ORGANIC / MICHIGAN GROWN / BLACK TURTLE BEANS
We were using Breslin Farms Black Turtle Beans at first, but we learned some good lessons from that experience, as well as some ways that technology helps farms! First of all, we would love to keep supporting Breslin Farms, so we will look into ways to bring their products back in the future. But for now, the amount of seeds that were not filtered out of the black bean product gave tinyshop a lot of sorting work to just get one jar of beans on the shelf. The labor alone for such a product would have sky rocketed the prices of her beans which we just don't want to pass on to you. We instead found a Organic Black Turtle Bean supplier that packs in compostable paper bags, and is Grown in Michigan. So, yes, a little more organic waste created to bring these to the shop, but what we get is more time and lower costs to bring you an equally quality and Organic black bean! Enjoy!
Vendor Country Life Naturals, Pullman, MI
Packaging bucket exchange- zero waste
OUR NEW SEASONAL DARK ROAST / GREAT FOR ESPRESSO OR DRIP COFFEE / ORGANIC / FAIR TRADE / PERUVIAN SINGLE ORIGIN / WHOLE COFFEE BEANS
We know the Guatamalan beans were a hit, but seasons change and so does the coffee! This roast was made exclusively for tinyshop at Kusanya Cafe. Sip, sip, hooray! Try the new Peruvian, fair trade beans that has some notes of apple and peach! These are the same beans as our drip coffee, but a dark roast, so they make a great option for brewing drip, pour over or espresso. These beans are also on our "refillable bucket list" so no extra waste when they come to tinyshop :) We also get our coffee roasted weekly, so it's always super fresh!
Brand Kusanya Cafe, Chicago, IL
Packaging bucket exchange- zero waste
Links kusanya cafe
ORGANIC / FAIRTRADE / ETHIOPIAN / LIGHT ROAST COFFEE BEANS
Through InBoldPrint, we learned that coffee scores quite low on the environmentally friendly spectrum. From water footprint to carbon miles, farming practices and packaging habits, it's easy to say no to coffee when thinking about the planet. Thankfully, tinyshop will help you take off some of that carbon heat! The beans are purchased from a certified fair trade buyer whose supply comes from an Organic, Ethiopian farm. The farm dry processes it's beans, knocking down the usually high water footprint. Roasting them in Chicago and receiving them in refillable containers helps on food miles and alleviates the need for disposable packaging. Light beans also demand the least energy of all roasts, and best of all, it's a Kusanya x tinyshop collab only found at Tinyshop! We heard you when you asked for a light roast, so enjoy! These beans are great for drip, cold brew, or french press. It is a Bright and fruity city roast with hints of Citrus and a medium body.
Vendor kusanya cafe, Englewood, Chicago
Packaging Bucket Swap Program
Links kusanya cafe
NEW SEASONAL BEAN / MEDIUM ROAST / ORGANIC / FAIR TRADE / PERUVIAN SINGLE ORIGIN / WHOLE COFFEE BEANS
This medium roast is great for drip or pour over are small-batch roasted at Kusanya Cafe in Englewood here in Chicago. Kusanya is a non-profit Cafe who makes sure they have affordable pricing for the community they serve. The Cafe was eager to set up a zero-waste program with us, where we refill buckets when tinyshop needs more! And, as if there was not enough already to gush about, the beans we carry are organic... which is not very common in coffee shops. Roasted weekly and roasted in tiny 5lb batches. Try the new Peruvian, fair trade beans that has some notes of apple and peach! These are the same beans as our espresso roast, but roasted a bit lighter making it great for brewing drip, pour over or espresso. These beans are also on our "refillable bucket list" so no extra waste when they come to tinyshop :) We also get our co
Brand Kusanya Cafe, Chicago, IL
Packaging bucket exchange- zero waste
Links kusanya cafe
ORGANIC / USA GROWN
Homemade hummus maybe? Dried garbanzo beans just taste better than the can. Soak the beans to lower cook time, and throw in some baking soda into the water while you're at it! No more single-use hummus containers!
Vendor Country Life Naturals, Pullman, MI
Packaging 25 lbs comes to tinyshop in a compostable Paper Bag!
USA GROWN / ORGANIC / RED KIDNEY BEANS
These Kidney beans come to us in a 25lb paper bag that we compost when empty! They are US grown and super super nutritious. Protein rich, these beans also have many minerals and vitamins, namely: Molybdenum, folate, iron, copper, manganese, potassium, and Vitamin K1. Because of all of these yummy nutrients, it's a great food for those who don't eat meat. Did you know, beans used to be referred to as the "poor man's meat", but we say, it's eco babe's meat! So help the Earth sequester more carbon from the air and eat more beans!
Vendor Country Life Naturals, Pullman, MI
Packaging compostable paper bag
End of Life we compost the bag
ORGANIC / CALIFORNIA GROWN
tinyshop plans on carrying beans and seeds so y'all can grow sprouts at home. Mung beans are the easiest to sprout, so we thought, lets start here! You can also cook like other beans for soups, salads or use as an alternative to falafel!
Vendor Country Life Naturals, Pullman, MI
Packaging 25 lbs comes to tinyshop in a compostable Paper Bag!
Links Sprouting Mung Beans
CERTIFIED NATURALLY GROWN / ILLINOIS GROWN / THREE SISTERS GARDEN / WHITE NAVY BEANS
Why are navy beans white? They are also called haricot beans, which in french means bean. So Bean Bean? We don't get it either. What we do get is how amazingly nutritious these little buggers are! They help with hair, brain function, inflammation...they contain iron and folate, must we go on? They are grown in Kankakee at a Certified Naturally Grown Farm and come to us with NO waste! So make them soups, them bean dips, them winter stews already with these here navy beans!
Packaging bucket exchange- zero waste
Links three sisters garden
ORGANIC / ILLINOIS GROWN / MERLOT RED BEANS
These beans come from a farm in Illinois and to tinyshop in a paper bag that we compost when empty! Super low waste and low food miles on this product! :) And guess what! More bean consumption means more beans grown, thus more carbon sequestration, thus lower greenhouse gases in the world! Soak them first until their gases are released onto the surface of the water (10-12 hours) This lowers cook times and aids in easier digestion of this high protein crop! *Use these Merlot beans as you would a kidney or pinto in hot soups or cold salads.
Vendor Country Life Naturals, Pullman, MI
Packaging bucket exchange- zero waste
ORGANIC / ILLINOIS-GROWN SOY BEANS
Soy beans are legumes, just like peanuts and beans, lentils and peas! They are protein dense and pull carbon and nitrogen out of the air to both enrich the soil and to convert into usable nitrogen for plants to grow, making these crops great for biodiverse and sustainable farming. These soybeans are USDA organic and grown right here in Illinois. They come to tinyshop in a 50lb paper bag! Yippee! Use these to make fresh soymilk, tofu or miso paste. You can also soak and boil them to add to salads and soups. Soak them overnight or cook in a pressure cooker to cut down on boiling times and energy use. Below are links about carbon sinks, soy's role in estrogen in humans. All food has hormonal effects on the body, and that is not exactly a bad thing!
