The first full-service apothecary in Harford County!
25 E Ellendale Street • Bel Air, MD 21014
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Madame Butterfly brings a little magic to every cup of tea. This caffeine-free tropical herbal tea is blended is bright lemongrass, beautiful butterfly pea flower, mango, and exotic lychee for a refreshing, fruity infusion that’s especially lovely served iced.
And then comes the fun part: add a squeeze of lemon or another acidic ingredient, and watch the brilliant blue infusion transform into a gorgeous shade of violet. Tea and a show! Enjoy is as a colorful afternoon refreshment, a unique addition to a gathering, or simply as a little everyday ritual.
Product Details:
Caffeine-free herbal tea
Blue mango flavor with lemongrass, butterfly pea flower, mango, and lychee
25g loose leaf tea
Steep at 212°F for 7-10 minutes
Add lemon juice to transform the tea from blue to violet
Organic, non-GMO, vegan, and Fair Trade
Shelf stable with 24-36 month shelf life
Recyclable packaging
Beautiful apothecary-style jar
Add a touch of botanical luxury to your everyday rituals with Rose Flower Water from Starwest Botanicals. Made with pure Rose Absolute Essential Oil and distilled water, this food-grade floral water captures the delicate essence of Rosa centifolia in a gentle, versatile form.
With its soft, sweet-floral aroma, rose water is a beautiful addition to skincare, self-care, culinary creations, and home rituals. Mist it onto your face and body as a refreshing botanical spritz, use it as a gentle toner, add it to a bath, or freshen your space with its naturally lovely fragrance.
Rose Flower Water is also food grace, making it a wonderful ingredient for desserts, beverages, candies, and other recipes that benefit from a subtle floral note. During warmer months, keep it nearby as a refreshing cooling mist.
Ways to Use:
Skincare: Use as a refreshing facial mist or gentle toner.
Body Care: Mist onto skin or add to a bath for a fragrant botanical ritual.
Culinary: Add to desserts, beverages, candies, and othe rrecipes.
Home: Use as a naturally fragrant air freshener.
Summer Ritual: Keep chilled and mist onto the face and body for a refreshing botanical spritz.
Product Details:
Botanical name: Rosa centifolia
Size: 4 fl oz
Pure food grade
Made with distilled water and Rose Absolute Essential Oil
Sweet, delicate floral aroma
Versatile for skincare, body care, culinary use, and home rituals
Available in multiple sizes
Dark glass packaging helps protect light-sensitive contents
Create a calming, aromatic ritual with Organic Lavender Essential Oil from Starwest Botanicals. Steam-distilled from the flowering tops of Lavandula angustifolia, this 100% pure essential oil comes from Bulgaria and offers the classic lavender aroma: soft, sweet, floral, herbaceous, and beautifully clean.
Lavender is one of the most versatile essential oils for aromatherapy and self-care. Diffuse it to create a peaceful atmosphere, incorporate it into properly diluted massage or body-care preparations, or blend it with other essential oils to create your own personalized aromatic experience.
Ways to Use:
Aromatherapy: Add to a diffuser to fill your space with lavender’s soothing fragrance.
Body and Skin care: Dilute appropriately with a carrier oil before incorporating into massage oils, lotions, or baths.
Aromatic Blends: Combine with other essential oils to create customized aromatherapy blends.
Product Details:
Botanical name: Lavandula angustifolia
Origin: Bulgaria
Size: 1/3 fl oz
100% pure essential oil
Organic
Steam distilled from flowering tops
Herbaceous, sweet, and floral aroma
Ideal for aromatherapy, diffusing, and properly diluted body-care applications
Safety: Essential oils are highly concentrated. Dilute properly before topical use. Keep away from eyes and mucous membranes and keep out of reach of children. Store away from light and heat.
Note: This product is not regulated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you are pregnant, breastfeeding, taking medications, or managing a health condition, consult a qualified healthcare professional before using herbal supplements.
Warm up with the rich, comforting flavors of Organic Chai Tea from Starwest Botanicals. Inspired by the traditional spiced tea of India, this aromatic blend brings together quality black teas with warming cinnamon, fragrant cardamom, ginger, cloves, and black pepper for a beautifully balanced combination of sweet spice and bold tea.
Chai is a beloved ritual enjoyed around the world, and this versatile blend can be prepared traditionally with warm water and milk or transformed into a creamy chai latte. Enjoy it hot on a cozy morning, over ice on a warm afternoon, or alongside your favorite seasonal treats.
