The Experience

Blend your own bush tea, the Caribbean way.

Walk a wall of glass apothecary jars. Smell, taste, ask questions. We'll help you build a personal Caribbean bush-tea blend — sealed fresh, labeled with your name.

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Choose your botanicals

Walk the wall of apothecary jars. Smell, taste, ask questions — pick what calls you.

Blend your recipe

We guide the pairings — base, body, top note — until the recipe is yours.

We blend & seal it

Measured to your recipe, heat-sealed fresh, labeled with your name.

Take home your tin

Leave with your blend in a cream apothecary tin — brewing notes included.

Hand spooning dried botanicals into a cream apothecary jar

What's included

$45 per person

1–8 guests

A guided session with a blender
Up to 5 botanicals tasted and considered
Your custom 2oz blend, heat-sealed and labeled
Brewing card with steep time and temperature
10% off anything in the shop that day

Reserve your spot

Groups of 9+? See Gifts & Events.

The Method

The Virgin Islands Tea Lab Blending Method

The Rule of Three

Every custom blend follows six simple steps — a quiet formula that keeps every tin balanced while allowing endless personalization.

0160%

Base

Choose 1

The foundation and body of the tea.

0220%

Caribbean Botanical

Up to 3

The soul of the Virgin Islands.

038%

Fruit

Up to 3

Brightness and sweetness.

045%

Floral

Up to 3

Aroma and elegance.

055%

Spice

Up to 3

Warmth and complexity.

062%

Finish

Choose 1

The signature note.

Build Your Blend

A taste of the lab. Pick a base, layer your botanicals, and watch your recipe card fill in — exactly as it would on Main Street.

Pouch size

Blend name

Base

60%

Choose 1

Caribbean Botanical

20%

Up to 3

Fruit

Up to 3

Floral

Up to 3

Spice

Up to 3

Finish

Choose 1

0 ingredients chosen

Ingredient Library

Bases

Choose one

·Assam Black Tea
·Ceylon Black Tea
·Sencha Green Tea
·White Peony Tea
·Rooibos
·Honeybush
·Chamomile

Caribbean Botanicals

Up to three

·Lemongrass
·Soursop Leaf
·Papaya Leaf
·Mango Leaf
·Moringa
·Mint
·Sorrel (Hibiscus)
·Rosemary
·Thyme
·Ginger Leaf

Fruit

Up to three

·Orange Peel
·Lemon Peel
·Lime Peel
·Pineapple
·Mango
·Apple
·Papaya
·Coconut
·Strawberry

Florals

Up to three

·Lavender
·Rose Petals
·Butterfly Pea Flower
·Calendula
·Chamomile Flowers
·Jasmine Flowers

Spices

Up to three

·Ginger
·Turmeric
·Cinnamon
·Clove
·Nutmeg
·Cardamom
·Vanilla Bean
·Star Anise

Finish

Choose one

·Local Honey Crystals
·Vanilla
·Citrus Peel
·Mint
·Cinnamon

Packaging & Master Formula

Discovery Pouch

25 g

≈ 10 cups

Base	15 g
Caribbean Botanicals	5 g
Fruit	2 g
Floral	1 g
Spice	1.5 g
Finish	0.5 g

Signature Pouch

50 g

20–25 cups

Base	30 g
Caribbean Botanicals	10 g
Fruit	4 g
Floral	2 g
Spice	3 g
Finish	1 g

Family Pouch

100 g

40–50 cups

Base	60 g
Caribbean Botanicals	20 g
Fruit	8 g
Floral	4 g
Spice	6 g
Finish	2 g

Signature Collection

Five house recipes — each a balanced 50 g blend, built to the Rule of Three.