Vendor Tootsi, Melrose Park, IL
Allergens Soybeans
Packaging 50lb paper bag
End of Life compost
Links carbon sequestration hormonal effects from food soy and estrogen
ORGANIC / PERUVIAN / SINGLE ORIGIN / ETHICALLY TRADED CACAO NIBS
Add a crunch to your yogurt or toss into a smoothie with these fresh cacao nibs! Maybe oatmeal or add into the tinyshop trailmix :) They are simply crushed and fermented cacao beans, which chocolate are made from. They have tons of antioxidants and a good source for potassium, magnesium, epichatechin, essential minerals and naturally occurring enzymes and boosted though the fermentation process.
Vendor Tootsi, Melrose Park, IL
Packaging 6lb thin plastic bag
VEGAN / SOY FREE / FAIR TRADE / PERUVIAN / 70% DARK CHOCOLATE CHIPS
Chocolate is back! These chips are picked up in Melrose Park, right west of the city which means: smaller carbon footprint than our former Chocolate wafers! We chose Chips because they are a bit more versatile then the larger sized wafers. The Chocolate chips are Fair Trade, which we always seek when it is a crop that can only be grown outside of the USA. Enjoy these new Organic, 70% Dark Chocolate Chips hey that are about the size of the average chocolate chips. They make for a great snacking chocolate or baking. With these, it makes going vegan pretty easy! This chocolate comes from a Peruvian Cacao farm, which is important to us at tinyshop instead of Brazillian Farms that are much looser with their farming and logging allowances. *Add it to tinyshop trailmix to sweeten it up and get a kick of caffeine! *tinyshop is still seeking a plastic free option to chocolate! Hang in there while we search more, but for now, it is a much better way to buy than a single serving option.
Vendor Tootsi, Melrose Park, IL
Ingredients Organic Cocoa Mass (Cocoa liquor), Organic Cane Sugar, Organic Cocoa Butter, Organic Natural Cocoa Powder
Packaging 6lb plastic bags
ORGANIC / FAIR TRADE / COCOA BUTTER
This Cocoa Butter comes in thin, square shapes and is great for melting into a lotion bar, among other beauty products or making chocolate from scratch! It is harvested from the fine, heirloom cacao in South America. The vendor sources from individual family farms and cooperatives ensuring fair wages are paid and sustainable agriculture is considered. Cocoa butter is produced by slowly pressing the paste to separate the oil from the solids. The pods are hand-harvested, sun-dried and lightly fermented to bring forth the rich cacao flavor and then pressed to extract the rich, luxurious cocoa butter.
Vendor Hummingbird, Oregon
Ingredients Organic Cacao Beans
Packaging 30lb plastic bag in cardboard box
GROWN AND STONE GROUND IN ILLINOIS / JANIE'S FARM AND JANIE'S MILL
This organic flour is freshly milled from a Hard Red Winter Wheat called warthog right here in Ashkum, IL. Who wouldn't want to try that?! It has 9.6% protein, 80% extraction rate and a light, nutty, grassy tones, with underlying earthiness. All Janie's mill products comes to tinyshop in compostable paper bags! *Use for basically any un-kneaded baked good!
Vendor Janie's Mill, Ashkum, IL
Allergens Wheat
Packaging compostable paper bag
End of Life compost
GROWN AND STONE GROUND IN ILLINOIS / JANIE'S FARM AND JANIE'S MILL
This sifted bread flour produces a velvety texture and bright, clean flavor in sourdough and yeast breads, rolls, and enriched breads. It has a high protein level, and bakers report good extensibility, and tell us that the dough holds up well during long fermentations. It is milled from GLENN, a Hard Red Spring Wheat at 80% extraction. All of our flours are milled at Janie’s Mill in Ashkum, IL!
Vendor Janie's Mill, Ashkum, IL
Allergens Wheat
Packaging compostable paper bag
End of Life compost
ORGANIC / JANIES MILL / SEMOLINA FLOUR
Janie's Mill Organic Semolina has a rich golden color, and sweet, nutty flavors. They separate their mill stones slightly to ensure that the Semolina has uniform, medium-fine granules. This helps dough made from this flour be pliable and have the authentic texture needed to hold pasta sauces. Besides pastas, semolina also makes great pizza, pita, and other breads when mixed with Janie's Mill bread flours. Each stone-milled granule of Semolina is whole grain and made from their Illinois Grown, Organic Durum Wheat. Durum is an ancient grain that is closely related to Emmer, and very high in protein.
Vendor Janie's Mill, Ashkum, IL
Ingredients 100% Durum Wheat
Allergens Wheat
Packaging 25lb paper bag
End of Life compost
WHOLE GRAIN / MIDWEST GROWN IN OHIO AT HIRZEL FARMS / STONE GROUND IN ILLINOIS AT JANIE'S MILL
Spelt is an ancient grain, an 8,000-year-old relative of durum wheat that originated in present-day Iran. From the near-East, it spread rapidly throughout Europe, becoming especially popular in Germany. Spelt has never been hybridized, so has retained its wholesome nutrient profile. This spelt flour is milled at Janie’s Mill right in Ashkum, IL on their cool millstones to retain its full nutrition and flavor.
Vendor Janie's Mill, Ashkum, IL
Allergens Wheat
Packaging compostable paper bag
End of Life compost
Links Janie's Mill
ORGANIC / DRIED / DICED APPLES / MADE IN TURKEY
They are spongy, light and delicious. A great snack when you want something sweet, or throw them in with nuts and seeds for a quick trailmix! We are looking for a Michigan maker instead of offering a product all the way from Turkey, but until then, enjoy these, they are a tinyshop favorite!
Vendor Country Life Naturals, Pullman, MI
UNSULFERED / PITTED / SUNDRIED MALATYA APRICOTS
These apricots from Turkey came in a box of 25lbs with a thin plastic bag. It's relatively low waste, so we were pleased. I have no info as far as them being fair-trade, so tinyshop will be looking for domestic options soon!
Vendor Country Life Naturals, Pullman, MI
ORGANIC / DRIED / LIGHTLY TOASTED COCONUT FLAKES
While they come from far away places for us in the US to consume, they have a relatively small footprint! Coconut trees keep producing without needing to be cut down, and their presence alone helps cut through our CO2! Plus, these lightly toasted flakes are delicious!
Vendor Country Life Naturals, Pullman, MI
ORGANIC / DRIED / PITTED DEGLET NOOR DATES
Great for sweetening baked goods naturally, these pitted dates are natures candy! They are grown in California and have an amazing natural vanilla flavor. They come to tinyshop with no plastic at all. Just a compostable cardboard container with sections! Win! *Cute pink cup not included!
Vendor Country Life Naturals, Pullman, MI
ORGANIC / DRIED / PACKED IN FRESNO, CA/ MISSION FIGS
Grown in California’s Central Valley, these black mission figs are everything you want in a dried fig.
Vendor Country Life Naturals, Pullman, MI
ORGANIC / GROWN IN CHINA / RAW GOJI BERRIES
These organic certified and independently tested Goji Berries are from China. Otherwise known as the Wolf berry or Lycium barbarum L., these little berries are a nutrient-dense superfood full of natural protein, trace minerals, essential fatty-acids, amino acids, antioxidants, and over 20 different vitamins and minerals. An excellent, healthy, high energy snack, eat a handful per day, add them to smoothies, tea, cereals, salads, granolas, homemade energy bars, desserts, or re-hydrate and blend to make goji berry juice!
