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We're not asking you to replace green tea with coffee forever — but sometimes, a little change can be a good thing.  

adore the beautiful among the sordid

Winter.Appreciate the icy cold bleakness and sleep deeply through the abundance of darkness.Retreat to your warm hearth with your loved ones and recuperate from the struggles of the year.We’re celebrating teas ancient, fragrant, and classic this month to share with friends during holiday gatherings. Try Old Tree Green Puer Cake from a well seasoned clay pot if you have one. Pearl Jasmine is best to watch blossom in clear glass teaware or a simple white gaiwan to show off the delicate leaves. Our Lavender Grey is a regular proper tea to bring out for whoever you want to impress. Peace & Love

Umami Mart and Far Leaves Tea We spent last Spring and Summer perfecting a couple very special blends. One, Ohayo tea, as a morning substitute for coffee. Its blend chicory and hojicha produces a robust infusion to get the day started. For evening relaxation we did a crazy thing with purple shiso leaves that screams umami in flavor, and Umami Mart in character. Oyasumi tea which sooth and excite simultaneously somehow.   You can get these teas at Far Leaves shop in Berkeley, here on the web, or at Umami Mart in Old Town Oakland. We hope you'll enjoy as much as we do.    

when triggered by fight or flight reflex try to let it gotry to embrace things with loving compassion imagine you have just been handed a fresh sip of steaming hot tea first breathe in the fragrance through your nose and down into your being breathe deeply into your center and then let form a smile with yourself as you exhale on the second breath in, sip the tea and imagine the flavor upon your tongue and inside your mouth feel the warmth of the tea as it flows down into your center and energizes your spirit from within let your smile grow larger as you completely exhale raise your eyes up to the world as you inhale the third time smile, relax, and...