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Jun 1, 2022
4 min

June Tea of the Month Box 2022

Welcome to June's Tea of the Month Box! Full of all things Matcha! We are so excited to share this collection of matcha tea with you! Each box includes traditional matcha, a fruity mix Eliah created–perfect for lattes and a locally crafted herbal matcha! Many hundreds of years ago, tea farmers realized that tea plants naturally shaded by trees produced mellow sweet rich flavors. Unfortunately, the tea plants growing in shade were stunted in growth and not as healthy as sun-gr

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Apr 30, 2022
4 min

May Tea of the Month Box 2022

Welcome to May's Tea of the Month Box SpiceTopia's Tea of the Month Box is our monthly themed tea box. Want to join our tea family? Head on over to our subscription page to sign up for your monthly box! Featuring Yerba Mate. It's the time of year when many start planning summer vacations and thinking about getting together with family and friends, so a tea traditionally considered a shared experience and a way to honor friendships and hospitality seemed the perfect theme for

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Mar 30, 2022
3 min

Tea of the Month Box

Welcome to your Tea of the Month Box! Featuring Teas Celebrating the End of Summer. As summertime comes to the end and the peaks of fall begin, we're still craving fruity teas, but also heartier teas! Fruity and fermented teas just seem like the perfect teas as the days become shorter and the nights cooler! With a fruity herbal tea, a light fresh green tea blend, and a pure pu'erh tea, we've included a wide range of teas in this box, but all with clean fresh flavors. You'll f

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Feb 28, 2022
3 min

March Tea of the Month Box 2022

Welcome to March's Tea of the Month Box Featuring Japanese Teas from the Sugimoto family. The history of the Sugimoto Family Tea Company started in Japan after the second world war. Zenichi Sugimoto needed a way to provide for his family and decided to hand-make tea and deliver it directly to his customers. His first delivery vehicle was a bicycle. Word soon spread about the quality and flavor of his tea and demand grew and grew. Three generations and many awards later, the S

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Jan 31, 2022
3 min

February Tea of the Month Box 2022

Welcome to February’s Tea of the Month Box Featuring Indian Teas from the Assam and Darjeeling Regions of India. Assam tea is its own unique species of tea, Camellia sinensis var assamica. This particular variety of tea is only grown in the Assam region of India which has unique growing conditions unlike any other place tea is grown. Instead of growing in the mountains, Assam tea thrives in the lowlands of the Brahmaputra River valley. With a rich clay soil, this area is very

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Jan 5, 2022
3 min

January Tea of the Month Box 2022

Happy New Year! Welcome to January's Tea of the Month Box! The new beginning of a year is often a time to focus on healthy actions. We picked this month's teas with these actions in mind. Eliah blends C St. Sunshine in house using second flush organic bancha tea, yerba mate, ginger, citrus, turmeric, and a touch of pink pepper to create a tea as bright and sunny as the view at the top of C Street. The green grassy notes of the bancha tea bring a balance to the earthy flavors

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Dec 3, 2021
2 min

December Tea of the Month Box 2021

Welcome to December's Tea of the Month Box featuring teas which not only taste wonderful but also smell wonderful! December's box includes a variety of teas which are comforting during the cooler days of the winter season. We picked out a black, green, and herbal tea this month so you can enjoy a cup of tea no matter what level of caffeine fits into your day. We created this special winter tea just for our Tea of the Month Boxes! A blend of black tea, vanilla, and cacao nibs

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Nov 22, 2021
3 min

Holiday Tea of the Month Box 2021

Hello, hello! If this is your first SpiceTopia Tea of the Month Box, welcome, welcome! Each of our tea boxes are meant to provide you with a tea practice of self care. Our premium box of tea delivered right to your door each month is much more than just tea. It is an opportunity to nourish and provide self care. We encourage you to find a regular time to sit with a cup of tea and indulge more than just your sense of taste! Take a few minutes to slow down and breathe while you

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Nov 2, 2021
3 min

November Tea of the Month Box 2021

Welcome to November's Tea of the Month Box celebrating oolong teas! Oolong translated into English means black dragon which perfectly describes the shape of traditional twisted oolong leaves. Falling between a green and black tea, oolong is picked late in the season with mature leaves. These late season mature leaves are what gives oolong its mellow tannin-free flavor. And with these mature leaves, only a partial oxidation is needed to dry and flavor the tea. If you haven't r

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Oct 1, 2021
2 min

October Tea of the Month Box 2021

Welcome to October's Tea of the Month Box celebrating the cooler weather of fall!

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Aug 6, 2021
3 min

August Tea of the Month Box 2021

Welcome to August's Tea of the Month Box inspired by Shark Week! This month's tea selection will give you enough energy to escape any shark attack! As the summer winds down and we start to think about all the activities that still need fitting in before fall, a punch of energy couldn't hurt. So, this month's Tea of the Month Box is filled with caffeinated teas that keep you running through the last weeks of summer! Need enough energy to outswim a shark? How about just enou

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Spice, Teas, A Taste of Ventura

SpiceTopia is a joyful stop for both locals and visitors to Ventura. Many follow their noses into SpiceTopia and find not only aromatic spices and teas, but also a place to talk about their next meal and the inspiration to cook something new.

Those conversations may be about bringing a new flavor to a familiar dish.

Or you may join in a discussion about our extensive tea collection and varied local products. Recipes are traded, meals described, and the joy that food and community bring is always present.

With SpiceTopia Cooks, we aim to bring those same feelings of adventure and excitement about the everyday acts of eating and drinking to you --wherever you may be.

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