The Traditional Stack | Turmeric Ashwagandha, Tulsi and Daily Detox
Why buy the set
| This set | Bought separately | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $46.72 | $54.97 |
| You save | $8.25 (15%) | - |
| Cost per cup | $0.30 per cup | - |
| Delivery | One box, free shipping | Three separate orders |
| Runs out | Much later | Reorder every few weeks |
Hand-blended in small batches. No factory. No middlemen. Just real tea, the way it should be.
Arrives in 1-3 Business Days
The three herbs Indian kitchens have kept in the cupboard for as long as anyone
has been keeping records. Turmeric, ashwagandha and tulsi, none of them
caffeinated, all of them earthy rather than sweet.
Fair warning: this is the least dessert-like box we make. If you want fruit,
buy the Glow Stack. These three taste like roots and leaves, because that is
what they are.
Three pouches, 155 cups, more than any other stack we make, and 15% off buying
them separately.
What is in the box
Turmeric Ashwagandha, Loose Tea 7.05oz, 100+ cups. Twice the size of the other
two pouches and the best value tea in the whole range at about 22 cents a cup.
Turmeric with ashwagandha root and lemongrass. Warm, earthy and quite bitter on
its own. Honey is not cheating. Neither is milk.
Tulsi Comfort, 25 Pyramid Bags. Holy basil, which is the plant grown in the
courtyard of a great many Indian homes. Peppery and slightly clove-like,
closer to a herb than a tea, and the easiest of the three to drink black.
Daily Detox, 30 Pyramid Bags. Turmeric and ginger with other botanicals.
Gentler and rounder than the straight Turmeric Ashwagandha, and the one for
a day when you cannot face the loose leaf.
How to brew all three
Boiling water, cover the cup, 5 to 8 minutes. Roots release slowly and almost
everybody pulls them too early, which is the single most common reason a
turmeric tea tastes of nothing. Two heaped teaspoons of the loose Turmeric
Ashwagandha per cup.
A little black pepper in the turmeric ones is traditional. So is milk, which
surprises people, and it takes the edge off the bitterness better than sugar
does.
Bought direct from gardens in India, blended by hand in small batches. No
flavour sprays, no additives, no caffeine in any of the three.
These herbs have a long history of traditional use in Indian households. This
is tea, not medicine, and nothing here is intended to diagnose, treat, cure or
prevent any condition.
This tea contains ashwagandha. If you are pregnant or breastfeeding, take
thyroid medication, or take anything that affects your immune system, speak to
your doctor before drinking it regularly.
Daily Detox
Tulsi Comfort
Turmeric Ashwagandha
How to brew it
Three teas, one rule
Everything in this box is a root, a leaf or a flower rather than a tea leaf, and all three want exactly the same treatment. Learn it once and the whole box is easy.
Water straight off the boil
The opposite of green tea. Roots and whole botanicals are dense and they need full heat to give anything up. Water that has gone off the boil makes a weak, flat cup.
Put something over the cup
The part almost everybody skips. The aromatics leave in the steam, so an uncovered cup loses most of the smell before you drink it. A saucer sends them back down.
Five to eight minutes
Longer than you think, and longer than most people give them. There is no penalty for forgetting it either: none of these three has the tannins that turn black tea bitter.
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, a cup costs about what a supermarket tea bag costs and a fraction of what a coffee shop charges. The difference is what is in the bag.
| Compare | The Traditional Stack | Coffee shop | Supermarket wellness tea bags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cost a cup | $0.30 | $3 to $6 | $0.20 to $0.60 |
| What is in it | Whole leaf and whole botanicals | Varies | Usually dust and fannings |
| Where it comes from | Bought direct from Indian gardens | Varies | Auction bought, blended by brokers |
| What you get | Three different teas | One cup | One blend, repeated |
| You pay | $46.72, down from $54.97 | Full price, every time | Varies |
| You keep | $8.25 | Nothing | Nothing |
| If you do not like it | 30 days to tell us | Already drunk | Already opened |
Cost a cup is based on the $46.72 price spread across the cups in this box. Coffee shop and supermarket wellness tea bags figures are typical US ranges and will vary by where you shop.