Vendor Hummingbird, Oregon
Packaging 10lb bags of thin plastic packed in cardboard
ORGANIC / FAIR TRADE / NON SULFURED / DRIED MANGO STRIPS
We are so excited to have Equal Exchange Products in the shop! They are a powerful, fair trade, member-owned company that has very thorough fair trade standards. These are non-sulphured, and not treated with sugar or artificial additives. They are simply cut and dehydrated. Equal Exchange works with Gebana Afrique, a Fair Trade organization that purchases organic mangoes from "17 different rural co-operatives and associations in the South of Burkina Faso, West Africa. Women serve as the majorityof the workforce and Fair Trade social premiums have benefited the entire community through adult literacy classes, new water sources, bicycle purchases, and cereal banks". Yay for no longer being unsure about the origin story of our mangoes. We carry Equal Exchange Cashews and Almonds as well!
Vendor Equal Exchange Coop, West Bridgewater, MA
Ingredients Mango
Packaging 5lb plastic bag
End of Life recycled
Links Equal Exchange Mission
ORGANIC / DRIED / WHOOLY FARMS / WHOLE PRUNES
Amazingly sweet and plump, the word plum is in there, is that a coincidence? This is a tinyshop fave grown in Gridley, CA.
Vendor Country Life Naturals, Pullman, MI
ORGANIC / PRODUCT OF ARGENTINA / SEEDLESS RAISINS
25 lbs of raisins are packed in a cardboard box with a thin plastic liner. Pretty low waste! Just as tasty as the last round of raisins + also USDA organic, our restock is from a farm in Argentina. We are working on getting our California raisins back, to cut those food miles again in half.
Vendor Country Life Naturals, Pullman, MI
LUNDBERG BASMATI / GLUTEN FREE / SUSTAINABLY GROWN / NON GMO
We opted to get some non organic rice for a few months... due to inflation. The price of white rice and a lot of other staples are on the rise, and really outright unaffordable. So rather than expect customers to just keep paying top dollar for grains, we thought, we can still support Lundberg, we can still shop plastic free, and we can save a bit of moolah. Lundberg Organics arent going anywhere, especially if we keep supporting their company. And it's sustainably grown in the US and grown from non-gmo seed and comes to tinyshop in a compostable paper bag :)
Brand Lundberg, Richvale, CA
Vendor Country Life Naturals, Pullman, MI
Packaging compostable paper bag
ORGANIC / WHOLE GRAIN / GLUTEN FREE SUSTAINABLY GROWN / LUNDBERG BASMATI BROWN RICE
Lundberg is a sustainable, organic farm in CA. This long, thin grain is light and won’t clump together when cooked, making it a natural fit for curry, stir-fry, or pilaf. It comes to tinyshop in a compostable paper bag!
Brand Lundberg, Richvale, CA
Vendor Country Life Naturals, Pullman, MI
Packaging compostable paper bag
Links https://www.lundberg.com/product/organic-california-brown-basmati-rice
GROWN AND STONE GROUND IN ILLINOIS / JANIE'S FARM AND JANIE'S MILL / CREAMY WHITE CORNMEAL
We just started carrying a new cornmeal at tinyshop. This stone-ground Organic Creamy White Cornmeal is great in southern-style cornbread, hush puppies, spoonbread, and as a crisp breading for fried okra, chicken, and other foods. You can even make a porridge and add it to your favorite yeast or sourdough breads.You get the nutrition of the whole kernel. *To best preserve all of that goodness, especially the essential oils in the germ, keep frozen. It is grown in Ashkum, Illinois and ground right there as well. It arrives to tinyshop in a compostable bag from the mill so has very little footprint.
Vendor Janie's Mill, Ashkum, IL
Allergens Made in a factory that mills wheat Milled in a facility that mills wheat
ORGANIC BERRY HONEY GRANOLA / PRODUCED IN CANADA
This is the newest flavor added to the granola lineup, and like all the others, it is all organic! Tootsi’s organic berry infusion is a cereal blend of oats and dried fruits, lightly sweetened with honey. We are working on a photo of it, but just imagine: whole oats, tart cranberries, fruity currants, and a touch of sweetness from honey. As we work on an even more local maker that is affordable, and one that doesn't use canola oil, enjoy this breakfast that lowers packaging waste! We buy it in a thin thin 25lb plastic bag. So it's a step in the right direction, but of course, tinyshop is working on making it even better than that! Hopefully a bucket exchange with a local maker is on the horizon. Stay tuned!
Vendor Tootsi, Melrose Park, IL
Ingredients Organic oats, organic canola/ sunflower oil, organic honey, organic spelt flour, organic currants (vegetable oil), organic cranberries (sunflower oil, sucrose).
Allergens Wheat
ORGANIC COCONUT CHIA GRANOLA / PRODUCED IN CANADA
This new granola flavor was chosen because it of course is Organic, but also because we can pick it up right here in the Chicagoland area. It is created in Canada, which adds to the footprint, but the distributor carries it in their Melrose Park warehouse. It is sweetened with organic cane sugar, this organic coconut chia granola mix is made with entirely organic oats, coconut oil, tapioca syrup, brown rice crisps, coconut flakes, chia seeds, natural flavors and salt. This flavorful mix is subtly sweet and deliciously crunchy. It is perfect for snaking, baking and breakfast. So until we find a more local maker that has a good price point, this Granola is where it's at!
Vendor Tootsi, Melrose Park, IL
Ingredients Organic Oats, organic Tapioca Syrup, organic Coconut Oil, organic Cane Sugar, organic Brown rice Crisps, organic Brown Rice Flour, organic Coconut Flakes, organic Chia Seeds, Natural Flavor, Salt
Packaging 25 lb plastic bag
End of Life we recycle the bag
ORGANIC / MICHIGAN MADE / STRAWBERRY ROSE GRANOLA
Enjoy our newest and tastiest granola yet! We have been hunting for local and organic with low waste and this is getting close! Country Life's Haven Gourmet Granola is the perfect combination of rose, strawberries, cashews and coconut flakes and has a hearty and flavorful taste! Each batch of Haven Gourmet Granola is slow-baked in small batches for optimal nutrient retention. It comes to tinyshop in a 25lb bag from the non profit wholesaler Country Life Foods. It is naturally sweetened with date sugar and honey and is currently on sale, so try it while it's at a discounted price!
Vendor Country Life Naturals, Pullman, MI
Ingredients Oats*, Honey*, Date Sugar*, Coconut oil*, Cashews*, Almonds*, Coconut*, Lemon*, Strawberries*, Rose Petals*, Sea Salt *=Organic
Packaging thin plastic bag
GROWN AND STONE GROUND IN ILLINOIS / JANIE'S FARM AND JANIE'S MILL / YELLOW GRITS:
Janie's Mill Yellow grits are ground just a bit larger than cornmeal and is ground from Illinois grown, Organic golden corn. It's great for polenta or grits of course. Try spoonbread, tamales or a buffer for your dough on the pizza stone. *To best preserve all of that goodness, especially the essential oils in the germ, keep frozen.
