The Stoic LIMITED SEASONAL

Foraged Forest Chai

Your new favorite chai, made more wildly creative with a concoction of foraged ingredients. Expect the warming spices you know and love from a more classic chai blend, like cinnamon and cardamom, but with more complex earthy notes from medicinal ingredients like madrone bark and oxidized fireweed, gathered by hand from the forest. This is the tea to ground and settle you as you remember (and re-member) your own wild roots.

Ingredients: oxidized fireweed leaves, madrone bark, cinnamon, turkey tail mushroom, conifer needles, cardamom, fennel, peppercorn 

How to Brew: Simmer 2 tablespoons per 2 cups for 15-20 mins. You can prepare a whole bag's worth which will make a gallon of tea. Store in fridge. Serve hot with honey and cream.

Tasting Notes: Rich, earthy, spicy, bold, aromatic 
Tea Attributes: Grounding, cozy, settling, warming 
Pairings: Honey, cream or nut milk, scones, a crisp forest walk, meditation, journaling
Special Tips: Serve hot with honey and cream, steamed milk, or your favorite plant-based milk, or serve as a chilled chai latte over ice. Infuse into vodka for chai-flavored bitters. For a more traditional chai masala, grind the tea blend to a coarse powder, then simmer for 5 minutes. Add black tea, cream/milk, and honey/sugar anf simmer for 1-2 minutes. Strain and serve piping hot.  
Learn More: fireweed, madrone bark, turkey tail
In the Artwork: mountain lion, madrone