Journal

Finding the Right Cup of Tea

Finding the Right Cup of Tea

Tea is the most popular drink in the world after water and is grown in every continent, save Antarctica. With hundreds of styles and varieties and ...

Flowering Into Fall

Different seasons require different teas to help your body and mind to transition into the new season. Below is our advice on how to keep blossomin...

Mid-Autumn Festival

The Mid-Autumn Festival welcomes the autumn harvest and full moon and is a traditional Chinese festival celebrated around the world by East and Sou...

Blue Lotus Mooncake

Traditional mooncakes are quite large and as such are rarely eaten all at once by one person. Made from a standard mooncake mould, they measure ar...

Finding Peace in a Busy World

Here we share tips and our favorite rituals to find peace and rest in a constantly moving and engaging world.

The 7 Best Natural Sweeteners

Here we share some awesome alternatives to sugar and artificial sweeteners that will satisfy the sweet tooth, and when used appropriately and in mo...

Luscious Rose Jam Recipe

The most luscious Rose Petal Jam in the world. Shangri-la Rose Petal Jam made from our high mountain organically grown roses. This ho...

11 WAYS TO HYDRATE BETTER (other than water)

When you were young (or even now), have you ever been nagged because you did/do not drink enough water? “Go drink water even if you’re not thirst...

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT SAKURA TEA

“What a strange thing! to be alive beneath cherry blossoms.” ― Kobayashi Issa, Poems Cherry blossoms. My favorite flower of all time. Well, in...

CBD Honey Rose Latte

This gorgeous and decadent Rose Latte is simple to create. It's also a beautiful feast to the eyes and offers the most sweet comforting notes to t...

3-Ingredient Only Rose Sugar Scrub

This intoxicatingly aromatic Shangri-la Rose Sugar scrub with coconut oil is absolutely divine, 100% organic, and SOOOO easy to make. We hope you g...

Iced flower tea

What says hot summer than a cup of refreshing iced tea? It beats us. You know what's better than a cup of iced tea? A cup of chilled whole flower t...

Blue Lotus flower hand harvest 2021!

It's been thousands of years since Blue Lotus originated from Ancient Egyptian civilizations as it flourished along the Nile river. Today Louts flo...