Vendor Janie's Mill, Ashkum, IL
Allergens Milled in a facility that mills wheat
Packaging 20lb paper bag
Links Janie's Mill
ORGANIC / GROWN IN MINNESOTA / MILLED IN ASHKUM, ILLINOIS / JANIES MILL ROLLED OATS
Our new oats are from Janie's Mill! They finally got the proper machinery to process oats on site in Ashkum Illinois! :) Oats is a very valuable crop when planning environmentally sustainable rotation systems. It acts as a natural herbicide and helps with nutrient conservation in soil. To create these oats, Janie's Mill first runs the MN grown Organic oat groats through a convection oven and then through a hot roller/flaker. This process gives the flakes a rich, nutty, slightly toasted flavor. They have more protein than most conventional rolled oats (16.9% vs 12%) are rich in B-vitamins, calcium, and fiber. They are more substantial than industrial rolled oats, with a heartier flavor, but you can use them as you would regular (non-instant) rolled oats -- for oatmeal, granola, cookies, breads, and other baked goods.
Vendor Janie's Mill, Ashkum, IL
Ingredients 100% Organic Oat Flakes
Packaging Comes to us in a 45lb paper bag
Links Brian Severson Farm
ORGANIC / CANADA GROWN / STEEL CUT OATS
Our third variety of oats are now available at the shop! These Organic Steel Cut Oats are grown on a Family Farm in Quebec, Canada and packed in a 50lb paper bag. It's the only piece of physical waste created in transport and the best part is, we compost it! These oats are not only USDA Certified Organic but also picked up locally in Melrose Park in the tinyshop Electric Car. The next best thing for the environment would be to get locally grown steel cut oats, but both Janie's and Brian Severson Farms do not have the machinery to create steel cut oats! Nutritionally, these oats are the least processed form second to oat groats, which is the whole form of the whole grain oat. Make steel cut oat pancakes or muffins, or prep breakfast early and make some overnight oats! Yum.
Vendor Tootsi, Melrose Park, IL
Links steelcut oat recipes
ORGANIC FUSILLI WHITE WHEAT PASTA / ORGANIC SPINACH MACARONI PASTA / MADE IN CANADA
Pasta is back! We've added two pasta varieties to the shop! The first an Organic Fusilli White Wheat Pasta and the second is an Organic Spinach Macaroni. They are both made from stone-milled, whole durum semolina, and the macaroni has added spinach powder. This pasta cooks best in a large pot of salted, boiling water for approximately 8-10 minutes (al dente), or until desired texture; it's' ideal for cold pasta salads or serving hot with the sauce of your choice. It is an great source of complex carbohydrates, fiber, protein, and iron with no cholesterol and no sugar. The spinach pasta is an easy way to get extra nutrients in your meal compared to regular pasta because the spinach is incorporated to the macaronis itself!
Vendor Tootsi, Melrose Park, IL
Ingredients Fusilli: whole durum semolina. Macaroni: whole durum semolina and spinach powder.
Allergens Wheat
Packaging 22lb thin plastic bag
End of Life recycle bag
ORGANIC / GLUTEN FREE / WHITE QUINOA
Quinoa, while actually a seed, acts like a whole grain because it is a complex carbohydrate! This means that it is digested slower, helping to keep you feeling full for longer. It is a great rice replacement. It's light, fluffy and very versatile. Use it as a base for grain salads, stir it into baked goods or add to soups. This quinoa is grown in Bolivia. Because of some humanitarian issues and the carbon miles, tinyshop is weighing out if sourcing quinoa in the US or Canadian would be better. More on that soon!
Vendor Country Life Naturals, Pullman, MI
RAW / LOCAL / CIDERY HONEY / ($1.10/FLoz)
While we can't tell you the exact pollination path of the bees, but what we can tell you is that the honey is heavenly. In the past we have carried the Hive Supply's wildflower Chicago honey as well as their Jefferson Park variety. This time, it is from their hives at Overgrown Cidery, so most likey, the bees were pollinating the organic apples at the orchard! The Hive Supply is a Chicago business of hive tenders and educators who are headquarted in Pilsen. From the beginning, they were super supportive + open to setting up a Jar Trade Program with us, refill our honey jars when we run out! True zero-waste style.
Brand Hive Supply, Homan
Packaging bucket exchange- zero waste
Links overgrown orchard
ORGANIC / SUSTAINABLE / FRENCH LENTILS / US GROWN
French Lentils hold their shape better than other varieties, making them perfect for soups or salads where you don't want mushy lentils! They have a bit of a nutty, peppery, slightly mineral-like, earthy flavor. Yum.
Vendor Country Life Naturals, Pullman, MI
ORGANIC / Distributor could not give us the origin
Lentils are such a restorative plant to the soil in which they grow. They draw CO2 out of the atmosphere and put carbon back into the soil to fortify it. It's quite exciting really! It's one of Paul Hawken's solutions for reversing climate change, and is explained on his Project Drawdown website that is linked below! He explains that along with food waste reduction and switching to plant-rich diets, Regenerative Annual Cropping is a key to lowering carbon in the atmosphere. And lentils do an extraordinary job at this! Eat more lentils y'all! Use these Green guys for salads, soups and side dishes. They take a bit longer to cook than the red lentils but hold their shape more, just like the french variety!
Packaging 25 lbs comes to tinyshop in a compostable Paper Bag!
Links Project Drawdown
ORGANIC / SUSTAINABLE / RED SPLIT LENTILS / GROWN IN TURKEY
Lentils are a very sustainable crop that pulls nitrogen from the air and fortifies the soil with it. It helps to lower the overall greenhouse gas imprint on farms when they are a crop in a farm's rotation. They put more carbon into the soil than what is emitted! Cool beans. Oh, I mean, lentils!
Vendor Country Life Naturals, Pullman, MI
JOI BRAND / ORGANIC / INSTANT OAT MILK POWDER
How amazing! no more tetra packs, single use bottles, or wasted milk! We now carry Joi's Organic Instant Oat milk powder that only requires mixing! A large tinyshop jar will make 8 quarts and a Medium makes about 4! If you like your oat milk a bit creamier, just mix more powder in! Add it directly to coffee or tea or smoothies to make is a bit creamier. It stays fresh for about 7 days in the fridge once it's mixed. And on the shelf, it will last about 12 months! Win win win win win!
Brand Joi, usa
Ingredients 100% Organic Oats
Packaging To you: powder is packed in tinyshop jars. To tinyshop: in 30lb plastic bag in cardboard box
Links Oat Milk link
ORGANIC / COMPLETE PROTEIN / GERMAN GROWN NUTRITIONAL YEAST Nutritional yeast is a great dairy-free cheese alternative or umami like flavor enhancer. It offers naturally occurring vitamins, minerals, and micro-nutrients and can be an important addition to a vegan diet.
It has a way stronger flavor than the non-organic alternatives. So just know it may not be exactly what you are used to! It is yeasty, a bit nutty with Umami- ooomph! This organic nutritional yeast is produced in Germany, and unlike conventional methods, no harsh acids, bases (like lye, also known as sodium hydroxide), synthetic vitamins, ammonia and ammonium salts, and anti-foaming agents are used. All the raw materials needed to create this yeast are 100% organic, which supports the entire organic supply chain. We chose this nutritional yeast simply because it is better for the environment! It is made from a single-celled organism of fungi called Saccharomyces Cerevisiae. In a controlled environment, it is cultured, left to grow, then deactivated, harvested, washed and dried. The deactivation process prevents the yeast from being used as a leavening agent. Check out the link below for more info on it’s nutritional value.
