Rasa Blog

Mar 18, 2022

Filling Our Cup: All things fungi with Sophia Roe

We had the pleasure of (virtually) sitting down with chef and advocate Sophia Roe, host of Vice’s Counter Space and fungi enthusiast, for a long...

Mar 14, 2022

6 Ways to enjoy Magnificent Mushrooms (including recipes!)

There are endless ways to use Magnificent Mushrooms in baking, cooking, your morning beverage of choice (may we recommend Rasa?), and beyond! Since we don’t...

Mar 09, 2022

Mushrooms: let’s get technical!

When it comes to adaptogens and mushrooms, there are lots of terms that get thrown around. Fruiting bodies! Beta-glucans! Extraction! Substrates! It’s a lot to...

Mar 07, 2022

Why Mushrooms?

In my first year of herb school, I fell in love with a mushroom named Reishi. Everything I learned about it fascinated me—its storied history...

Feb 24, 2022

A Milestone, A Closing Date, and Big News Walk Into A Cafe

We have a few wonderful pieces of news to share about our Crowdfunding campaign on WeFunder. It’s been a minute since we wrote about it...

Feb 22, 2022

Calming Creamy Cacao Rose Latte

Herbalist Rachelle Robinett dreamed up this recipe featuring our Calm blend, and we knew we had to share it because who couldn’t use a little...

Feb 18, 2022

Finding moments of calm

Today I had a conversation with some folks I am in community with, and we all seemed to be experiencing the same thing: the desire...

Feb 08, 2022

Filling Our Cup with Rachel Larsen Weaver

We sat down with Rachel Larsen Weaver, photographer and cofounder of Now, Now School, to discuss sensuality, her connection to her physical form, self-love, and...

Jan 12, 2022

Get Intimate with Your Energy

As someone who’s been obsessed with energy in all its forms for the majority of my adult life (and even in my teens!), I’ve managed...

Dec 30, 2021

2021: A Radically Transparent Rasa Recap

As we head into 2022, we wanted to take time to reflect on our growth, challenges, failures, and all that we accomplished in 2021. One...

Dec 21, 2021

Winter Solstice Rituals

The Winter Solstice is the darkest day of the year, which also means the beginning of longer, more light-filled days to come. Whether you celebrate...

Dec 20, 2021

The Super Happy Sunshine Lemon Cookie Latte!

Our enlivening Super Happy Sunshine blend supports us in welcoming more light into our life. Make it into this Lemon Cookie latte recipe for an...

Dec 16, 2021

Not Tea, By Nature

I’m a tea-person. In tea-language (aka Mandarin), we call this a chajin—that’s how much of a tea person I am. The center room in our...

Dec 08, 2021

The Story of Peppermint

Gum, toothpaste, candy canes, herbal teas, mojitos, breath mints, ice cream, chocolate. It is clear that peppermint is a ubiquitous plant we know and love....

Nov 30, 2021

Giving Tuesday

This Giving Tuesday, we wanted to share with you three organizations that are near and dear to us here at Rasa—both aligned with our love...

Nov 27, 2021

We're still small! And yet so mighty, & so grateful

“Start a business,” they said. “It’ll be fun,” they said. (No one ever actually said this, but it sure does kind of seem that way...

Nov 25, 2021

A Small Gift of Gratitude from Us to You

While we’re not super into the whole “celebrating the violent colonization of America with turkeys and cranberries” thing... we do have a penchant for feasts, and...