Our ingredients come from all over the world, and we want to ensure our ingredients are sourced ethically and sustainably. We work with multiple suppliers all located on the west cost of the USA who align with our values to get our botanicals, tea leaves, and flavorings. Whenever possible we buy directly from USA farmers, sourcing our fruits either from California or Washington State.
Our family personally mixes every tea blend using our special recipes. Combining raw ingredients, and often in small batches where we stir the blend by hand, we put a lot of love into every tea we make.
We use more expensive packaging to ensure that our products are home compostable, even the labels. Given our small batches we print and cut our labels in our home office so we only make as much as we need to reduce our waste. Each tea is then hand packed by us with tea and cozy vibes just for you.
Loose leaf tea is often packaged with plastics, mylar, or metals creating unnecessary waste that is difficult to recycle. Some brands may also boast compostable packaging, but these often contain materials that can only be commercially composted, a luxury many do not have access to. At Morelitea we ensure every part of our process is home compostable. Our labels are made from sugarcane and natural wax with algea or water based inks. Tea is packaged in cardboard tubes or certified home compostable zippered packaging for samples and bulk sales. If we wrap products in a clear or "foil" film we use cellophane - a natural plant fiber - not plastics. This increases our costs, especially as a small business, but we would rather have a smaller profit than contribute to a world becoming too hot and too polluted to grow tea.
Our family, descendants of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, firmly believes it is our individual responsibility to care for the earth beneath us as those before us did. We are visitors on the unceded ancestral land of the Duwamish and Coast Salish people, and while we live here we are committed to restoring the native landscape - starting with our own backyard.
Together, we can make a difference one cup of tea and one thoughtful gesture at a time.
The Burrow
cafe and taproom serving fresh tea
17171 Bothell Way NE Suite A015, Lake Forest Park, WA 98155
Chance Encounter Games
gaming shop with a small collection of Morelitea wares and tea
6317 1/2 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115
