Spiritualitea: A cup of Blessing
From beginning to end, the process of creating a Spiritualitea blend is a process of intention, prayer and blessing. When I decided that I wanted to create teas for my clients, my idea was to create a line of teas that would support them at each stage, each mood of the spiritual journey. Immediately, I knew that I would begin with 4 teas:
Umbutu Tea: A tea of deep connection. Infused with joy, strength and deep connection.
Sanctuary Space: A tea for deep listening. Infused with Comfort, Courage and Deep Peace.
Possibilitea: A tea of empowerment to follow where your soul leads. Infused with clarity, vision, power and peace. And
Body Blessing: A tea to bless each cell of your being. Infused with love, gratitude, and healing.
I began taste testing over 50 teas, looking for teas that held the qualities I was looking to inspire with each tea. I narrowed the base for each tea down to 4 possibilities.
As in all spiritual quests, I coul only go so far by myself. I needed to enlist the help of other spiritual guides. So, I gathered a group of wise women, who are committed to their own spiritual journey, and asked them to help me choose the most powerful base for each tea.
We gathered in prayer and stillness. We began by first looking at, smelling and touching the dried herbs of each tea. In silence, we recorded our individual observations and preferences. Next we sat in meditation with a small cup of each brewed sample, noting the color, smell and taste, observing how it played on our tongue, felt in our body and what emotions and feelings we experienced as we savored each cup. This process was done with great care and after hours of savoring tea we had chosen the base for each tea.
Once the base was chosen, It was time to broaden the circle again. I enlisted the help of Heather Foster, Chef Extraordinaire. Heather took each base and brought it alive by adding just the right ingredients to fill out the taste and intention of each tea.
When the blends were perfected and we were ready for production, 16 year old, Will Bentley, created the artwork for each blend. Susan Sezgin, took my design of the labels and perfected them. And Sam Colella, began blending the teas in small portions, so to ensure the best blending of ingredients in each bag.
Once the teas are bagged, each blend is blessed. The Umbutu tea is calibrated with African music that is filled with joy and strength and speaks of our deep connection. The Sanctuary Space Tea is calibrated with chants of peace. (We are still working on the perfecting the blends for the Possibilitea and Body Blessing Tea.)
The end product is a work of love, blessed by many hearts and hands, ready to be passed onto you, with the intention that they will bless you and support you as you bring your spirit more fully into this world.
May you be blessed,
Kim Ebert-Colella