Vendor Hummingbird, Oregon
Ingredients Organic Yeast Autolysate, Organic Rice Flour, Sea Salt
Packaging 5lb bags of thin plastic bag
RAW / ORGANIC / FAIR TRADE WHOLE ALMONDS
Second to pistachios, almonds use the most water of any nut to grow. If you want to make an impact, consider diversifying your legume consumption, instead of giving almonds up all together. Even better, the almonds we carry are grown on a sustainable farm in California. It is called Burrough’s family farm. They work hard to use all resources carefully and wisely to protect and enhances the soil, air, water, and the environment through sustainable and Organic farming practices. They are also backed by equal exchange, which is a fair trade certification. So you can be super happy to support this farm as you eat these beautiful almonds!
Vendor Equal Exchange Coop, West Bridgewater, MA
Allergens Tree Nuts
Packaging 25lbs of almonds are in a thin plastic bag. Packed in a cardboard box with plastic packing tape.
Links more info
ORGANIC / UNROASTED/ FAIR TRADE / WHOLE CASHEWS
While Cashews are way lower on the water usage, they are always a bit pricey because of the labor involved in harvesting these gems! A heat process is used to crack open the tough shells, the nut meats are then removed and delicately hand-processed in Burkina Faso, Africa. Gebana Afrique is a Fair Trade organization that purchases organic cashews and mangoes from different rural co-operatives and associations in the South of Burkina Faso. Women serve as the majority of the workforce, doing the deshelling and hand processes. Fair Trade social premiums have benefited the entire community through adult literacy classes, new water sources, bicycle purchases, and cereal banks. The cashews photographed are pieces, which we often carry instead of whole because they are cheaper for you, but we currently have whole cashews for the same price!
Vendor Equal Exchange Coop, West Bridgewater, MA
Allergens Tree Nuts
Packaging cardboard box and plastic bag
Links more info-cashews
DRY ROASTED / UNSALTED / ORGANIC
Peanuts require the least amount of water of all nuts in the nut kingdom. They are zero-waste in harvesting and processing because almost all excess parts of the plant and shells are used for other products after de shelling- this makes the under-rated peanut high on our environmental list!
Vendor Country Life Naturals, Pullman, MI
Allergens Peanuts
ORGANIC / MEXICO GROWN / JUNIOR MAMMOTH PECAN HALVES
These pecans are tender and flavorful. They are grown in Mexico and come to us in a 30# plastic bag, which while this isn't entirely plastic free, compare that to 30-60 individually packaged bags of pecans. We will go package free again with our pecans by buying from three sisters, but we are just waiting for their next harvest to do so! Until then, get your baking and pecan butter making on!
Vendor Country Life Naturals, Pullman, MI
Ingredients Pecans
Allergens Tree Nuts
Packaging bucket exchange- zero waste
Links pecans
ORGANIC / USA GROWN / SALTED PISTACHIOS
We weren't sure if we should get shelled or unshelled pistachios, but we went with the ones that are more fun to eat! And this time, they are salted. These Organic Split Shell Pistachio Kernels are from a farm in California which has specialized in growing and handling pistachios since 1976. The farm has been family owned and operated for four generations. Most pistachios split naturally on the tree, and are harvested that way. These pistachios are steam pasteurized according to Organic guidelines, then dried in shell at 180 °F for 4-5 hours to bring the moisture level down to 3-4%. There are no definitive studies to say what temperature the nuts themselves reach. We just switched to salted for more pleasurable snacking!
Vendor Hummingbird, Oregon
Packaging compostable paper bag
End of Life compost
RAW / ORGANIC / HALVES AND PIECES
Like hazelnuts and chestnuts, walnuts can be grown locally. So while we hunt for a local vendor, enjoy these fresh walnuts from Filmore Farms in Gridley CA.
Vendor Country Life Naturals, Pullman, MI
Allergens Tree Nuts
Packaging 25lbs of walnuts come in a thin plastic bag. Packed in a cardboard box with plastic packing tape.
End of Life recycling and compost
ORGANIC / US GROWN
Hoppin’ John here we come! These peas are so beautiful, organic + grown in the US! Use for a plethora of southern dishes, maybe a bean dip, in cold and hot salads, or even a bean dip. Great form of plant based protein!
Vendor Country Life Naturals, Pullman, MI
Packaging 25 lbs comes to tinyshop in a compostable Paper Bag!
ORGANIC / WHOLE DRIED GREEN PEAS
Peas are in the same family as beans and legumes, but they have more of a vegetable flavor. These peas are sproutable, cooked to be use in baking, making veggie burger, boiled in pea or fall soups, or added atop salads. They cook like beans or legumes and can be soaked before boiling. They come to tinyshop in a compostable paper bag!
Vendor Country Life Naturals, Pullman, MI
organic / US grown / yellow split peas
Hey Hey! more info on these soon, but we are excited to offer yellow split peas because they can be used for split pea soups, veggie burger patties, a hummus style dip, baking with and Dal (also Daal). Dal is a traditional Indian dish that is protein rich. Pulse crops are great for carbon sequestering and also full minerals and a good source of calcium and iron. This pairs wonderfully with white basmati rice, turmeric, garlic and onion! yum. below are some split pea recipes to give you ideas for this lovely pea.
Vendor Country Life Naturals, Pullman, MI
Packaging comes to us in a white paper bag
Links recipes
ORGANIC / PLANT BASED PROTEIN POWDER
The protein powder from New World Nutrition is a local product from a small Chicagoland based business! It tastes like coconut and vanilla and is not overly sweet. Great alone with water or mixed into a smoothie, oatmeal or chia pudding. The jars are dropped off directly to the shop and just as tinyshop does, they get returned, sanitized and refilled! Hooray for other small circular economies out there! This product is completely vegan and is great for anyone wanting a protein source that is environmentally thoughtful. Whether you buy these from tinyshop or another shop, you can return the jars here! *If anyone want to request that tinyshop carry any other NWN products, just drop us a line about it! We picked the one that seemed the most versatile to start.
Brand New World Nutrition, Chicago
Ingredients Organic Pea Protein, Organic Brown Rice Protein, Organic Pumpkin Seed Protein, Organic Coconut Milk Powder, Organic Vanilla Flavor, Organic Stevia
Allergens coconut
Packaging RETURNABLE GLASS JAR
End of Life Return the vessel to tinyshop for deposit refund!
Links NWN WEBSITE
Organic / Midwest Grown / West Coast Made Soy Curls
Soy curls are a dehydrated meat substitute. They are made from whole soybeans grown in Illinois, and processed in Oregon by Butler Foods. The beans are grown organically and NON GMO. When I spoke with Butler Foods more about the product, they confirmed that Glyphosate is not used to grow them, nor are any other chemical pesticides. They opted to keep costs by not certifying Organic, but vowed to keep their growing and production process chemical free. And using Illinois grown soy assures that Soy Curls are not a contributing factor to deforesting the Amazon. (More info on that in link below) Soy Curls are a good source of fiber, they are gluten-free, and contain no trans fats or sodium. They are easy to prepare and can be used in a variety of dishes such as fajitas, sandwiches, stir fry, soups, salads, and casseroles. ENJOY!
