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DIRECT SOURCING AND THE FAIR TRADE CONCEPT
Direct sourcing and the fair trade concept
There is often a lot of questions raised around fair trade practice. Where the fair trade money goes and who the people are that actually benefit when we purchase fair trade products?
These are all relevant questions.
In the beginning, we too asked the same questions, to be honest, with a little bit of a cynical leaning towards the fair trade concept. We found it hard to trust organisations and companies when we’d hear the bad stories of greenwashing or false claims of effective and meaningful impact just to try and market an ethical business model.
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Turmeric… the golden spice
Turmeric… the golden spice
Curcuma longa, more commonly known as Turmeric, has a long history of medicinal use, dating back thousands of years. In Southeast Asia, Turmeric is not only used as a spice but also as flavouring, dye and a component in religious ceremonies. Because of its amazing yellow colour, Turmeric is also known as “Indian saffron.” Although Ayurvedic medicine has long been using Turmeric, modern medicine has only recently begun to recognize its many unique health benefits, and to fully appreciate the extent of its healing potential.
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Winter Wellness
A note from our Naturopath on winter wellness
The winter season can place added pressure and stress on the immune system. As we, here in Australia, are in the middle of our colder winter months, there is no better time to focus on taking care of your health. By remaining aware of the body’s need for support and ensuring we offer it extra care during this time, you can help it to cope better with these environmental challenges. Below I have listed some practical suggestions to enhance your wellbeing this winter.
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Yumiko ceramics
Handmade Yumiko ceramics enhance your tea-drinking experience
Yumiko ceramics are hand made in Japan and are infused with nostalgia. They are designed using the highest quality materials and craftsmanship ensuring each piece is exceptional and timeless. The Yumiko range features a stunning colour palette, with texture that creates a quality feel you can embrace when relaxing with the tea you love.
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Canisters promotion
CERAMIC CANISTERS DESIGNED TO KEEP TEA FRESH
When creating the ultimate vessel to store and protect the tea we craft so carefully, we undertook many hours of research and development. We wanted the container to be beautiful, but we had functionality at the core of the design process.
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Sue Pryke joins Love Tea
SUE PRYKE HANDMADE CERAMICS JOINS LOVE TEA
We are pleased to be introducing a beautiful new range of ceramics to Australia. English ceramicist, Sue Pryke creates stunning pieces which are now available from our online store. Earlier this week we had a chat with Sue about her inspiration, her craft and notably her relationship with tea.
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Japan welcomes love tea
JAPAN WELCOMES LOVE TEA AT TOKYO LAUNCH EVENT
To our dear friends in Japan, we are excited to announce that Love Tea is now available online and through select stores in Japan. We have partnered with Fumiko and her amazing team @loveteaofficialjp who are excited to share Love Tea with Japan. We look forward to this wonderful journey with all of you and thank you for your ongoing support. Please feel free to view the new Japan website here
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What is Cacao?
WHAT IS CACAO
Theobroma cacao is often referred to by its common name cacao or cocoa. This amazing tree produces a fruit called pods, which is where the cacao bean is found. To make cacao, these pods are hand-picked and cracked open to harvest the raw cacao beans inside.
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Freeze your favourite Love Tea blends
FREEZE YOUR FAVOURITE LOVE TEA BLENDS
Not only can you drink some of our favourite blends as an iced tea, but you can also freeze them for a refreshing summery treat. Below, we have 2 recipes suggestions, but you can always get creative and replace the blends with one from our iced tea category.
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Plantation Visit
PLANTATION VISIT
This photo was taken on our last visit to Wangaratta in Northern Victoria, where we source our Australian Sencha green tea.
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Golden Spice Kiwi Icypoles
GOLDEN SPICE KIWI ICYPOLES
Creamy, sweet and great vitality boost… check out the recipe for our Golden Spice Kiwi icypoles. (more…)
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Get your best nights sleep
GET YOUR BEST NIGHTS SLEEP
There are many important factors involved in ensuring you get a great nights sleep. Here are our Naturopaths top 5 tips to ensure you get the most rejuvenating sleep:
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Iced Chai
ICED CHAI
We’re really excited to share a few of our favourite iced chai recipes with you, complete with a few additional ingredient suggestions, for a variety of taste sensations.
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Love Tea Ice Blocks
LOVE TEA ICE BLOCKS
Staying hydrated can be tough if you’re not the biggest fan of plain water. We recommend adding a little flavour by infusing tea and lemons into your ice cube trays.
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Golden Milk on Ice
GOLDEN MILK ON ICE
It might be too hot for tea, but you can still get your turmeric fix with our delicious Iced Golden Spiced Chai recipe.
