUM
CHINESE TEAS
Pu'reh
Raw Yunnan Pu'erh is a slowly fermented dark tea featuring a shifting flavour profile in that it transitions from bright punchy and bitter notes when young to deep smooth and honeyed characteristics as it ages. Its core taste is "Huigan" which means "returning sweetness" It is a sensory tea tasting term for a delayed, deep sweetness that rises in the back of the throat 10-30seconds after you swallow a bitter or astringent - its not like sugar rather refreshing, cooling and long lasting. Raw Pu'erh is exceptionally good to drink after meals to cleanse the pallet and assist digestion of fats and oils. Regular consumption of Pu'erh tea prevents against heart disease because it helps produce Lovastatin - a natural statin used to treat high cholesterol.
Jiaogulan
Tea of Dragons Longevity Tea
Jioagulan, Tea of Dragons and Immortality.
A powerful bitter, nourishing and stimulating for the entire Digestive System.
Organic Jiaogulan Tea - Gynostemma pentaphyllum
Ahhh Jiaogulan, AKA Tea of the Dragons, or "The Herb of Immortality."
To have these words attached to a plant in Chinese Medicine is a big deal considering how many incredible Herbal medicines they have.
It's truly powerful medicine. Bitter to the shitter! If your Jiaogulan Tea is not bitter then it's not real Jiaogulan - sorry not sorry.
Bitters are so important to our health, initially upon first contact they trigger a sensory response in the mouth. The sensation of bitterness is then directed by the nerves to the central nervous system. From here a message goes to the gut giving rise to the digestive hormone gastrin. This leads to a cascade of digestive functions and processes involving the activation of the spleen, therefore regulating hormones involved in digestion and blood sugar balance are released. Activation of the Liver for detoxification and bile production as well as gut and colon repair.
When our digestive system is in balance, life flows, we eat, receive nourishment, generate Qi/energy, eliminate waste, we are able to "digest our lives", and there is flow. When this integral harmony is backed up/ blocked, we loose balance very quickly.
Drinking Jiaogulan regulary maintains the smooth operation and flow of the Triple Warmer (AKA) the relationship of the digestive system and our ability to generate Qi.
Jiaogulan is active on the Heart, Lung, Spleen, Kidney, and Liver meridians.
Its Key Actions are : Tonifies Yin, Supports Yang, Tonifies Qi, Clears Heat and Toxins, Relieves Coughs, Moistens the Lungs, Eliminates Phlegm, Tonifies Jing (Essence)
Medicinal Uses: Chronic bronchitis, cough, remove sputum, weight control, cancer, chronic hepatitis B, jaundice, asthma, hypertension, insomnia, restlessness, dizziness, digestive cancers, cirrhosis, diabetes, peptic ulcers, pneumonia, intercostal neuralgia, depression, fertility, builds stamina and endurance, boosts immunity, balances hormones, improves glucose metabolism, re-establishes homeostasis at high altitudes.
Da Hong Pao
Red Tea
A smooth and round full-bodied thick and velvety layered roasted Oolong Tea. Subtle undertones of baked stone fruits like plums & raisins and deep rich clean volcanic soil. A lingering cozy echo of quiet mountainous tea fields resting in morning fog before the sunlight finds its way into the narrow gorges and steep rocky cliff faces where it has grown for centuries. Steeped in Traditional Chinese Culture, a key stone Tea served in Teahouses across China, Da Hong Pao captures the essence and tranquility of its origins in the rocky misty mountains of Wuyishan in Fujian.
CEREMONIAL TEAS
Sinicuichi - Sun Opener
Sinicuichi is truly a potent and sacred plant spirit traditionally treasured and honoured by the Aztecs and Mexican Shamans. Used in ceremony for divination, dimension travel, retrieval of information from Amenti and receiving intelligence and guidance from the Sun.
Deeply relaxing, calming, visually and audibly hallucinogenic with an ability to facilitate a safe journey into the other worlds.
