photo slot — chamomile tin
on raw linen
on raw linen
Evening
Chamomile Dusk
Chamomile, lemon balm, a little lavender. Tastes like the hour after the dishes are done.
Hudson Valley · est. 2019
Tea grown slowly,
blended by hand.
Nine herbal blends, grown on two acres of clay soil, dried in the barn loft and mixed in batches of forty tins. Nothing rushed, nothing powdered, nothing you can’t pronounce.
first flush of the 2026 season — 61 tins, that’s it
photo slot — hands folding
chamomile on the drying rack
chamomile on the drying rack
photo slot —
stoneware tin
stoneware tin
dried 6 days
in the loft ↗
in the loft ↗
The long way round
Four steps. Six weeks.
One very patient barn.
- 01
Forage
Chamomile, nettle and rosehip cut by hand at first light, when the oils are still in the leaf.
- 02
Dry
Six days on linen racks in the barn loft — never above 34°C, never in a machine.
- 03
Blend
Mixed in batches of forty tins with copper scoops, weighed to the gram by Wren.
- 04
Steep
Every batch is brewed before it ships. If it doesn’t make us quiet for a second, it doesn’t leave.
photo slot — the stone barn studio,
doors open, October light
doors open, October light
The studio
Two people, two acres,
and a very old barn.
We started Clay & Kettle because every “artisan” tea we could find tasted like a candle. So we planted chamomile in the back field, learned to dry it properly (the first year went badly), and started giving tins to friends.
“Small batch isn’t a marketing word here. It’s the number of tins two people can make in a week without lying about it.”
Everything is grown or bought within sixty miles, packed in stoneware and paper, and shipped on Tuesdays. If a harvest is poor, we simply make less — the field sets the schedule, not the website.
— Mara & Wren, growers & blenders
This season’s tin list
Three blends, still warm from the loft.
Each tin is 60g of whole leaf and flower — roughly thirty cups — packed the week it ships.
photo slot — nettle & clay tin,
handwritten label
handwritten label
Morning
Nettle & Clay
Nettle, tulsi, roasted barley. Green, mineral, faintly like the field it came from.
photo slot — rosehip blend,
scattered dried petals
scattered dried petals
Anytime
Wild Rosehip
Rosehip, hibiscus, apple skin. Tart, red, good iced and honestly a bit addictive.
Kind words
Notes people actually sent us.
“I bought the chamomile for my sister and kept it. We’ve since argued about this twice. Worth it.”
“The tin showed up with a hand-drawn steeping chart on the box. Who does that? Apparently these two.”
“Nettle & Clay is the first tea I’ve had that tastes like a place instead of a flavour category.”