Brand Butler Foods, Grand Ronde, OR
Vendor Country Life Naturals, Pullman, MI
Ingredients 100% delicately textured Non-GMO soybeans
Allergens Soybeans
Packaging thin plastic bag
End of Life recycle
Links Deforestation more info recipes
Organic / Plant Based / Salt Alternative
Green Salt is 100% dehydrated Organic Salicornia. Salicornia is part of the samphire family, which is a type of edible sea succulant. This sea vegetable, also often called sea beans or sea asparagus is grown in Baja California in low lands with existing sea water. It absorbs the salty and mineral rich water, making it a saline heavy crop that can be used to replace salt! This green salt comes from a commercial farm in California where the sea water gets filtered before feeding the crop ensuring that heavy metals are not absorbed. Once harvested, the salicornia is dried and ground. It has 50% less sodium than table salt, naturally rich in Magnesium, Potassium, Chlorophyll and Vitamin B3. It supports immune and nervous systems and has no preservatives or other additives. The flavor is almost like a salty matcha, yum!
Brand green salt, Arcadia, California
Ingredients 100% Pure Salicornia
Links more on the farm
Redmond Real Salt / Utah Mined / Ancient Sea Salt
We won't carry this for long, because we are on the hunt for a sea salt that comes to us in a paper bag and We had to order this one to find out how it comes and the product is luxurious, so get it while you can! Real Salt is unrefined, ancient sea salt exactly as nature made it. “Nature’s First Sea Salt®” contains 60+ naturally-occurring trace minerals, and it’s never processed or chemically treated. This fine sea salt is our most popular grain size and makes a perfect everyday table salt. The best part about this salt is is has much less food miles than Himalayan sea salt and we can monitor the mining labor practices closer being that they are on US soil!
Brand Redmond, Redmond UT
Packaging 25lb plastic bag
Links differences between salt
WHOLE / ORGANIC / BLACK / GROWN IN PARAGUAY
Cha cha cha CHIA! (I had to) Grab these to replace eggs in your baking, make ancient aztec drinks called chianatoles or grind them into flour to make traditional tamales or tortillas! And of course, there is always chia pudding! These came in a compostable bag sewn with cotton thread! Woohoo! Low waste!
WHOLE / ORGANIC / GOLDEN / US GROWN
We carry whole flaxseed so you can grind them up in small batches, ensuring maximum nutrient potential and preservation. You can use an electric coffee grinder, pepper mill or mortar and pestal. *keep cool if possible, as foods with a high fat content can go rancid over time!
Vendor Country Life Naturals, Pullman, MI
CERTIFIED ORGANIC / GROWN IN ILLINOIS / YELLOW POPCORN KERNELS
These yellow popcorn kernels are all you want for your popcorn to be. These kernels are locally grown and come to tinyshop in a compostable paper bag.
Vendor Country Life Naturals, Pullman, MI
ORGANIC / AUSTRIAN / RAW / UNSALTED PUMPKIN SEEDS
We are now offering Tootsi’s Organic and unsalted pumpkin seeds. They are whole, large, dark seeds without their shells. Why do we have to go all the way to Europe you ask? Well, the largest exporter of pumpkin seeds, by far, is actually China! We looked locally, but midwest grown pumpkin seeds were impossible to find! There are pumpkins... but not the seeds! We looked west and found amazing Oregon grown ones, but we can't order small quantities of them for the shop. So we landed in Europe. Closer than China, Organic + tasty! Nutritionally, these seeds have a lot of vitamin E along with a host of additional antioxidants. A great source of phosphorus, magnesium, manganese, and copper, and a good source of other minerals including zinc and iron. Roast in the oven with some salt, or add to chocolate for a crunch or enjoy them in the tinyshop trailmix!
Vendor Tootsi, Melrose Park, IL
Packaging compostable paper bag
ORGANIC / BROWN / ORIGIN UNKNOWN
Sesame does require a bit of water to produce, but the harvesting and growing is quite sustainable when grown organic. These come in a 25lb compostable paper bag. Sewn shut with string! That's very responsible packaging! Homemade tahini anyone??? Sesame milk? Koulourakia cookies??? Yum.
Vendor Country Life Naturals, Pullman, MI
Allergens Sesame Seeds
Packaging compostable paper bag
ORGANIC / UNSALTED / HULLED SUNFLOWER SEEDS
Sunflower seeds to the rescue! These are grown in the US and come to us in a paper bag. Add to your breads, or sprinkle on anything to add some anti-inflammatory and energy boosting power to your food with this vitamin e and mineral rich seed! You can also make sunflower seed butter or milk for a low water footprint plant milk. It has a similar footprint to peanuts and no where near any nuts. Also, compared to other nut and seeds its one of the lowest-calorie, lowest-fat, highest protein seeds! Woot! Tinyshop is working on localizing this seed because they do grow in the midwest and ours come from a distributor that does not have the origin info other than USA grown.
Vendor Country Life Naturals, Pullman, MI
Packaging tinyshop jar
End of Life return jar to tinyshop!
Links sunbutter recipe
RAW / ORGANIC / INDONESIAN / COCONUT SUGAR We shy away from brazilian grown products due to the destruction of the Amazon Rainforest for agriculture, as well as its governmental corruption which makes it hard to trust certifications, so we chose a crop that offsets more co2 than cane sugar, and does not have to be killed to harvest. This being said, it still demands land space, like all conventional agriculture and can be a contributor to Indonesian deforestation in- But this one, the trees continue to produce even after harvest making it a bit more sustainable.
Produced from the sweet nectar of tropical coconut palm blossoms. Traditional sugar farmers climb high into the canopy of swaying coconuts and harvest the sweet nectar by gently slicing the flower. Once collected, the nectar is kettle-boiled into a thick caramel and ground to a fine light brown granule. Coconut Palm Sugar is higher in protein, potassium, iron than cane sugar, and a source of vitamin B1, B2, B3, B6 and C. It is also naturally low on the Glycemic Index (GI 35), making Coconut Palm Sugar more nutrient rich than refined cane sugar. Coconut Palm Sugar can be used to replace cane sugar 1:1 in recipes and is considered a low glycemic sugar.
Vendor Tootsi, Melrose Park, IL
Allergens coconut
Packaging 5lb bags of thin plastic bag
End of Life terracycle
3 Estate Black Tea
The 3 estate tea is an economic black tea that tinyshop wanted to start carrying for those asking for a tea that would be great for kombucha home brewing! This loose tea is a combination of three high mountain black teas from India, China and Sri Lanka and is picked up and packed right here in Chicago. This tea is great for kombucha or just a cup of classic black tea. The price was chosen so larger quantities would still be affordable when making kombucha or baking with. All Rare Tea Cellar Teas come to us in a refillable jar as to not create any waste in transport! Yay!
Brand Rare Tea Cellers, Chicago, IL
Ingredients Black tea
Packaging Bucket Swap Program
Organic Black Canadian Maple Syrup Tea
This is a tasty dessert tea for when you want that full-bodied caffeine boost! It is a delightful combination of Chinese high mountain Black Tea with Canandian Maple Syrup. The fresh maple sap reduction from old-growth maple trees and the Organic, single-estate black tea create a lightly sweet and smooth way to start a new tradition on wintery mornings, with or without milk. The black tea farm is in Anhui, China and uses no preservatives. Steep 1 tbsp in 12oz of 205 degree water for 3-4 minutes.
