Tea & the Earth: Sustainable Sips and Planet-Loving Practices
We honor Earth Day year-round here at Ku Cha House of Tea. After all, tea is an agricultural product. Its majestic grandeur hinges on the stuff of soil and stream, of blooms and biodiversity, fertility and fungi. The dizzying diversity of factors that go into supporting thriving life on Earth matter deeply to us.
Tuesday’s Earth Day likely compelled many of you to celebrate. But hey, we’re still in Earth Week! Let’s keep the party going! In fact, let’s stoke its trajectory all the way through Mother’s Day on May 11. Earth Day and Mother’s Day—two holidays honoring different kinds of mamas. And for Mother’s Day, do we have some gift ideas for you—including Mom’s Favorite Tea Box.
Our teas hail from around the world—from China to Kenya, Japan to India, Argentina to North America. The farmers with whom we work value our support—and yours, too. Without your purchases they wouldn’t have farms.
Loose-Leaf Teas for Environmental Stewardship
Father than packing our gorgeous botanical treasures into tea bags, which funnels just that much more waste into the world, we sell our tea in whole-leaf form. No bags requiring energy-hogging manufacturing. No tossing used bags into landfills. Just whole leaves, many of which can be steeped multiple times before heading to the compost, where they transform into vital soil.
Each sip of tea reflects a yield of sunlight, soil, rain and human care. It’s a distillation of all of the above. Our teas aren’t punched up with artificial flavors or dyes, with fillers or binders. They’re just beautiful plants.
So drink tea during Earth Week, and consider its environmental roots with each sip. Keep it up year-round, no matter the season—iced oolong during a swelting Saturday in the garden; honey-sweetened chai from a thermos for an autumn soccer game; a mug dancing with flavors of cinnamon, peppermint and chocolate during the holidays.
Earth approves!
Earth Day Teas: Premium Matcha Powder Green Tea
All of the tea we sell is environmentally beneficial. Brewed tea leaves, for example, aren’t landfill waste. They break down, and can be transformed into compost. But with matcha, there’s no waste whatsoever. As the tea leaves get ground into powders, matcha drinkers sip the entire tea leaves. Matcha is delicious, colorful and used in everything from scones to salmon glazes to lattes to, yes, cups of deliciousness. It’s environmentally friendly, too. It’s green qualities? Just as emerald as its color!
Earth Day Teas: Ku Cha Renewal
The very name of this Ku Cha 20th anniversay tea speaks to environmentalism. Humans have done much to harm the planet; renewal is important for her health. But the tea’s green resonance goes beyond the name. We use both oolong and black teas from China, grown by farmers following sound agricultural practices. And we enliven this tea with osmanthus and cornflower blossoms, for beautiful floral aromas and flavors. We love how this tea, like so many of our blends, combines healing Earth botanicals in its formula.
Earth Day Teas: Ku Cha Radiance
This Ku Cha 20th anniversay tea promotes inner glow and well-being, reflecting our planet’s vitality and resilience. With rooibos, pomegranate, pomelo, orange, carrot, sage, lavender and safflower, it draws much from Earth. And it delivers potent quotients of flavor and health to its many fans. Celebrate our anniversary with Ku Cha Radiance—and honor Mother Earth with every sip.
