Morocco had its first taste of tea in the 1700s, but it wasn't until the mid 1800s that gunpowder tea came to the mountains and deserts of the Maghreb region (including the Atlas Mountains, Morocco, Algeria, Libya and Tunisia). When local folks boiled the gunpowder, an everyday Chinese green tea,...

Unwind with our favorite herbal nightcap, Indian Rose Garden. Indian Rose Garden is a classic blend of restful, balancing and digestive herbs like chamomile, rose petals, spearmint and lavender. It is delicious alone or made into a latte, as seen here! Indian Rose Garden Latte: To make, steep 1...

The World is in Love with Black Tea In a world of almost 8 billion people, we drink a staggering 6 billion cups of tea every single day! Try to find a person without some kind of a personal connection to tea. It’s not easy. In North America, we drink it iced, sweet, in our grandmother’s kitchens,...

  Experience Zen Mind with our Matcha Margarita! A simple blended margarita with Firepot Amai (sweet) matcha simple syrup adds a creamy mouthfeel and gives you a focused, calm mindset– to enhance the effects of the tequila! Recipe: Add freshly squeezed lime juice, tequila, orange liqueur, matcha ...

What is Matcha?  Matcha, matcha, matcha. Lately, you see its vibrant green hue coloring the internet everywhere with various photos of tantalizing matcha recipes that range from matcha teas to even matcha ice cream. But what is matcha? Simple. Matcha is a type of green tea from Japan that is cult...

Our Cardamom Matcha Latte is comforting, delicious and an instant and sustained mood booster. I have always had a love for cardamom—it reminds me of all the cardamom infused baked goods we ate growing up at our summer cottage in Finland. I always thought that it made me feel good because of the s...

I think of tea as my dharma, my path, and am so thankful to be able to share its magic with you! Firepot Chai: For the Love of Tea When I was 26, I was working as a cook at the most beautiful little Tibetan teahouse in Bozeman, Montana, making momos and learning all about authentic chai from the...