Brand Rare Tea Cellers, Chicago, IL
Ingredients Black Chinese Tea, Canadian Maple Syrup
Packaging Bucket Swap Program
Links Black maple tea
Herbal / Egyptian Berry Meritage Tea
This burgundy-colored tea has black and red currants for fruitiness, hibiscus for tartness, rosehip for smoothness, and raisins to add natural sweetness. Berry Meritage is naturally caffeine-free and the rosehip, with its high vitamin C and antioxidant content, provides a boost to the immune system. This tea is extremely potent! Quantity: 1 tablespoon of tea in 12oz of 205 degree water for 3-5 minutes. *For each additional infusion add 1 minute to brew time When served hot, RTC suggests using a cinnamon stick and a slice of orange for garnish and brown sugar instead of white for sweetener. Or serving cold over ice and garnishing the glass with strawberry and a sprig of mint for a refresher.
Brand Rare Tea Cellers, Chicago, IL
Ingredients Black Currants, Red Currants, Hibiscus, Rosehip and Raisins
Packaging Bucket Swap Program
Links berry meritage tea
ORGANIC / BIODYNAMIC Emperors Chamomile tea
This chamomile is grown Organically on a Biodynamic farm in Egypt. This chamomile exhibits an incredible, sweet apple flavor. This tea has relaxing qualities, lowering blood pressure and anxiety. The farmland is a mix of nutrient dense sand and clay where the flowers grow. Chamomile produces a beverage that is sweet and complex, and great to drink before bed. Just steep 1tbsp in boiled water for 10 minutes and enjoy. Chamomile is great alone and also blends nicely with citrus flavors, ginger or honey. It can also be used in a variety of DIY bath and body products and has a soothing effect on skin from it's anti-inflammatory properties.
Brand Rare Tea Cellers, Chicago, IL
Ingredients Egyptian Chamomile
Packaging refillable jars
Chocolate Horchata Chai / Rare Rea Cellars Tea
This Chocolate Horchata Chai is a tea blend of black tea, chai flavors and Chocolate, making it great alone or sweetened with milk as a desert tea. The Cocoa nibs are from farms in Ecuador blended with high mountian Black teas from China and India. The chai spices are fresh chopped from Darjeeling india, where chai originates. This tea is caffeinated and should use 1 tablespoon per 12oz. of water for 3-5 minutes.
Brand Rare Tea Cellers, Chicago, IL
Ingredients A delicious blend of high mountain black teas, chopped Tahitian vanilla bean, fresh roasted cocoa nibs from deep in the mountains of Ecuador, Guatemalan ginger, green cardamom, Mekong and Ceylon cinnamon, coriander, cloves, black pepper, and Calendula petals. The Japanese Genmai (roasted exotic rice) adds a deep, roasted flavor to this carefully crafted blend.
Packaging refillable jars
Links Rare Tea Cellar Website
Certified Organic / Chinese High Mountain Black Tea And Italian Earl Grey
This organic earl grey from Rare Tea Cellars is fragrant and full bodied. They call it their Regal Earl Grey, because of the quality of ingredients. The black tea is sourced from organic farms in the mountains of Anhui, China - then they are blended with Organic oil of Bergamot sourced from Bergamato Italy. This particular blend uses more bergamot than RTC's traditional earl grey, enhancing the earl grey experience. The addition of cornflower petals in this blend allows for an even greater saturation of bergamot. The tea was also mentioned on Bizarre Foods America: Chicago's Cutting Edge with Andrew Zimmern! Enjoy :)
Brand Rare Tea Cellers, Chicago, IL
Ingredients Black tea, Bergamot Oil, Cornflower Petals
Packaging refillable jars
Links Rare Tea Cellar Website
Organic / GEORGIA PEACH ROOIBOS / Rare Tea Cellars
This Organic tea is lovely hot or cold and is another herbal mix from Chicago's own, Rare Tea Cellar. It is a blend of the finest South African organic rooibos, and Georgia peach puree, and peach pieces, all cured together for six weeks until the flavors become one. This fruit-forward rooibos blend has an amazing nose of peach, with a natural sweetness.This tea is also great when blended into spirits. Like all of the teas we carry, we do a jar refill, so there is no plastic or single use waste when getting transported to tinyshop. Caffeine Content: Naturally Caffeine Free Quantity: 1 tablespoon per 12oz. Water temperature: 205ºF Brewing time: 3-5 minutes. Infusions: 4 *For each additional infusion add 1 minute to brew time
Brand Rare Tea Cellers, Chicago, IL
Ingredients Rooibos tea, peaches
Packaging Bucket Swap Program
Grapefruit Grove Elixir from Rare Tea Cellars
Grapefruit Grove Elixir is a tea blend made by Rare Tea Cellers right here in Ravenswood. It is a heavenly infusion of the finest orchard fruits and natural ingredients. It is a blend of grapefruit peel, grapefruit essence, orange slices, freeze-dried tangerine pieces, apple pieces, carrot flakes, blackberry and eucalyptus leaves, beetroot pieces, hibiscus flowers, and lemongrass highlights the incredible taste of fresh picked citrus. The Grapefruit is grown in Florida and the Pomelo in Texas, and the tea, like all of the teas that come to us from RTC, comes to tinyshop in refillable containers, so keep the waste down from all angles! Grapefruit grove is Caffeine Free. Steeping instructions: 1 tablespoon per 12oz. for 5-7 minutes.
Brand Rare Tea Cellers, Chicago, IL
Ingredients Grapefruit peel, grapefruit essence, orange slices, freeze-dried tangerine pieces, apple pieces, carrot flakes, blackberry and eucalyptus leaves, beetroot pieces, hibiscus flowers, and lemongrass
Packaging refillable jars
Links Rare Tea Cellar Website
Sencha Green Tea from Kyoto, Japan
This tea from Rare Tea Cellars is so fresh and beautiful. It has a deep emerald green leaf and has a well balanced taste of vegetal and sweet. It is a high grade, Japanese green tea and should be steeped 1 tablespoon in 12 oz of filtered water for 1-2 minutes at 180 degrees. This tea is caffeinated and is rich in chlorophyll. It is not Certified Organic, but because of the farm's deep tradition in growing the highest quality greens in the same way for hundreds of years, and the medium-high mountain growing and harvesting, it is grown organically and free of pesticides.
Brand Rare Tea Cellers, Chicago, IL
Packaging refillable jars
Links Rare Tea Cellar Website
Moonlight Jasmine Pearl / Rare Tea Cellars
These small, green tea pearls are scented with jasmine blossoms in China. To create this unique tea, young green tea leaves are hand-rolled into delicate pearls and dried. Once dry, the pearls are gently blended with night-blooming jasmine flowers. As the jasmine flowers open, they impart their intoxicating fragrance on to the pearls. After blooming, each jasmine flower is removed by hand. This process happens a minimum of five times ensuring the delicate scent is carried throughout the pearls. We swapped these out for the blossoms this round at tinyshop because they are a bit more fragrant than the larger blossom version! Brewing instructions: 1 tablespoon per 12oz of 190ºF water for 3-5 minutes. * It is not Certified Organic, but because of the farm's deep tradition in growing the highest quality greens in the same way for hundreds of years, along with the medium-high mountain growing and harvesting, it is grown organically and free of pesticides.
Brand Rare Tea Cellers, Chicago, IL
Ingredients Chinese rolled Green tea, jasmine blossom scent.
