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INGREDIENTS WITH PURPOSE

Woash's values were built on the concept of transparency and education through all levels of our business. Our goal is to be transparent about each of our products and processes while educating our community on natural nourishment. What better place to start than a look into each of our ingredients, the climate they thrive in, what part of the plant we use for our tea blends, what they individually taste like, what role they play in our purposeful blends and what part of the world we source them from!

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This List of Herbs / Ingredients Guide Includes:

Inspiration Behind Our Woash Blends
How to Best use this Ingredients Chart
Taste Guide
List of Herbs

Inspiration Behind Our Blends

As I, the founder of WOASH stood in the foothills of an Indonesian tea plantation soaking up every last bit of knowledge this 5^thgeneration tea maker had to offer me I became curious about this one unique plant and its endless benefits that I was so unfamiliar with, yet I had been sipping tea since I was 10 years old. To read more about ‘Our Story’ click here.

It was from this moment, plus a lot of procrastination, wrong turns, learning lessons and inspiring teachers that I became determined to disrupt the overly industrialized North American tea industry by bringing purpose back into each mug through transparency, education and example.

About Our Blends

Our blends aim to bridge the gap between traditional herbal medicine and modern wellness where each blend is rooted in ancient tradition consisting of:

Tea with purpose
Globally sourced sustainable ingredients
Organic whole leaf ingredients
Purely herbs (no additives or funny business)

Throughout my many travels overseas I witness the importance of indigenous herbs within each culture and the important role they played in their ceremonies, practices and medicine cabinets. This encouraged me to use ingredients from the source ensuring their authenticity and quality. Partnering with only certified organic farms, and processes that favoured whole-leaf rather than the remanence left over, (learn more about quality of tea in our 'Best Loose Leaf Tea Guide', here) while refusing to add any flavourings or sweeteners to amplify herbs natural flavour and purposeful benefits.

Here's what a customer has to say about our blends!

"I absolutely love all Woash's teas, but if I had to pick a favourite it would be Revive! I love how refreshing, light, and delicious this tea is! I don't drink coffee so this is the perfect drink to sip in the mornings. I also love that all the Woash teas are all-natural and don't have any added flavour or sugar - just the healthy basics!!"

- Danielle

To discover more about our process and the experts behind them, click here

How To Best Use Our Ingredient Chart

Below is a break down of each category we explain in our Ingredient Chart. Utilize this chart to educate yourself on individual ingredients you may be curious about and discovering which ingredient may be the perfect natural remedy for your unique needs.

Ingredient

In the first column, we've included every ingredient we've used in all of our purposeful blends to give you an insider look at each individually rather than a generalized over encompassing view of each blend. The first column contains each herbs "common name" that is mainly used when we talk about herbs.

Quick note: We often get asked which tea's are herbal and which are not, the common answer is non-caffeinated are "herbal" and the caffeinated are non-herbal, however technically all plants are herbs ,caffeinated or not. Therefore, we express all of our blends to be herbals. See definitions below

Herb Definition: any plant with leaves, seeds, or flowers used for flavoring, food, medicine, or perfume.

Herbal Definition: relating to or made from herbs, especially those used in cooking and medicine.

Botanical Name

Next, we've included each herbs botanical / scientific name as you may come across these at times when exploring herbs and now you can know which is what. Some are quite obvious and others not so much. Often by the botanical name you can tell which family the plant comes from, however we'll keep it more simple here and save that lesson for later.

Type

Third, we describe the part of the plant we use in our purposeful blends as for many plants, different parts contain unique benefits such as elderberries and elderflowers or dandelion root and dandelion flower. We describe the benefits associated with that specific part of the plant used.

Taste

In the fourth column, we identify each herbs taste, these categories may seem strange to you and not your typical, sweet, sour, spicy. However, this method dates back centuries in Chinese Herbal Medicine and Ayurveda practices where (before we had the technology to identify isolated constituents of each herb) herbalists used their senses to identify and classify them. The five tastes are pungent, salty, sour, bitter and sweet. Let's take a deeper look into each taste profile to get a better understanding of how they are classified and how they could benefit your unique needs.

If you are curious to discover what your unique constitution is and how the below categories and each herbs energetics can help balance it, click here to take our quiz.

Pungent

Pungent herbs are bold in flavour, often spicy and tend to be warming from within. They are used to awaken the sense and increase fluid movement such as circulation and stagnation. These types of herbs are ideal for people who feel cold, damp and sluggish. These herbs depending on your constitutional make up can make you sweat in order to cool your internal temperature down. It's crazy to see the affect these types of herbs have within our bodies, pungent being the easiest to notice especially in the beginning of your herbal journey.

