Cultivating Care and Love in Every Sip

Our Story at Rest.Ritual.Routine

Hand-picked custom blended herbal teas in Albany, NY

At Rest Ritual Routine, we believe that the finest herbal teas begin with curiosity, sensuality, experimentation and fun! We cultivate a diverse array of herbs in our gardens, nurturing them with the same honor and sacred reflection as we do the communities we serve. We understand that we are all part and parcel of a divine energy from the microcosm of organic material, biology and bugs that feed our plants to the conscious beings who nourish from our bounty and enter into a reciprocal relationship with earth. One that ensures we all flourish and sustain this life that we are and are a part of.

Each leaf, flower, and root is handpicked with love, trust, and honor. Our passion for opening up to love and having the courage to trust in the universe as a co-conspirator is at the heart of everything we do. We allow our senses and intuition to guide us and a little piece of our hearts to be transformed with our medicine making. We innovate sacred techniques in creating our delicious herbal combinations that craft unique blends to elevate your tea experience.

Rest.Ritual.Routine Founder, Rosa Rivera

Rosa’s Story

I have always been an avid tea drinker delighted by flavors and savory sips. Tea was always my first choice of libation. Tea provides me with a little sense of heaven, joy and ease. It's a precious present to my day, my life, and my wellness practices. As a yogi and a doula tea enhances our ascension in our collective work and ceremonies.

I came into farming in 2015 by way of Soul Fire Farm in Grafton NY. Connecting with the land is a way for me to connect with my ancestors and mother nature. Tending to the earth, as a child of the earth feels like I am tending to the sacred and divine, taking care of the core of me. I feel nourished and fed when I'm working with the land, with my hands in herbaceous greens and weeds.

Farming makes me feel abundant and reminds me of the enormous space and beauty that we are inside and out. In nature nothing is perfect, yet there is always more than enough to sustain us all. Plants and trees don’t worry about anything else but their role and place as a plant or a tree, and from that energy of just being, they produce so many seeds and offspring that continue their energy forward.

Supporting myself and my community with medicinal herbs and herbalism came after the pandemic. My post covid body was very different and it required more care. I needed additional practices and methods to heal my body and bring it back to homeostasis. Like many other healers, I turned deeper to holistic and nature based methods. The whispers of mama earth said come to me and drink of my roots and healing potions. Thus Rest. Ritual. Routine was born. Thank you for visiting and sharing in this journey with me.