Packaging refillable jars
Links Rare Tea Cellar Website
ORGANIC HERBAL HONEYBUSH TEA
Honeybush tea comes from a South African plant whose leaves are plucked and fermented making a sweet and mild herbal tea. It has a similar taste to rooibos, but a bit sweeter and no bitterness at all. It goes great with honey and milk, or just with water for a caffeine free, decaffinated tea option. It is warming and comforting tea. This comes to tinyshop, like all Rare Tea Cellars tea, in a refillable container to be sure there is no excess packaging!
Brand Rare Tea Cellers, Chicago, IL
Packaging refillable jars
Links Rare Tea Cellar Website
ORGANIC LEMONGRASS AND WILD ROSE HERBAL TEA
A near-perfect blend, this herbal tea has been a bestseller at Rare Tea Cellar since the day they released it. It is a combination of two of their highest quality, most delicious herbs – Lemongrass and Organic Wild Rose. This infusion is caffeine-free but exceptionally refreshing. Like the tinyshop Rooibos Mint tea combination, this tea has seemingly opposing flavor notes that also display an exercise in harmony. In this blend, the mellow, delicate taste of the rosebuds complements the tanginess of the lemongrass. The green of the lemongrass and the pink roses produce a bronze-colored tea. This drink goes down easy and is recommended for anyone in search of an light, yet invigorating, caffeine-free drink. Both teas are grown on Egyptian farms owned by Rare Tea Cellars. The environmental standards are important to RTC while heirloom and uncontaminated crops and herbs are often more flavorful as well as more medicinally efficient.
Brand Rare Tea Cellers, Chicago, IL
Ingredients ORGANIC LEMONGRASS AND WILD ROSE
Links lemongrass rose tea
ORGANIC / BIODYNAMIC / FAIR TRADE MERITAGE MINT TEA
A proprietary blend of the finest Fair Trade certified peppermint and spearmint. These two varieties of mint are blended by hand to create a 100% natural mint experience with a subtle sweetness very different than traditionally grown mint. It is a wonderful digestif that both soothes and stimulates the digestive system so long as it is not used in great excess. Makes for a great addition to a cocktail, homemade soaps and beauty products, as well as a perfect cup of tea! Brew 1 TBSP in 205 Degree water for 3-4 minutes. To re steep, add time until flavor subsides.
Brand Rare Tea Cellers, Chicago, IL
Ingredients Organic Spearmint, Organic Peppermint
Links Mint Tea mint for digestion
ORGANIC BIODYNAMIC HERBAL MINT ROOIBOS TEA
This is a tinyshop exculsive herbal tea blending South African Rooibos tea with Spearmint and Peppermint leaves from Rare Tea Cellars. All three ingredients are Organic and Biodynamic that makes a unique calming, earthy, full bodied tea experience. Is is suitable plain, as the mint and Rooibos both provide a natural sweetness, or add a hint of honey and plant milk to make a luxurious herbal latte. The antioxidant, and blood sugar balancing properties of the rooibos and the mint's use as a digestif makes this a great after dessert tea.Steep like other herbal teas with 1 TBSP in near boiling water for 3-5 minutes.
Brand Rare Tea Cellers, Chicago, IL
Ingredients Organic Spearmint, Organic Peppermint, Organic Rooibos Tea
Packaging Bucket Swap Program
Freak Of nature Oolong / Rare Tea Cellars
Freak of Nature Oolong is a rare, High mountain oolong imported by RTC from a consortium in Anhui China. The production is limited to 100 lbs annually, so it is quite a special treat. The secret to this rare tea is the tree is shocked by temperature changes from 80 deg to 20 degrees than back to 80 degrees. This temperature change causes the outrageous buttery shortbread component to the tea. Like the ice-wine of the tea world. It is available at just a couple spots in the world! It is high in Caffeine, and should be brewed 1 tbsp to 12 oz of water at 195 degrees for 3 minutes. It can be re steeped by adding on a minute to each re steep, until the flavor is no longer present. Although this is not certified organic, Oolong producers in Wuyi, along with any teas grown at such high altitudes, generally are grown with no pesticides or fungicides as to not alter the flavor or quality of the special teas.
Brand Rare Tea Cellers, Chicago, IL
Packaging refillable jars
Links Rare Tea Cellar Website
ORGANIC / BIODYNAMIC / Turmeric ginger tea / Rare Tea Cellar
This mix has two simple ingredients: Biodynamic Ginger from Egypt and Turmeric From Biodynamic Fields in India. This herbal blend will boost your immune system and aid digestion with its multitude of health benefits and bright, warming flavor and aroma.It's naturally Caffeine Free and loaded with antioxidants. Enjoy this zesty elixir hot or on ice. We like it with a squeeze of lemon or a bit of hive supply honey! Steep it with 1tbsp to 12 oz of boiling water for 5+ minutes.
Brand Rare Tea Cellers, Chicago, IL
Ingredients Turmeric and Ginger
Packaging refillable jars
Links Rare Tea Cellar Website
Organic / Argentinian / Rare Tea Cellar / Yerba Mate
This Emperors Yerba Mate from RTC is biodynamic and Organic from Argentina. Yerba Mate is notable for its ability to provide energy without the jitteriness often associated with caffeinated beverages. Its taste has been compared to green tea but with a more herbaceous, grassy character. Enjoyed it hot or iced. Packing a punch, this tea is high in antioxidants, and contains many vitamins, minerals, and amino acids. Perfect for the converting coffee lovers, for it has comparable caffeine content. It will give you a burst of energy. Steep 1tbsp in 12 oz water for 3-5 minutes at 205ºF You can infuse up to 4 times by adding time to each additional steeping session.
Packaging refillable jars
Links Rare Tea Cellar Website
ORGANIC / UNSALTED / WHOLE FRUIT / 8 LAYER
We take 8 of our staple products and stack them into a delicious snack! It's a perfect desk or road trip companion! It Includes Organic Mission Figs, Raw Walnuts, Coconut Flakes, Dried Unsulfered Apricots, Dried Diced Apples, Pepitas and Roasted Peanuts
Allergens Peanuts Tree Nuts
ORGANIC / EARTH FIRST FARMS / MADE IN MICHIGAN
Super excited about our switch from North Coast Organic AC vinegar (a California made vinegar) to one from Michigan! And not only is Earth First Farms way closer to home, but the owners were excited to start a container exchange program with us to eliminate waste at the wholesale level! The Orchard is certified organic by Oregon Tilth. Perhaps we will carry more products from Earth First in the future! *put a tbsp in your water every morning to prime your belly for the ultimate nutrient intake! AC Vinegar is one of just a few liquid products we carry, and they come in our ball jars as well. Make sure you have a funnel if you plan on transferring the product!
Brand Earth First Farms, Berrien Center, MI
Packaging reusable glass jug
Links Earth First Farms
ORGANIC / 200 GRAIN / CONCENTRATED WHITE VINEGAR
Great for all types of cleaning, cooking and salad dressing! This is an organic white vinegar made in Missouri and concentrated, which helps lower carbon miles coming from the midwest! We receive this in a refillable plastic carboy that the company offers. Go zero waste~! *Simply dilute to 1 part vinegar to 2 parts water. Use distilled if storing for longer periods of time.
Brand Rustic Strength, Mansfield, Missouri
Ingredients Organic 200 grain white vinegar