Desert Sage Natural grew out of a number of deeply personal concepts and circumstances for my partner and me.

Part of it came out of the fact that I suffer from chemical sensitivities, and have been becoming steadily more allergic to most pharmaceutical medicines. Another part of it was frustration with the “throw everything at the problem” mentality that many tea companies have. My research indicated that fewer ingredients was better, and if you truly wanted efficacy, you needed to have the shortest list that seemed appropriate.

We began with the teas we most needed, and slowly branched out, adding other teas as issues came up. After a while, we started being encouraged more and more to actually open a shop, so that more people would have access to our work, and so that we would stop stretching ourselves too thin giving away these teas that worked so well.

Starting a company takes a different sort of research, and a lot of decision-making, some on the fly, some in the foundational stages. We decided that Desert Sage Natural was going to be as green and sustainable as we could manage, starting with our ingredients and moving right on through the whole process to our packaging and shipping materials.

We also decided that we would be aiming for both tasty and effective as best we could, no matter the issue we were tackling.

We have continued, as we have grown, to keep all these goals in mind. We want to create teas, both medicinal and tasty, that are good for you, keeping both the person and the environment we live in in mind, while striving to keep our footprint down, in all aspects of producing our teas. All of the containers we use for our teas are either compostable or recycling, as is our packaging for shipping, and the teabags we use are among the highest rated for safety. We are always open to new ideas, on all aspects of what we use and how we approach our business and teas. If you have an idea for greener operation, or even just for a new tea, please ask.

If you'd like to hear more about our process and products, visit our blog at www.desertsagenatural.com