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Healthy and Happy Skin
A WORD FROM EMMA ON HEALTHY + HAPPY SKIN
The skin is the largest organ of the body and takes on the huge role of filtering toxins and protecting your insides from the environment every day. Many people invest large amounts of money and time in trying to find the perfect topical fix, to correct blemishes, moisturise the skin, dry out oily skin, reduce redness, reduce breakouts and perfect their overall appearance. A great deal of time goes into morning regimes and then more effort at night to cleanse and remove the make up from the day.
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Turmeric Tea
TURMERIC TEA
Our Turmeric Tea is the perfect post Christmas blend. Designed to reduce inflammation throughout the body, turmeric, black pepper and cinnamon, have traditionally been used synergistically to help improve circulation and offer powerful antioxidant properties. (more…)
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Best Wishes
BEST WISHES
We wish you a wonderful Christmas full of laughter and cheer, great food and many special moments.
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Hand Blended
HAND BLENDING
We carefully hand blend our teas using natural, certified organic ingredients which support your health, and give you the purest flavour, derived directly from the plant source
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Gift Packs
GIFT PACKS
We have brand new gift packs. With 5 different varieties, and 4 blends inside each box, we have a pack to suit everytea lover and occasion.
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Love Tea Collaborations
LOVE TEA COLLABORATIONS
We love the stunning range of limited edition Gift Collectives available from Once Was Lost, which includes a hand woven, ethically made throw, a handmade ceramic mug, plant based detox bath salts and a box of Love Tea. All the packs are available through their online store until 20th December.
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Christmas Gift Guide
GIFT GUIDE
We’ve got a range of beautiful gifts for the tea lover in your life, at a range of different prices. We have something to suit every occasion and every budget. Click through to explore our tea-based gift guide.
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The Big Design Market Melbourne
THE BIG DESIGN MARKET
We’re in Melbourne this weekend at The Big Design Market and we would love for you to visit us and stock up on some tea for Christmas. We’ll have a huge range of loose leaf and pyramid tea bags available, and we’re bringing our tea bar,
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Limited Edition Ceramic Canisters
LIMITED EDITION CERAMIC CANISTERS
We’re now offering a limited edition range of our canisters, full of your favourite tea blends. We have 17 blend options available for $30.00 each, and with only 5 of each blend available, these won’t last long! Find them all here.
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Fennel
FENNEL
Foeniculum vulgare, or Fennel, offers a subtle licorice flavour and a diverse range of health benefits, including digestive support,
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5 Ingredient Matcha Smoothie Recipe
5 INGREDIENT MATCHA SMOOTHIE
If you’ve tried Matcha, but just aren’t quite convinced, there are many other ways to consume this tea, and still receive all the therapeutic benefits. One of the easiest ways is to mix it into a smoothie.
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With our new Hasami and Yumiko ceramics range now available on our website, there is a tea accessory to suit every tea drinker. Head on over to the ceramic section of our website to view our full range…the perfect gift for yourself or a friend. Link in bio.
???? With our new Hasami and Yumiko ceramics range now available on our website, there is a tea accessory to suit every tea drinker. Head on over to the ceramic section of our website to view our full range…the perfect gift for yourself or a friend. Link in bio.
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? Did you know that the clear bags we use that hold our tea are NOT polypropylene plastic bags like many food grade bags? Which means you can compost our cellophane bags and they will naturally break down in your home compost. Our outer packaging is made from recyclable cardboard and we print using vegetable-based inks. We then also ship our products in post-consumer recycled cartons, so you can be sure that we’ve thought about our packaging choices and the effect our products have on the environment. To read more about our sustainability goals head over to the journal page on our website. Link in bio ?
? Did you know that the clear bags we use that hold our tea are NOT polypropylene plastic bags like many food grade bags? Which means you can compost our cellophane bags and they will naturally break down in your home compost. Our outer packaging is made from recyclable cardboard and we print using vegetable-based inks. We then also ship our products in post-consumer recycled cartons, so you can be sure that we’ve thought about our packaging choices and the effect our products have on the environment. To read more about our sustainability goals head over to the journal page on our website. Link in bio ?
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Our Environmental Stance on Packagaing
OUR ENVIRONMENTAL STANCE ON PACKAGING
We are regularly asked about the way that we pack our tea, and often these questions are focused on an environmental concern surrounding plastics, glues and non-recycled elements. We don’t use any of these elements in our packaging, and this article helps to further explain our stance on environment focused packaging.
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? Honey is a great way to bring a subtle sweet tone to your cup of tea. It also offers an amazing range of health benefits, such as its powerful antimicrobial activity, antioxidant content and to support the health of the respiratory system ?
