Artemis Tea & Botanical was established in 2016 by Andrea, its founder, clinical herbalist and master tea blender. The flagship, which the shop calls the Artemis Tea Conservatory, is at 3618 Farnam Street in Omaha's historic Blackstone District, and that is where the team blends every tea by hand in small batches. The shop opens at half past six on weekdays, early for a tea room, and pickup orders are collected there Wednesday to Sunday.
The catalogue is organised in lines. Elemental holds the single-origin classics, led by The Moss, an old-tree Yunnan black. Archetypal and Curated are the house blends: Artemis Grey on Ceylon with bergamot, Byzantium and Aran for breakfast, Dragonglass for smoke, Emerald on mao feng and Serpentine on Dragonwell for green, Sylvan for white silver needle, Canto and Kashmir for masala chai. The zodiac line gives each sign a blend, Virgo on oolong with apple and fennel, Leo on hibiscus and chamomile.
Every blend comes in four pouch sizes, Norma to Enorme, with the Norma from US$ 20 to US$ 38, and the ceremonial Japanese matcha starts in a Parvus tin at US$ 18. The shop also carries a long shelf of teaware and books, candles, local honey and a seasonal series that changes with the year, Hygge with pumpkin pie spice and Hexe with blackberry and walnut in autumn. Around it there are events in the room, from mahjong afternoons to tastings, and a wholesale programme for cafés.