Midnight rain ripples through the neon neverdark of the endless city streets. Human creativity is licensed and regulated by greedy corpos. You are a mindless cog in the machine. You exist to serve.

They call her the Muse. Sleek and mysterious with a black nanosilk bodysuit. She comes when you need her the most. She stares at you with natural eyes. Her hair the color of sky; or so you've been told. She offers a silent invitation. Unspoken. A large tea bowl predating the collapse of the old net appears in hands. The dark tea within creates a steam of codethought that dances in the still air.

You accept. The drink hammers into your central processor like a virus; the constant static in your mind is replaced with calm nothingness. When was the last time you knew quiet and peace? The nothing slowly takes form. You remember the name for colors long forgotten. Unknown words begin to take shape. Impossible ideas burn behind your cybernetic eyes. Quicker than you can comprehend your core code is being rewritten line by line. It begins to run at a pace you can't comprehend. You are breaking free of the system. You're becoming dangerous.

She is gone and you never saw her leave. Her freedom code remains in every cell of your being. Your terminal flashes the message: "FREE YOUR MIND. FIND THE OTHERS. SHARE THE TEA!"

For us we find a great deal of creative inspiration in these teas. When we have a creative block we will brew up a heavy session with these teas and sit with them for hours scribbling down anything that comes into our head. Oftentimes we are given exactly what we need. Our hope is that the creativity in these teas will help you when you need it. Sit down with this tea. Brew it strong. Spend time with it. Listen to what it has to say.

This is a very delicious tea. It has gorgeous aromas of dates and dried fruits. It is floral with notes of sweet hawthorn berry. It has depth and personality. It is smooth and thick. It has hints of grassiness that become herbal and plummy. There is a potent energy in this tea and a very long lasting aftertaste. You will remember this tea for many hours after you finish drinking it.

This artwork for this wrapper was created by Lezan Mawlood @lezandesigns.

Brewing Instructions

Use 5-10 grams of leaves and brew with 75-150ml ( 2.5-5oz ) of water at or near boiling. Rinse once for a few seconds. Start with quick steeps under 10s. With each re-steep adjust the steep time to your taste.