MORE LAVENDER ➜ MORE MELLOW LAVENDER Floral. Clean. Intoxicating. Lavender adds a brilliant flavor to desserts and teas and provides wonderful health benefits! Lavender is antioxidant rich, combats infection, and promotes feelings of well-being. Check out this tea party appropriate recipe using lavender flowers: Lavender Tea Loaf But does it really work? Lavender is famously used for alleviating anxiety, but does it really work? Check out these findings from recent studies on Lavender Essential Oil: Studies are showing that continuous exposure to Lavender Essential Oil reduces anxiety-like and depression-like behaviors, decreases aggressive behaviors, and increases social interaction. Do you think the world could use a big Lavender Essential Oil bath? We do! Check out our recipe for homemade lavender perfume...
July 2020 Happy July friends! Who's gearing up for a fourth of July celebration this weekend? It may look a little different this year, but we can still enjoy some sunshine and fireworks, right? Continue reading for some tasty teas and treats that will be perfect for spending time outside with your loved ones! 👇 Tea of the Month: Wild Strawberry + Berry WILD STRAWBERRY is blended with white tea, rooibos tea, apple pieces, hibiscus flowers, blueberries, blue cornflowers, rose petals, and natural flavors. White teas are made from the young tea buds of the Camellia sinensis plant and are full of antioxidants to protect the body from free radicals. The matriarch of this female ran, family business is a three-time cancer survivor...
| Featuring our dried Lavender Flowers, Vietnamese Cinnamon, Mesquite Honey, Vanilla Extract and Earl Grey tea leaves | created by Danté of our Old Town Albuquerque location Ingredients: 3/4 cup almond milk 1 ½ tbsp OBTC Lavender Flowers ½ tbsp Earl Grey tea leaves Sprinkle of OBTC Vietnamese Cinnamon 6 tbsp softened butter 1 cup OBTC Mesquite Honey 2 eggs ½ tsp Mexican Vanilla Extract 2 cups all-purpose flour 1 ½ tsp baking powder ½ tbsp salt 9x5 bread pan Medium mixing bowl Mortar and pestle Small saucepan Instructions: Preheat the oven to 325℉, grease and flour bread pan. Grind OBTC Lavender Flowers and Earl Grey tea leaves until fine, then combine with almond milk in a small saucepan over medium heat....
June 2020 Hello June! And hello summertime! Are you busting out of your living area, craving some sunshine? I know I am - and I think that's a good thing since sunshine is now known for preventing the spread of Coronavirus - right? Now is such a perfect time to be outside enjoying the sunshine and fresh air! Temperatures are warming up, the sun is shining, bees are pollinating and the iced tea is SO refreshing! Continue reading to see what we're enjoying this month! Tea of the Month: Sencha Green & Lemongrass Sencha Green Tea is a delicate leaf does not like to be steeped in overly hot water, as it can quickly become astringent tasting. When prepared properly it is...
| Featuring our salmon rub & avocado honey | Ingredients for the salmon: 4 wild caught salmon filets (we love Williams Bro Salmon) about ½ lb each 2 tsp OBTC Salmon Rub Salt & pepper, to taste ½ tsp paprika (we prefer sweet or mild) 2 Tbsp ghee 4-5 cloves of garlic finely minced 1 Tbsp water 2 tsp liquid aminos or soy sauce 4 Tbsp OBTC Avocado Honey 2 tbsp fresh squeezed lemon juice Ingredients for the salad: 1 large bunch of kale, rinsed & finely chopped Juice of 2 lemons 1 cup olive oil 5-6 cloves of garlic, finely minced Salt & pepper, to taste Pumpkin seeds ½ cup parmesan or romano cheese Directions for the salmon: Preheat the oven to broil setting...