? Honey is a great way to bring a subtle sweet tone to your cup of tea. It also offers an amazing range of health benefits, such as its powerful antimicrobial activity, antioxidant content and to support the health of the respiratory system ???? ?
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Behind the Scenes – Our new warehouse
BEHIND THE SCENES
Holding a few hundred kilograms of raw ingredients takes up quite a bit of room, so in early May we made a big decision and moved into a brand new warehouse so that we could continue packing more of the tea that you love without so many space restrictions.
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From physically cleaner air to beneficial effects on your psychological health, task performance and illness reduction, indoor plants aren’t just about aesthetics – these are just a few reasons why our office space and warehouse is full of indoor greenery
From physically cleaner air to beneficial effects on your psychological health, task performance and illness reduction, indoor plants aren’t just about aesthetics – these are just a few reasons why our office space and warehouse is full of indoor greenery ????????
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The benefits of consuming Matcha
THE BENEFITS OF CONSUMING MATCHA
Matcha tea has made a resurgence in popularity in recent times, and while it has done so with good reason, the method of roasting and pulverizing green tea into a powder has been around since the Song Dynasty (10th – 13th Century).
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If you’re in Melbourne this weekend we would love for you to visit us @finders_keepers market with a huge range of loose leaf and pyramid tea bags available. You can find us at the Royal Exhibition Building in Carlton, Friday 20th from 5pm – 10pm, Saturday 21st from 10am – 7pm and Sunday 22nd from 10am – 5pm. The best in independent design, food, music and art, locally designed and Australian made… all under one roof. We look forward to seeing you there!
? If you’re in Melbourne this weekend we would love for you to visit us @finders_keepers market with a huge range of loose leaf and pyramid tea bags available. You can find us at the Royal Exhibition Building in Carlton, Friday 20th from 5pm – 10pm, Saturday 21st from 10am – 7pm and Sunday 22nd from 10am – 5pm. The best in independent design, food, music and art, locally designed and Australian made… all under one roof. We look forward to seeing you there! ?
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This is a botanical blend of white tea, delicate flowers and naturally sweet goji berries. Individually hand gathered, white tea is the new young leaves from the camellia sinensis plant. It is renowned for its high antioxidant content and has less caffeine than green tea. Hibiscus flowers, rose petals, and rose hips bring this beautiful blend to life, offering a clean body, with a light, refreshing flavour
???? This is a botanical blend of white tea, delicate flowers and naturally sweet goji berries. Individually hand gathered, white tea is the new young leaves from the camellia sinensis plant. It is renowned for its high antioxidant content and has less caffeine than green tea. Hibiscus flowers, rose petals, and rose hips bring this beautiful blend to life, offering a clean body, with a light, refreshing flavour ????
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Finders Keepers Melbourne
FINDERS KEEPERS MELBOURNE
If you’re in Melbourne this weekend we would love for you to visit us at the Finders Keepers market, with a huge range of loose leaf and pyramid tea bags available.
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? We believe in using whole herbs, which are as close to their original state as possible. These herbs offer many health benefits due to their multitude of diverse yet specific compounds, which help achieve certain health outcomes in the body. We use the exact same blends in our loose leaf tea as we do in our pyramid tea bags so that you get the most therapeutic benefit regardless of how you choose to brew your tea ? @thesaa.rahproject
? We believe in using whole herbs, which are as close to their original state as possible. These herbs offer many health benefits due to their multitude of diverse yet specific compounds, which help achieve certain health outcomes in the body. We use the exact same blends in our loose leaf tea as we do in our pyramid tea bags so that you get the most therapeutic benefit regardless of how you choose to brew your tea ?
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High intentions, careful consideration + consistent effort will lead to quality outcomes
High intentions, careful consideration + consistent effort will lead to quality outcomes ???? ????
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Our naturopath has carefully selected this blend of organic herbs, to support healthy cognitive function and memory. Ingredients including gotu kola, bacopa, ginseng and ginkgo biloba, offer therapeutic qualities that have traditionally been used to improve memory and promote healthy cognitive function. With hints of mint and subtle tones of ginger, this blend offers subtle and refreshing flavours
???? Our naturopath has carefully selected this blend of organic herbs, to support healthy cognitive function and memory. Ingredients including gotu kola, bacopa, ginseng and ginkgo biloba, offer therapeutic qualities that have traditionally been used to improve memory and promote healthy cognitive function. With hints of mint and subtle tones of ginger, this blend offers subtle and refreshing flavours ????
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? Have you seen our new ceramics range? ? We have selected these pieces to enhance your tea drinking experience, as we believe in providing tea lovers with premium tea, which can be enjoyed from high quality teaware. The Hasami collection has been designed and based on a fixed module, with each piece sharing the same diameter so that they can be stacked and stored with ease and efficiency. Follow the link in our bio to view our full ceramics range, and find the perfect piece for you, or to gift.