№ 01

Trade Winds

Base: 20 g Ceylon · 10 g Rooibos
Botanicals: 5 g Lemongrass · 3 g Mango Leaf · 2 g Mint
Fruit: 2 g Orange Peel · 2 g Pineapple
Floral: 2 g Butterfly Pea
Spice: 2 g Ginger · 1 g Cinnamon
Finish: 1 g Vanilla

№ 02

Harbor Morning

Base: 30 g Sencha
Botanicals: 5 g Lemongrass · 3 g Moringa · 2 g Mint
Fruit: 2 g Lemon Peel · 2 g Apple
Floral: 2 g Chamomile
Spice: 3 g Ginger
Finish: 1 g Lemon Peel

№ 03

Island Calm

Base: 30 g Chamomile
Botanicals: 5 g Soursop Leaf · 3 g Lemongrass · 2 g Mint
Fruit: 2 g Orange Peel · 2 g Coconut
Floral: 2 g Lavender
Spice: 3 g Vanilla
Finish: 1 g Rose

№ 04

Frenchman's Garden

Base: 20 g White Tea · 10 g Green Tea
Botanicals: 4 g Mango Leaf · 3 g Lemongrass · 3 g Mint
Fruit: 2 g Mango · 2 g Orange
Floral: 2 g Jasmine
Spice: 2 g Ginger · 1 g Cardamom
Finish: 1 g Vanilla

№ 05

Caribbean Sunrise

Base: 20 g Assam · 10 g Rooibos
Botanicals: 5 g Papaya Leaf · 3 g Sorrel · 2 g Lemongrass
Fruit: 2 g Pineapple · 2 g Orange
Floral: 2 g Calendula
Spice: 2 g Cinnamon · 1 g Nutmeg
Finish: 1 g Vanilla

Tea Lab Experience

Every guest leaves with a Tea Recipe Card

✔Blend Number
✔Name
✔Date
✔Ingredients
✔Brewing Instructions
✔QR Code

When you return — or order online — we recreate your exact blend from the saved recipe.

Guided by the Flavor Wheel

Five profiles. One unforgettable cup.

Rather than picking ingredients at random, we guide guests through five flavor profiles — closer to a fragrance atelier or cocktail bar than a traditional tea shop.

BoldAssam, ginger, cinnamon
FreshLemongrass, mint, citrus
FloralLavender, jasmine, rose
TropicalMango, pineapple, coconut
EarthyMoringa, turmeric, rosemary

Things to do in St. Thomas

A cultural experience tucked into Main Street.

We sit in the heart of historic Charlotte Amalie, a short walk from the cruise piers at Havensight and Crown Bay. If you're searching for authentic cultural activities and original things to do in St. Thomas — beyond the beach — this is yours. Caribbean herbalism, hands-on, between an afternoon of downtown shopping and dinner on the waterfront.

For cruise visitors

Tendered into Charlotte Amalie or docked at Havensight? Walk Main Street to our door. A blending session fits neatly between shopping and your last call.

For couples & honeymoons

A quiet, hands-on date inside a mahogany-lined room — a Caribbean memory you'll actually bring home. Blend his and hers, or one tin to share.

For groups & families

Up to twelve guests around the blending table. A favourite for friend trips, bachelorette parties, and multi-generational visits to the USVI.

Downtown shopping, made memorable

Main Street, Charlotte Amalie.

Charlotte Amalie has been a duty-free shopping capital of the Caribbean since the 1800s. We're part of the Cardow Collective, tucked inside the Rum Room on Main Street — a few quiet doors down from the jewellery houses, the alleys, and the old Danish warehouses that give downtown its character. Come for the bush tea; leave with tins, sorrel, local honey, and a story worth telling.

Find us on Main Street Learn about bush teas

Wedding favors & corporate gifting

Brandable, customizable Caribbean favors.

Hand-blended USVI tea favors for destination weddings, cruise groups, conferences, and corporate retreats. Choose your blend, your tin or pouch, and a custom label — names, dates, monograms, or your full brand identity. Minimums start at 25; large runs shipped in time for the big day.

Wedding & welcome favors

Mini tins or muslin pouches with custom labels, ribbons, and bilingual cards. Sorrel and lemongrass blends are guest favorites.

Brandable corporate gifts

Full-color or foil-stamped tins for client gifts, conference welcome bags, and team-building events on island.

Private label & retail

We blend, label, and pack to your specs — for hotels, spas, boutiques, and cruise lines across the Caribbean.

Plan your favors