Our herbal honeys are traditional electuaries, dried powdered herbs stirred into luscious raw honey to create a viscous and wildly delicious paste.

Unlike infused honeys, where the herbs are strained out, the herbs stay in our honeys so that you're getting whole plant benefits in every spoonful.

Learn more: The Herbal Honey Electuary: What It Is, Why It Works, & How to Use It Everyday

In our world of food-forward herbalism, we use herbal honeys in two ways: 

• By the spoonful: the most direct and therapeutic tonic approach
• Anywhere you'd use honey: stirred into tea or coffee, drizzled over yogurt or fruit, spread on buttered toast, whisked into dressings and marinades

Learn more:

• The Herbal Honey Electuary: What It Is, Why It Works, & How to Use It Everyday
• Your Quick Reference Guide to Our Herbal Honeys

"Elixir" is a broad term that different herbalists use in different ways. At their simplest, herbal elixirs are sweetened herbal extractions.

They use a liquid base, most often alcohol or vinegar, to extract beneficial compounds from herbs. Then, they're sweetened for palatability and preservation. 

Our elixirs are technically herbal oxymels and consist of a raw vinegar base sweetened with local honey, maple syrup, or sorghum.

Learn more: Herbal Elixirs Explained: What They Are & How to Use Them

Our Gut Flora Digestive Bitters is a raw vinegar and honey based bitters (no alcohol, no glycerin) that's best taken before a meal to prepare the digestive system to recieve food.

We recommend taking 2 dropperfuls directly on the tongue about 15-20 minutes before a meal. However, you can also take during or after the meal if you forget.

Learn more: The Case for Bitters: A Forgotten Ritual for Modern Digestion

By the spoonful or the shot for the strongest dose. We also love to use our Hibiscus Orange Fire Cider in the kitchen. Try this Massaged Kale Salad with Creamy Fire Cider Hemp Seed Dressing recipe. It also makes for a mouth-watering quick vinaigrette and does wonders as a splash in a Bloody Mary.

Some do. We recommend popping many of our elixirs in the refrigerator after opening for a longer shelf-life.

Check the label or product page for storage instructions specific to each item.

Glycerin is a common clear, odorless sweetener used to make herbal extracts more palatable. It's a heavily processed byproduct of biodiesel and soap production, most often derived from soy, coconut, or palm, and offers very little in the way of nutrition.

We use locally-sourced raw honey instead. Honey brings enzymes, antioxidants, and a whole terroir of flavor glycerin can't match.

For us, honey is the more sustainable, nourishing, and shelf-stable choice, so it's what we build around.

That said, glycerin has its place. It's a useful, low glycemic option for alcohol-free herbal extracts, especially those made for kids.

What you're holding isn't a bulk product with a markup. It's the ingredients themselves, the herbs and raw honey we chose over cheaper alternatives, plus the hours it takes to formulate, design and test packaging, measure, mix, and jar every batch by hand, one at a time. Prices reflect what it actually takes to make something this way:

• High quality, vibrant, fresh herbs from small farms in the USA, not bulk commodity suppliers sourcing from overseas
• Nourishing raw, local honey instead of cheaper, processed sweeteners
• Glass and recyclable/compostable packaging over cheaper plastic
• Small-batch production to maintain integrity and high quality
• Every batch mixed, filled, and labeled by hand

We choose to make things this way because it's the only way our work stays honest, ethical, and true to our sense of purpose in this world. In a world that craves instant gratification and has many choices to choose from, we're so grateful you choose to support our small, handcrafted business.