? Have you seen our new ceramics range? ?
We have selected these pieces to enhance your tea drinking experience, as we believe in providing tea lovers with premium tea, which can be enjoyed from high quality teaware. The Hasami collection has been designed and based on a fixed module, with each piece sharing the same diameter so that they can be stacked and stored with ease and efficiency. Follow the link in our bio to view our full ceramics range, and find the perfect piece for you, or to gift. -
We’ve made it no secret – we believe that real food is not only better for your health, but it tastes good too So we’ve enlisted the help of our whole food-loving friend Gem, from @recoveringraw and she developed this Strawberry & White Chocolate Mousse Cake using our White Rose and Goji tea. Head on over to our new Journal page on our website to view this delicious recipe – link in bio. @recoveringraw
We’ve made it no secret – we believe that real food is not only better for your health, but it tastes good too ???? So we’ve enlisted the help of our whole food-loving friend Gem, from @recoveringraw and she developed this Strawberry & White Chocolate Mousse Cake ???? using our White Rose and Goji tea. Head on over to our new Journal page on our website to view this delicious recipe – link in bio.
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Traditionally used for its unique flavour and health benefits in traditional Indian meals, cardamom supports digestive function by stimulating gastric secretions and improving the absorption of nutrients from your food. You can find this herb in our Caffeine Free, Original, Cacao, Dandelion and Honey Spice Chai blends.
? Traditionally used for its unique flavour and health benefits in traditional Indian meals, cardamom supports digestive function by stimulating gastric secretions and improving the absorption of nutrients from your food. You can find this herb in our Caffeine Free, Original, Cacao, Dandelion and Honey Spice Chai blends.
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We currently have 3 positions available at Love Tea, and role descriptions for these positions can be found on our website, under the Contact menu on the Employment page. We have 2 positions for Production Team members, and one role available for Design and Marketing. If you know someone who might be interested, please tag them in the comments below
We currently have 3 positions available at Love Tea, and role descriptions for these positions can be found on our website, under the Contact menu on the Employment page. We have 2 positions for Production Team members, and one role available for Design and Marketing. If you know someone who might be interested, please tag them in the comments below ????
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DETOX | Our naturopath has carefully selected this blend of organic herbs, to naturally support detoxification. Herbs used in this blend, including nettle leaf, dandelion and burdock, have traditionally been used to help support healthy function of the liver and kidneys, and aid the clearance of toxins. This is an earthy and grounding blend, offering grassy notes of nettle, with hints of sweet fennel and ginger. • If you’re looking for a way to kick-start a detox, @bodygoodfood is running a 21-day wholefood eating program, which aims to achieve a full body detoxification under the guidance of a qualified nutritionist. You’ll also receive some goodies, including our Detox blend. @bodygoodfood
DETOX | Our naturopath has carefully selected this blend of organic herbs, to naturally support detoxification. Herbs used in this blend, including nettle leaf, dandelion and burdock, have traditionally been used to help support healthy function of the liver and kidneys, and aid the clearance of toxins. This is an earthy and grounding blend, offering grassy notes of nettle, with hints of sweet fennel and ginger.
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If you’re looking for a way to kick-start a detox, @bodygoodfood is running a 21-day wholefood eating program, which aims to achieve a full body detoxification under the guidance of a qualified nutritionist. You’ll also receive some goodies, including our Detox blend.
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? Hasami porcelain products have been designed and based on a fixed module, with each piece sharing the same diameter so that they can be stacked and stored with ease and efficiency ? Find our new Hasami range on our website – link to website in bio.
? Hasami porcelain products have been designed and based on a fixed module, with each piece sharing the same diameter so that they can be stacked and stored with ease and efficiency ? Find our new Hasami range on our website – link to website in bio.
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Although the warmer weather is on its way, cold and flus can still be hanging around at this time of year. Ginger offers amazing health benefits perfect for this time of year. It holds warming qualities, it offers circulatory stimulation, digestive support and can improve vitality ???? Lemongrass and Ginger tea is the perfect tea to see you through those lingering cold days.
Although the warmer weather is on its way, cold and flus can still be hanging around at this time of year. Ginger offers amazing health benefits perfect for this time of year. It holds warming qualities, it offers circulatory stimulation, digestive support and can improve vitality ???? Lemongrass and Ginger tea is the perfect tea to see you through those lingering cold days.
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CORNFLOWER This amazing flower offers astringent, soothing anti-inflammatory qualities, and offers support for the nervous system
CORNFLOWER ????This amazing flower offers astringent, soothing anti-inflammatory qualities, and offers support for the nervous system ????
