Best of Health Tea

04/07/2026

In case you ever wondered what 3.5 kilos, or, for those in the US, just a little under 8 lbs, of freshly picked spring blackberry shoots looks like then it is this: two hours and fourty minutes of nonstop picking those thorny devils. And using about 2 sq. meters of table space (18 sq. feet, for those in the US) you spread them out to wilt - which is the first oxidation step in the making of our 2026 Spring Blackberry pu'erh tea made entirely of wild-foraged young blackberry leaves, and it will be ready in about three months.
This coming Saturday, April 11th, however, we will bring to the Cascadia Tea Festival the little that remains of our 2025 Spring Blackberry pu'erh for all you to sample and enjoy, among many of our other unique teas. Again, the Tea Festival will be held from 11am 'till 5pm at the Floral Hall of the Forest Park of Everett, WA. Google the "Cascadia Tea Festival" to get your free tickets, and I'll see you all there!

You may also find us and sample all our teas at the following upcoming events:
👉 May 3rd - Holiday Spring Craft Fair at the Lucky Pen, Redmond, WA
👉 May 31st - Eugene Tea Festival, Eugene, OR .tea
👉 June 27th - Portland Tea Fest, Portland, OR
👉 September 26-27th - NW Tea Festival, Seattle, WA
possibly 👉 October 3-4th - NW Chocolate Festival - Bellevue, WA
and possibly 👉 October 24-25th - Seattle Coffee Festival - Seattle, WA

The Best of Health to you all!
In the name of the Fireweed, the Valerian Root, and the Holy Quantum. TeAmen.

04/03/2026

A bit of a brief update on our citrus peel (because we experimented on lots of various citrus) teaware progress.
Lots of designs varying in shapes, and types of peel, as well as attempts to create all major pieces of a tea ceremony, including a complete gaiwan with its lid and saucer.

You may find us and sample all our teas at the following upcoming events:
👉 April 11th - Cascadia Tea Festival - Floral Hall of Forest Park, Everett, WA
👉 May 3rd - Holiday Spring Craft Fair at the Lucky Pen, Redmond, WA
👉 May 31st - Eugene Tea Festival, Eugene, OR .tea
👉 June 27th - Portland Tea Fest, Portland, OR
👉 September 26-27th - NW Tea Festival, Seattle, WA
possibly 👉 October 3-4th - NW Chocolate Festival - Bellevue, WA
and possibly 👉 October 24-25th - Seattle Coffee Festival - Seattle, WA

The Best of Health to you all!
In the name of the Fireweed, the Valerian Root, and the Holy Quantum. TeAmen.

04/03/2026

04/02/2026

At the Best of Health Tea Company of Seattle we do everything mindfully.
Foraging the young stinging nettle (Urtica dioica) sustainably is essential to our enjoyment of nature.
Join us in celebrating tea
👉 April 11th - Cascadia Tea Festival - Floral Hall of Forest Park, Everett, WA
👉 May 3rd - Holiday Spring Craft Fair at the Lucky Pen, Redmond, WA
👉 May 31st - Eugene Tea Festival, Eugene, OR .tea
👉 June 27th - Portland Tea Fest, Portland, OR
👉 September 26-27th - NW Tea Festival, Seattle, WA
possibly 👉 October 3-4th - NW Chocolate Festival - Bellevue, WA
and possibly 👉 October 24-25th - Seattle Coffee Festival

See you there!
The Best of Health to you all!
In the name of the Fireweed, the Valerian Root, and the Holy Quantum. TeAmen.

04/02/2026

Sustainably foraging the first stinging nettle (Urtica dioica) flush for our "Fiery Nelly" Stinging Nettle herbal pu'erh tea - so named after the kindest person with a great heart that founded The Lucky Pen children's center in Redmond, WA - 🤗
And sharing some of our future events' plans:
👉 April 11th - Cascadia Tea Festival - Floral Hall of Forest Park, Everett, WA
👉 May 3rd - Holiday Spring Craft Fair at the Lucky Pen, Redmond, WA
👉 May 31st - Eugene Tea Festival, Eugene, OR .tea
👉 June 27th - Portland Tea Fest, Portland, OR
👉 September 26-27th - NW Tea Festival, Seattle, WA
possibly 👉 October 3-4th - NW Chocolate Festival - Bellevue, WA
and possibly 👉 October 24-25th - Seattle Coffee Festival - Seattle, WA

