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Buckshot & Gunpowder

Most herbal tea tastes like something you finish out of duty. This one was built to be reached for.

Thirteen herbs, each in for a reason. Gunpowder green carries the cup with a clean, even lift, nothing like the jolt and crash of coffee. Rooibos rounds off the tannins. Ginger and turmeric bring the warmth, meadowsweet and nettle the quiet work underneath, and a quarter part of orange peel lifts the finish so the whole thing lands bright instead of heavy.

It is a bold root-and-spice blend, which means it gives up a second infusion: a strong first brew, then a sweeter and smoother one from the same leaf. Two cups from one scoop, most mornings.

Every pouch is mixed, weighed, filled and labeled by hand in the Bozeman valley, in small batches. Nothing ships that hasn't been tasted first.

A pouch of Buckshot & Gunpowder resting on wet stone beside a waterfall

The 2 oz pouch, as it ships.

In the package

  • Buckshot & Gunpowder loose blend2 oz
  • Compostable drawstring tea bags20
  • Black peppercorns, packed separately1 pack
  • Brewing instructions1 sheet

Why the peppercorns

A pinch of cracked pepper in the cup helps your body take up the turmeric in the blend. A few cracks per mug is plenty. They travel in their own small bag so they stay sharp.

Net wt 2 oz (57 g) 20 compostable teabags Black peppercorns included

$20

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Card, PayPal, Apple Pay and Google Pay. Checkout and sales tax are handled by our shop; the pouch is packed and posted from our kitchen, usually within two to five days.

Buying for a shop, or want a full case? Case pricing is here.

What's in it

  • Gunpowder green tea
  • Rooibos
  • Fenugreek seed
  • Nettle leaf
  • Peppermint
  • Meadowsweet
  • Ginger root
  • Dandelion leaf
  • Chamomile
  • Rosemary
  • Turmeric root
  • Licorice root
  • Orange peel

Black peppercorns included separately. Photographs of each herb are on the main page.

Before you brew

Contains licorice root — not recommended in large amounts for people with high blood pressure.

Store the pouch sealed, dry and out of the sun. Four ways to brew it, including the second infusion, are on the brewing page.

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