Made with Flowery Orange Pekoe (F.O.P.) black tea, this blend features young tea leaves and buds selected for their quality and balanced character. The result is a flavorful, aromatic cup with just the right amount of spice.
How to Enjoy: Pour 8 oz of boiling water over 1 teaspoon of tea. Steep for 4-5 minutes. Add 2 oz of hot milk or your favorite dairy alternative, then sweeten with honey or sugar to taste.
Product Details:
Organic
Origin: United States
Size: 4 oz
Contains caffeine
Non-GMO
Irradiation-free
Ethically sourced
Ideal for traditional chai, chai lattes, and iced tea
Ingredients: Organic China black F.O.P. tea, organic cinnamon, organic Assam tea, organic cardamom seed, organic cloves, organic ginger root, and organic black pepper
Note: This product is not regulated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you are pregnant, breastfeeding, taking medications, or managing a health condition, consult a qualified healthcare professional before using herbal supplements.
Refresh your herbal pantry with Organic Spearmint Leaf, cut and sifted to preserve its naturally bright aroma and vibrant green color. With its characteristic sweet, minty flavor, spearmint is a wonderfully versatile herb that can bring a fresh, cooling note to everything from a simple cup of tea to savory dishes and desserts.
A beloved ingredient across cultures, spearmint has a particularly rich culinary history in Middle Eastern cuisine, where it is used in teas, sauces, salads, and savory dishes. It also makes a lovely addition to marinades, baked goods, cocktails, and creative herbal blends.
The naturally invigorating aroma makes spearmint a particularly enjoyable herb for everyday tea rituals. Enjoy it on its own for a refreshing herbal infusion or combine it with other botanicals to create your own signature blend.
How to Enjoy: Pour 8-12 oz of boiling water over 1 teaspoon of spearmint leaf. Cover and steep for 3-4 minutes, then strain and enjoy.
Product Details:
Botanical Name: Mentha spicata
Origin: Egypt
Size: 4 oz
Organic
Cut and sifted
Vibrant, naturally aromatic herb
Ideal for teas, culinary recipes, desserts, and herbal blends
Excellent in both sweet and savory preparations
Note: This product is not regulated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you are pregnant, breastfeeding, taking medications, or managing a health condition, consult a qualified healthcare professional before using herbal supplements.
Discover the deliciously mild flavor of Organic Raspberry Leaf from Starwest Botanicals. While the raspberry plant is best known for its fruit, its leaves have been treasured in herbal traditions for generations. With a naturally earthy aroma, subtle berry-like sweetness, and vibrant green color, cut and sifted raspberry leaf makes a wonderful addition to your herbal pantry.
Raspberry leaves contain naturally occurring polyphenols, including tannins and flavonoids, as well as nutrients such as vitamins B and C, potassium, zinc, and iron. They are especially popular as a herbal tea and infusion, either enjoyed on their own or combined with other botanicals to create personalized blends.
Beyond tea, raspberry leaf can be incorporated into smoothies, baked goods, and other creative culinary preparations. Its approachable flavor makes it an easy herb to experiment with as you explore traditional plant-based ingredients.
Product Details:
Botanical name: Rubus idaeus
Origin: Albania, Croatia, and Bulgaria
Size: 4 oz
Organic
Cut and sifted
Non-GMO
Irradiation-free
Ethically sourced
Naturally contains polyphenols, tannins, and flavonoids
Ideal for teas, herbal infusions, smoothies, and culinary blends
Also known as: Hindberry, wild red raspberry, and reapberry.
Note: This product is not regulated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you are pregnant, breastfeeding, taking medications, or managing a health condition, consult a qualified healthcare professional before using herbal supplements.
Bring a traditional botanical favorite into your home apothecary with Organic Cut & Sifted Mullein Leaf from Starwest Botanicals. Known for its soft, velvety leaves and earthy herbal aroma, mullein has a long history in folk herbal traditions and remains a versatile ingredient for teas, infusions, and other herbal preparations.
This cut-and-sifted form is convenient to work with and features a delicate green color and mildly bitter, earthy flavor. Mullein pairs beautifully with other herbs in custom tea blends and can also be incorporated into broths and savory herbal preparations.
Whether you are an experienced herbalist or simply beginning to explore traditional botanicals, mullein offers an opportunity to connect with a plant that has been values across generations.
