Blend dried herbs, flowers, and fruits into unique tea blends. Caffeine-free herbal teas appeal to health-conscious consumers seeking natural alternatives.
Consider these related business ideas and specializations:
Blend dried herbs, flowers, and fruits into unique tea blends. Caffeine-free herbal teas appeal to health-conscious consumers seeking natural alternatives.
Consider these related business ideas and specializations:
San Juan Islands-specific considerations for this business:
Test this idea before investing heavily:
Create 4 signature blends and produce 30-40 packages (~$75-100 in ingredients and packaging). Sell at one farmers market with samples. Track which blends move fastest.
Which purposes resonate (sleep, energy, digestion)? What package sizes do people prefer? Do they want gift sets?
You sell most of your inventory and have repeat customers asking for more.
Expected startup and operating expenses:
Areas where quality investment pays off:
Stale herbs make weak, tasteless tea. Your product IS the herbs — quality is what justifies premium pricing.
Good enough: Reputable herb suppliers (Mountain Rose Herbs, Starwest Botanicals) with good turnover. Not years-old herbs from bulk bins.
Herbs lose potency when exposed to light, air, and moisture. Good packaging extends shelf life and looks professional.
Good enough: Metal tins or resealable kraft bags with foil lining. Not thin plastic bags.
Areas where cost-cutting makes sense:
Financial timing and planning notes:
Strategies to reduce risk and increase odds of success:
Join shomby today and start selling to your local community. We provide the platform—you bring the passion.
We build shomby around your business—not the other way around. If there's a feature, integration, or tool that would help your herbal teas & tisanes business succeed, we want to hear about it.
Turn your kitchen into a bakery selling breads, pastries, cookies, and cakes. Cottage food laws in most states allow home-based baking without a commercial kitchen for many products.
Harvest and sell honey from local hives along with beeswax products. Local honey is prized for its flavor, quality, and perceived health benefits related to local pollen.
Prepare ready-to-eat or ready-to-cook meals for busy families. This requires more licensing than cottage food but fills a huge market need for convenient, home-cooked quality meals.
San Juan Islands-specific considerations for this business:
Test this idea before investing heavily:
Create 4 signature blends and produce 30-40 packages (~$75-100 in ingredients and packaging). Sell at one farmers market with samples. Track which blends move fastest.
Which purposes resonate (sleep, energy, digestion)? What package sizes do people prefer? Do they want gift sets?
You sell most of your inventory and have repeat customers asking for more.
Expected startup and operating expenses:
Areas where quality investment pays off:
Stale herbs make weak, tasteless tea. Your product IS the herbs — quality is what justifies premium pricing.
Good enough: Reputable herb suppliers (Mountain Rose Herbs, Starwest Botanicals) with good turnover. Not years-old herbs from bulk bins.
Herbs lose potency when exposed to light, air, and moisture. Good packaging extends shelf life and looks professional.
Good enough: Metal tins or resealable kraft bags with foil lining. Not thin plastic bags.
Areas where cost-cutting makes sense:
Financial timing and planning notes:
Strategies to reduce risk and increase odds of success:
Join shomby today and start selling to your local community. We provide the platform—you bring the passion.
We build shomby around your business—not the other way around. If there's a feature, integration, or tool that would help your herbal teas & tisanes business succeed, we want to hear about it.
Turn your kitchen into a bakery selling breads, pastries, cookies, and cakes. Cottage food laws in most states allow home-based baking without a commercial kitchen for many products.
Harvest and sell honey from local hives along with beeswax products. Local honey is prized for its flavor, quality, and perceived health benefits related to local pollen.
Prepare ready-to-eat or ready-to-cook meals for busy families. This requires more licensing than cottage food but fills a huge market need for convenient, home-cooked quality meals.