The Glow Stack | Hibiscus Rose, Blue Pea and Mango Passion
Hand-blended in small batches. No factory. No middlemen. Just real tea, the way it should be.
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The three best looking teas we make, in one box. Deep magenta hibiscus, bright
gold mango and passion fruit, and butterfly pea flower, which brews a strong
electric blue and turns purple then pink the moment you add lemon.
All three are caffeine free, all three are better iced than hot, and all three
are the reason people photograph tea.
Three pouches, 115 cups, 30% off buying them separately.
What is in the box
Hibiscus Rose, Loose Tea 3.53oz, 50+ cups. Whole hibiscus petals with rose.
Sharp and tart, the colour of a beetroot, and the one to sweeten a little.
Blue Pea, Loose Tea 1.41oz, 40+ cups. Whole dried butterfly pea flowers.
A smaller pouch than the other two because the flowers are almost weightless,
and it still makes 40 cups. Very mild on its own, which is the point: it is
there for what it does, not what it tastes of.
Mango Passion, 25 Pyramid Bags. Hibiscus base with mango and passion fruit.
The sweetest and most straightforward of the three, and the easiest to hand
someone who does not normally drink herbal tea.
The colour change, which is the fun part
Brew the Blue Pea on its own and it comes out a deep blue. Squeeze in lemon or
lime and it turns violet, then pink, in about two seconds. It is the
anthocyanins in the flower reacting to the acid, the same pigment that makes
red cabbage change colour. Nothing is added and nothing is artificial.
Layer it over ice with the Mango Passion underneath and you get a two tone
glass that holds for a minute or so before it mixes.
How to brew all three
Boiling water, covered, 5 to 8 minutes. None of the three turns bitter if you
forget it.
For iced, which is how we would drink all three: two bags or two heaped
teaspoons in a litre jug of cold water, in the fridge overnight. No bitterness
at all, because cold water never pulls the tannins out, and it keeps two days.
Bought direct from gardens in India, blended by hand in small batches. No
flavour sprays, no additives, no colouring of any kind. The blue is the flower.
Mango Passion
Blue Pea
Hibiscus Rose
How to brew it
Three teas, three rules
Nothing here is fussy. Each tea wants one thing, and once you know which of the three it belongs to you will get it right every time.
Boil it, do not steep it
Two heaped teaspoons in a cup of water, boil hard for two minutes, add a cup of milk and bring it back. Sugar goes in the pan, not the cup.
Straight off the kettle
One heaped teaspoon, boiling water, and take it out on time. Past five minutes the tannins come through and it turns sharp. Takes milk well.
Never boiling water
Let the kettle stand two minutes off the boil first. Boiling water is what makes green tea bitter. About a third the caffeine of coffee.
Cold brew, storage, and the stovetop chai method in full.
The maths
What a cup actually costs
Three pouches sounds like a lot to buy at once. Spread across the cups in the box it is the cheapest part of your day.
| Per cup | The Glow Stack | Coffee shop | Supermarket tea bags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cost a cup | $0.30 per cup | $3 to $6 | $0.15 to $0.40 |
| You pay | $34.63, down from $49.47 | Full price, every time | Varies |
| You keep | $14.84 | Nothing | Nothing |
| What you get | Three different teas | One cup | One blend, repeated |
| The leaf | Whole leaf and whole botanicals | Not applicable | Usually dust and fannings |
| Where it comes from | Bought direct from Indian gardens | Varies | Auction bought, blended by brokers |
| If you do not like it | 30 days, money back | Already drunk | Already opened |
Cost a cup is $0.30 per cup, based on the $34.63 price across the cups in this box.Coffee shop and supermarket figures are typical US ranges and will vary by where you shop.