Product Details:
Botanical name: Verbascum thapsus
Origin: Albania, Bulgaria, and Croatia
Size: 4 oz
Organic
Cut and sifted
Non-GMO
Irradiation-free
Ethically sourced
Ideal for teas, herbal infusions, blends, and broths
Also known as: Great Mullein, velvet plant, white mullein, bullock’s lungwort, shepherd’s club, hare’s bears, and cow’s lungwort.
Note: This product is not regulated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you are pregnant, breastfeeding, taking medications, or managing a health condition, consult a qualified healthcare professional before using herbal supplements.
Bring the mindful ritual of traditional Japanese tea into your own home with Organic Ceremonial Grade Matcha from Starwest Botnicals. made from the youngest, shade-grown leaves of Camellia sinensis, this premium matcha is carefully produced with the stems and veins removed before the leaves are stone-ground into a fine, vibrant green powder.
Ceremonial grade is prized for its smooth, silky texture and naturally refreshing flavor with subtle sweetness and a gently rich character. Traditionally prepared as a thick-style tea, matcha invites you to slow down and be fully present with each cup, making it a beautiful addition to a morning ritual, meditation practice, or mindful afternoon pause.
Because matcha is made from the whole tea leaf, it contains naturally occurring caffeine and offers a more concentrated tea experience than traditionally steeped green tea.
Traditional Preparation: Add approximately 1 teaspoon of matcha to 4 oz of water heated to 175-180°F. Whisk briskly with a bamboo whisk until smooth and lightly frothy. Do not use boiling water.
Contemporary Preparation: Use 1 teaspoon of matcha per 6 oz of 175-180°F water. Steep for 2-4 minutes and serve immediately.
Product Details:
Botanical Name: Camellia sinensis
Origin: China
Size: 4 oz
Ceremonial grade
Organic
Non-GMO
Irradiation-free
Ethically sourced
Contains caffeine
Ideal for traditional tea ceremonies, mindful rituals, lattes, and everyday matcha
Please note: This product carries a California Proposition 65 warning regarding potential lead exposure.
Note: This product is not regulated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you are pregnant, breastfeeding, taking medications, or managing a health condition, consult a qualified healthcare professional before using herbal supplements.
Add a vibrant botanical staple to your home apothecary with Organic Whole Elderberries from Starwest Botanicals. These small, deep purple-black berries come from the elder tree and have been cherished in culinary and traditional herbal practices for generations. Their naturally rich color, subtly sweet-tart flavor, and fruity aroma make them a versatile ingredient for homemade wellness preparations and recipes.
Elderberries are naturally rich in polyphenols and antioxidant compounds and are traditionally used in seasonal wellness preparations. They are especially popular for making homemade elderberry syrups, teas, and other botanical preparations.
Beyond the apothecary, dried elderberries are wonderful in the kitchen. Use them to create syrups, jams, sauces, pies, crumbles, and infused beverages, or add them to recipes where their beautiful color and distinctive berry flavor can shine.
How to Use: For tea, pour 8-12 oz of boiling water over 1-2 teaspoons of elderberries and steep for 3-4 minutes. Do not eat raw. Elderberries should be properly prepared before consumption.
Product Details:
Botanical name: Sambucus nigra
Origin: Bulgaria, Albania, Croatia, and Ukraine
Size: 4 oz
Heavy-metal tested
Non-GMO
Irradiation-free
Ethically sourced
Naturally rich in polyphenols
Ideal for syrups, teas, culinary preparations, and herbal recipes
Note: This product is not regulated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you are pregnant, breastfeeding, taking medications, or managing a health condition, consult a qualified healthcare professional before using herbal supplements.


Settle in for the evening with a dreamy herbal blend made for slow moments and sweet dreams. A Midsummer Night’s Dream combines valerian root with honeybush, chamomile, spearmint, passionflower, lemon balm, and lavender, finished with cherries and delicate blue cornflowers for a soothing cup with layers of familiar, calming flavors.
Caffeine-free and naturally cozy, this tea makes a lovely addition to your nighttime routine. Brew a cup as you wind down, curl up with a good book, or simply give yourself a few quiet minutes to transition from the day into rest.
Product Details:
Caffeine-free herbal tea
Blended with valerian root, honeybush, chamomile, spearmint, passionflower, lemon balm, lavender, cherries, and blue cornflowers
35g loose-leaf tea
Steep at 212ºF for 5-10 minutes
Organic, non-GMO, vegan, and Fair Trade
Shelf-stable with a 24-36 month shelf life
Recyclable packaging
Beautiful apothecary-style jar