Loose Leaf Tea Sampler, 30 Blends
Thirty 4-cup deluxe loose tea samples and a tea scoop make up this tea library, enough for more than 120 cups.
The blends are Avalon, Biarritz, Big Easy, Black Metallic, Breakfast, Cabaret, Capri, Cocteau, Combray, Cult of Demeter, Days of Heaven, Diabolique, Dirty Chai, Jet Black, Love Story, Low Country, Mackintosh, Metropolitan, Mood Indigo, Negroni, Olympus, Passage, Psychocandy, Razzmatazz, Silencio, Southern Gothic, Superbloom, Tangerine Dream, The Black Lodge, and The Library.
Each sample brews 4 cups, so the set moves through thirty blends one pot at a time.
Taste creates a Zen state through slow, intentional ingestion that activates the gustatory pathways (Small, 2012) and signals safety, nourishment, and seasonal identity (Mintz, 1985). Warm or gently flavored items, such as honey, tea, coffee, herbal drops, and low-dose CBD preparations, support calm because they prepare the digestive system (Berthoud, 2008), reduce vigilance through predictable sensory input (McEwen, 2007), and engage reward circuits associated with emotional comfort (Panksepp, 1998). When paired with aroma, pacing, and quiet ritual, these flavors reinforce social and personal grounding (Rozin, 1982), making taste a stable, parasympathetic sensory anchor in Zen environments.
Details
- Product: Loose-leaf tea sampler
- Contents: 30 deluxe 4-cup samples; tea scoop
- Yield: More than 120 cups
Pairing Note
Visual: Pairing flavor with visual cues blends what you see with what you taste. Color, clarity, and presentation help people understand what something is (Lakoff, 1987) and connect it to season, tradition, or place (Mintz, 1985). Taking your time when tasting gives your attention room to settle, allowing the visual field to open up. You see more clearly, your mind stops multitasking, and the moment becomes visually stable, supporting a more enjoyable tasting experience and a clearer understanding of the flavors.