Direct access to the source of light - our Sun and all that's inside that. Amazing stories of how the Aztecs worked with and understood the Sun.
A very playful plant spirit who is eager to engage and quite the archetypal Fool in that wise, humble Plant spirit medicine kind of way.
Presented in our very own Blue Deer Stone Crafted Tea Tins. Handmade in small batches at a time due to the delicate nature of the materials used. Every tin is uniquely different in some small way. Stone Tea tins are perfect for storing Tea as they capture the moisture in the environment ensuring the Tea is kept dry, fresh and mould free.
TEA TIME
CHINESE TEA
There are 3 things that are important to get the best flavour and benefit out of your Tea.
1. The water you use
2. How you heat it
3. The teapot
Water - the Mother of Tea
* When possible use filtered rainwater.
* If using tap water make sure it's filtered as usually it will contain a lot of chemicals.
*Avoid using distilled water, although its light it has lost all of its natural elements.
*For ceremonial brews collect rainwater in a glass or crystal bowl, OR source water from natural springs & pray to the water. (see Apothecary for a water blessing) - Avoid water from Hot Springs.
Heating the Water
*Different Teas require different water temperatures.
*Delicate Teas like Green, Sinicuichi & our leafy Menopausal Herbal Infusion range- boiling the water to 100 degrees C will destroy the active ingredients, drastically reducing the health benefits.
*These teas are most beneficial & potent when the water is brewed between 80-85 degrees C.
*For Pu'erh, Oolong & Infusions that contain root parts of Herbs 100 degrees C is the recommended boil temperature of the water, with a steep time of 5-7minutes.
The Teapot
ON TEAPOTS........Tea tastes better in certain Teapots!
ITS TRUE. There is no correct or superior way to choose a Teapot - it rests with the individual. However first and foremost you must love how it looks as many a moment and conversations will be shared with this little Teapot beside you. A teapot is a trusted friend.
Visit our BLOG - The Culture of Teapots in China for an in depth look at the importance of materials used in the making of Teapots in China and other interesting bits.
If you can examine the Teapot before purchase or ask questions, things to consider are...
*How well does the lid fit, a snug fit without being too tight is good, a loose lid will leak tea from the lid.
*How well dose it pour - you want the tea to flow out in one continuous gentle stream, not choking or lumps of water.
*Check the handle is comfortable to hold and lift up, if it slips in your grasp or pulls sideways the weight distribution of the Teapot is off.
*Each Tea has its own Teapot. Glass Teapots for light teas, Green/Herbal Leafy Infusions,.
Darker Teapots for Black teas, Puer'h Oolong ect...
Teapots especially clay Chinese Teapots take on the colour, essence & energy of the Tea becoming the sacred vessel for the Ceremony, service & offering of the Tea.
Having a special teapot for each different Tea is a way of honouring the Spirit of that plant and ensuring the pure taste of the Tea is preserved.
STORING THE LEAVES
It is vital to keep your Tea leaves dry & away from any humidity & odours that will change their taste. Tea Tins, sealed glass jars & clay Tea Containers are the best options to store your Tea long term.
Avoid crushing the delicate leaves, this destroys the active ingredient molecules that are intact in full leaves.
Jiaogulan is best kept long term sealed, away from moisture & in the fridge.
Da Hong Pao and Sinicuichi is best kept in Clay and Stone sealed Tea containers
Pu'erh Tea is best kept in Clay Tea Containers as the older this tea is the more refined the taste. Some of the world's finest Pu'erh tea is hundreds of years old.
Blue Deer's Sinicuichi and Jiaogulan Teas come in these beautiful custom handmade ceramic stone crafted Tea Caddy's.
Perfect for storing tea to ensure it remains fresh, dry and the beneficial ingredients remain active.
One Tin One Tea. Stone and Clay Tea Tins take on the essence and aroma of the Tea they hold inside becoming one, united for a life belonging to each other.
Such is the way of Tea.