04/02/2026

We've been very busy with the tea production, and our new experimental line of chen-pi (citrus peel/rind) teaware - that's why we haven't been posting for a while.
Tea is what our love and passion is and making reels is a chore. 🙃
The new 2026 harvesting/foraging season has begun back in March. Literally. The snow was not even gone, but mother-nature was pressing on with new life and growth!
Part of the rush is the upcoming 5th annual festival on April 11th of which we will be a part of for the second time now!
The Cascadia Tea Festival will be held at the
Floral Hall at Forest Park,
Everett, WA
from 11 to 5.
Free, or "pay-as-you-wish" tickets have to be obtained through cascadiatea.org - just google "cascadia tea festival" - it's literally the first website that you will get in the results.
See you there!
The Best of Health to you all!
In the name of the Fireweed, the Valerian Root, and the Holy Quantum. TeAmen.

03/30/2026

April 11 is the upcoming Tea Festival where you will have a chance to sample our teas!
It's going to be at the Floral Hall at Forest Park - a very cosy place and an amazing atmosphere.
Samples, ceremonies, snacks, education
Get your free, or pay-as-you-wish tickets here: https://www.cascadiatea.org/event-details/2026-cascadia-tea-festival
11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Floral Hall 802 E Mukilteo Blvd #205, Everett, WA 98203
https://maps.app.goo.gl/Gj11otY4N3jmtb9g9

The fifth annual Cascadia Tea Festival is coming on April 11, 20206, in Everett, WA!

02/17/2026

Proof-of-concept - mandarin peel tea cup.
Yes! It can be done!
There may even be a few cups ready for the 2026 Cascadia Tea Festival in Everett, WA, USA on April 11th - https://www.cascadiatea.org/event-details/2026-cascadia-tea-festival .
We are in the final testing stages of making our first tea cup set out of mandarin peel.
These cups are double-sided: made out of two mandarins (one turned inside-out).
The cups will also be coated with a hot-water-proof and food-safe clear coat to make them last forever.
But, boy, does it take a lot of patience, work, and time to make each cup!

The Best of Health to you all!

01/18/2026

At what point should you stop improvising and inventing? 🤣
Let the ability to laugh at yourself and to be silly be a source of your strength, calm, and mental stability.
The Best of Health to you all!

12/31/2025

If you are still searching for that truly special gift, this is it: our collectible herbal GABA sheng pu-erhs, crafted from locally foraged plants, offer something genuinely rare.

This is more than a gift - it is an investment. Like fine cognac, our herbal sheng pu-erh grows deeper, smoother, and more dignified with time. And more valuable.

We are a Seattle-based tea maker devoted to creating singular teas. Every leaf of every plant is hand-harvested in the pristine mountain wilderness of Washington State. More about our process can be found in our profile.

We also curate some tea ceremony ware to accompany the experience.

Each item shown is labeled in the photos - and this is only a part of what we make.

A 50-gram tea cake yields approximately 50 cups of tea, or around 10 full tea ceremonies. And is priced at $50.

We ship worldwide.
To place an order feel free to message to us.

12/22/2025

We’d like to share a glimpse into our ongoing work with herbal mandarin pu-erh.

For those new to this style: mandarin pu-erh traces its roots to the Chinese tradition of chenpi - aged citrus peel. Whole mandarins are hollowed out, filled with tea, and slowly aged. Over time, the citrus oils and the tea transform together, creating a depth that neither could achieve alone. In our case, the tea within is 2025 Fireweed Herbal Sheng Pu'erh, wild-harvested in the pristine mountain landscapes of Washington State, shaped by local climate, altitude, and soil - a distinctly Pacific Northwest expression, aged together with citrus as a single, evolving whole.

The earliest expected availability of finished young herbal mandarin pu-erh is no earlier than March 2026.

If everything unfolds as intended, our herbal mandarin sheng pu-erh will be released after three full years of aging - in December 2028.

The estimated price for young herbal mandarin pu-erh is $1.20 per gram, though these are unlikely to be offered for sale at all - unless you persuade us otherwise.

The estimated price for the 3-year-aged mandarins is $2.00 per gram.

Weight: from about 10 to 110 grams, depending on the individual citrus.

This is a slow process by design. Time is not an accessory here - it’s the core ingredient.

By its very nature, this is a limited production - we made only a finite amount of our 2025 Fireweed Sheng Pu’erh, and once it is gone, it is gone.

12/13/2025

The exciting part about making the tea mandans is that you will not know the result until at least after 3 months because the tea needs to age gracefully.
However, the esthetic pleasure of doing this work is or****ic. 🫠