The Discovery Box
Menjunje, men-HOON-hes. In Latin America it is the mix someone makes by hand, a little of this, a little of that. We made four.
All four blends in 50 g bags, with a pour card for each.
Every review of the Discovery Box so far: five stars.200 grams across the set, about 25 cups, with a pour card for each blend.
Love it or we’ll make it right. You keep the tea.
- Ships from the US in 1 to 2 business days
- Blended in Peru, tea from La Convención
- Every ingredient on the pouch
In the box
What's in the box
Daybreak Orange · Cusco green tea · Villa Rica cardamom · Calendulamorning · caffeinated
Rooted Guanábana leaf · Black mint · Boldoafter meals · caffeine-free
Dusk Manzanilla (chamomile) · Cusco black tea · Amazonian vanillaevening · low caffeine
Gather Camu camu · Jamaica (hibiscus) · Butterfly pea flowerfor company · caffeine-free
Plus a 50 g bag of the house's pick, on us.
If there was manzanilla after dinner or agua de jamaica in the fridge where you grew up, you already know half this box.
How to brew
Brew it in three steps
- 01 Scoop 8 g, or 10 g for Daybreak.
- 02 Steep 300 ml water. Rooted, Dusk, and Gather take it straight off the boil. Daybreak takes it rested 2 to 3 minutes: hot, not boiling, for the green tea.
- 03 Strain Any strainer works. No special equipment.
- Daybreak · 10 g · 6 to 7 minutes
- Rooted · 8 g · the full 10 to 11, boldo is a firm leaf
- Dusk · 8 g · 6 to 8, past 8 the black tea turns tannic
- Gather · 8 g · 8 to 10, hard to oversteep, and it cold-brews well
Cusco, Peru
Yes, Peru grows tea.
The Cusco on postcards is too high to grow tea. The Cusco below it isn't.
In La Convención, where the Cusco region drops toward the Amazon, gardens around Huyro and Huayopata have grown Camellia sinensis for roughly a century, between 1,400 and 2,200 meters in the ceja de selva, where the Andes meet the jungle. Cusco green tea opens Daybreak, the morning blend. Cusco black tea anchors Dusk, the evening cup.
Elsewhere in the box: camu camu picked from canoes in the flooded Amazon, black mint, and cardamom from Villa Rica.
The first reviews
From the reviews
This was my first introduction to loose leaf teas and it did not disappoint.
The floral notes of the hibiscus blend beautifully with the Amazonian vanilla. This tea is delicious hot or cold.
Every guest I serve it to is in shock by how flavorful it is. Iced, hot, both are fabulous.
Start with all four.
It gifts well. Four pouches, a pour card for each, so whoever opens the box knows exactly what to do with it.
Love it or we’ll make it right. You keep the tea.
Good to know
Two of the four blends contain no tea leaf at all. Rooted and Gather are herbs and fruit, closer to manzanilla or an emoliente than to anything called breakfast tea. Daybreak and Dusk carry green and black tea grown in Cusco.
Daybreak is naturally caffeinated from Cusco green tea, with less caffeine than a cup of coffee. Dusk is low caffeine from its Cusco black tea base. Rooted and Gather are caffeine-free.
One 300 ml mug. Daybreak brews at 10 g; Rooted, Dusk and Gather at 8 g. Every blend ships with a pour card naming the dose, the minutes, and when to drink it.
Everything ships from the US in 1 to 2 business days. Your first order ships free with the code POURFIRST, and a 50 g bag of the house's pick comes in the box. Without a code, shipping is calculated at checkout by USPS, and orders of $45 or more ship free.
The box includes Daybreak, Rooted, and Gather, whose calendula, boldo, and hibiscus are often avoided during pregnancy. If you're pregnant, nursing, or on medication, check with your doctor first.