Like most things in herbalism there's always a shocking few who go against the grain and in this case are cooling to the body. Also, don't be scared if you have a warmer constitution as we've created most of our blends to be quite balanced.

Salty

The most highly beneficial and safe herbs for daily consumption, salty herbs are high in vitamins and minerals (often minerals we lack in our city water systems that our bodies need and crave). They are nutrient dense and are considered the most nourishing and easily implemented into culinary.

Don't be turned off by these herbs as they don't taste salty at all but have a more minerally taste.

Sour

Not mouth puckering in a sour patch kids kind of way but a more subtle sourness including many fruits and astringent like herbs, leaving your mouth feeling a little dryer. Sour herbs are great for stimulating the digestion, reducing inflammation and packed with antioxidants.

Bitter

The one category we try to avoid and don't get enough while most culinary recipes try to eliminate the bitterness. However, we are here to change your perspective on bitters. Bitter herbs are most commonly used to stimulate the digestion and have a cooling and draining effect on the body. Bitters are one of the most important tastes in herbalism and it is often said that many digestive issues stem from "bitter deficiency". Let's just say it's one of those things you'll learn to love especially when you are reaping their endless benefits!

Sweet

Finally, the good tasting stuff! Sweet herbs are known to nourish and build overall wellness, often being adaptogenic herbs. They typically have stimulating properties to help restore energy and vitality and support the immune system. If you ever try a sweet herb you may not immediately think 'sweetness' but due to their unique building properties they are classified as sweet, so don't shy away from these amazingly beneficial herbs.

Here's what our community has to say about our blends!

"I love all of the Woash Wellness teas...However, Digest is one of my favourites. Simply, for the wonderful feeling and warmth I acquire while sipping. I love the organic ingredients in it, including the peppermint, licorice root, and marshmallow root. Digest is so calming. I enjoy this tea even if my stomach isn’t bothering me, this tea soothes my body and is super health benefitting."
- Shauna

Purpose

In the fifth column, we share the driving force behind every product and blend. As mentioned we designed each blend for a unique purpose, strategically choosing every ingredient for its natural therapeutic benefits and healing properties to create a nourishing and balanced blend. We highlight each ingredients endless benefits and unique properties that enhance our overall inner wellness.

Origin

Next, is each ingredients place of origin, the place in which we sustainably source each herb from our global farmers. As I mentioned above we source our ingredients from their indigenous region as that is where that specific species originated from and thrives in best. This ensures the most authentic and high quality ingredients we can find.

Climate

The seventh column is one of my favourites, it expresses what type of climate each herb is grown in. We pride ourselves on sourcing our ingredients from their indigenous regions all over the world as that is originally and naturally where they sprouted to life.

Blends with Ingredients

Lastly, we've highlighted each of our blends that contain that specific ingredient with clickable links to discover more about that purposeful blend and how it can help nourish your unique needs. You may notice very few ingredients overlap with other blends, we did this on purpose not to limit your selection of that ingredient and its many benefits but to ensure each of our blends are unique, intentional and beneficial. If you'd like to learn more about our process in how we create our blends and who the experts are behind them click here.

After reviewing the list, make sure to take the Constitution Quiz to find out which herbs are the right fit for your body's constitution.

WOASH List of Herbs - Ingredient Chart

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B C E F G H L M O P R S T Y

Black Current

Botanical Name: Ribes Nigrum

Type: Berry

Taste: Sweet

Purpose: Helps to promote healthy bacteria in the gut and stimulates blood flow throughout the body, which is crucial for the digestive tract while digesting.

Origin: United States

Climate: Cooler temperatures with partial shade

Tea Blends with Ingredients: Digest

INGREDIENTS WITH PURPOSE

This List of Herbs / Ingredients Guide Includes:

Inspiration Behind Our Blends

About Our Blends

How To Best Use Our Ingredient Chart

Ingredient

Botanical Name

Type

Taste

Purpose

Origin

Climate

Blends with Ingredients

WOASH List of Herbs - Ingredient Chart

Black Current

Burdock Root

Calendula

Cardamom

Chamomile

Cinnamon

Cloves

Elderberry

Fennel Seed

Ginger

Ginkgo

Goji Berries

Honeybrush

Lavender

Lemon Balm

Lemongrass

Lemon Myrtle

Lemon Peel

Lemon Verbena

Licorice Root

Marshmallow Root

Matcha

Milk Oolong

Milk Thistle

Orange Peel

Passion Flower

Peppermint

Raspberry Leaf

Rosehips

Sencha Green Tea

Stinging Nettle Leaf

Tulsi (Holy Basil)

Yerba Mate

Body Constitution Quiz

Take the time to explore the best the kind of tea and ingredients for your body