Aphrodite tea is a mildly bitter and flowery tea with aphrodisiac properties, based on the Mexican herb Damiana. Other ingredients: Calendula (Calendula officinalis) flowers, Peppermint (Mentha piperita) leaves, Orange (Aurantii dulcis) flowers.

Bamboo drinking straw, ideal for Guayusa, Matè and other drinks. Approximate dimensions: Diameter 7-8 mm, inner diameter 3-4 mm, length 19-20 cm.

In the Brazilian Amazon this particular extensive family of trees is referred to as Canela or Caneleiro. Canela is the Portuguese word for Cinnamon. The leaves are thus called “Folha de Canela” or in English Cinnamon leaf. They make a light flavoured very nice aromatic tea that reminds of Cinnamon. Also the bark can be used for tea and is sometimes used for its flavour in different preparations, even in Rapé.

Catuaba is a generic term for bark from different trees such as Trichilia catigua, Erythroxylum catuaba, Erythroxylum raccinfolium, Anemopaegna arvense, Phyllanthus nobilis etc.

Chaga mushroom is parasitic on Birch and other trees. The sterile conk is irregularly formed and has the appearance of burnt charcoal. It is not the fruiting body of the fungus, but a mass of mycelium, mostly black due to the presence of massive amounts of melanin.

Excellent quality young Damiana leaves from Mexico. Wild cultivated and harvested, no fertilizers used. This is considered by the Mexican pharmaceutical companies as the best quality.

Emburana (Amburana cearensis). The parts used for medicinal purposes are the bark and the seeds of Emburana, which have antispasmodic and emmenagogic properties. In addition, they have aromatic, anticoagulant, anti-inflammatory, bronchodilator, cardiotonic, diaphoretic, stimulant, estomachic, febrile, narcotic properties.

Emburana (Amburana cearensis). The parts used for medicinal purposes are the bark and the seeds of Emburana, which have antispasmodic and emmenagogic properties. In addition, they have aromatic, anticoagulant, anti-inflammatory, bronchodilator, cardiotonic, diaphoretic, stimulant, estomachic, febrile, narcotic properties.

The oldest known living fossil, more than 5,000 years old is native to China. The tree has an average life span of 1,000 years. The oldest trees are serving in the temples of the Chinese and Japanese Buddhist monks.

Flower balls are handmade balls of green tea and various flower buds and petals. When steeped in hot water the flower ball will unfurl like the blossoming of a flower bud and result in a wonderfully aromatic tea.

Guayusa is used by people of the Amazon to make an energizing tea. It also has the interesting effect of inducing lucid dreaming. For this reason, it is known as the "Watchman's plant", as even when sleeping you are aware of your external surroundings. And when dreaming, you are aware that you are in the dream..

The Zapotecs use Tagetes as a primary herb in purification rituals. The plant is used by the modern Huichol Indians in their religious Peyote (Lophophora williamsii) rituals. Smoked, the plant is said to enhance closed-eye visions.

Erythrina has long been used by the indigenous peoples in the Amazon. Tinctures and decoctions made from the leaves or barks of Mulungu were used in Brazilian traditional medicine as a sedative, to calm an overexcited nervous system, to lower blood pressure and for insomnia and depression.

Muna is a very tasty mint-like tea and an excellent aphrodisiac.

The Nine Herbs consists of nine barks of specific trees from the Amazon region each with its particular healing properties, but also as a composite elixir for general well being and overall health.

Excellent quality finely shredded Passionflower herb from France.

Of the members of the Mint family under cultivation the most important are the several varieties of the Peppermint (Mentha piperita), extensively cultivated for years as the source of the well-known volatile oil of Peppermint, used as a flavouring and therapeutic agent.

Sarsaparilla an ancient herbal remedy from Mexico