Choose your botanicals
Walk the wall of apothecary jars and pick what calls you.
Island botanicals · St. Thomas
Caribbean Tea Lab — Blend Your Own Bush Tea
A Caribbean tea-blending experience in the heart of Charlotte Amalie. Build a personal blend from island botanicals — moringa, soursop, lemongrass, hibiscus — sealed fresh and labeled just for you.
Inside the Rum Room · Charlotte Amalie
An island ritual
Bush tea is a Caribbean tradition — plants gathered, dried, and brewed with intention. Our botanical plates honor the ingredients at the heart of every blend.
The Experience
Four steps, one blend.
Blend your recipe
We guide the pairings — base, body, top note — until it's yours.
We blend & seal it
Measured to your recipe, sealed fresh, labeled with your name.
Take home your tin
Leave with your blend in a cream tin — brewing notes included.
Cardow House Blends
Three house creations from the mahogany counter.
Hibiscus Sunrise
A bright, jewel-toned tea inspired by Caribbean sorrel. Hibiscus brings a lively tartness and a ruby-red color — an uplifting cup served hot or over ice.
Tradewinds Mint
Fresh, fragrant, and cooling. A mint-forward blend that captures the easy breezes and refreshing spirit of island life.
Christmas Cove
A tribute to Caribbean bush tea, featuring island favorites Japana bush and bay rum leaves. Aromatic and full of character, named for St. Thomas.
Our Botanicals
The library, in brief.
Fourteen jars to start, mostly Caribbean-grown. A peek at what's on the wall.
Trade Wind Mint
House blend
Christmas Cove Tea
House blend
Hibiscus Sunrise
House blend
Passion Fruit Black Tea
Camellia sinensis
Earl Grey Black Tea
Camellia sinensis
Lapsang Souchong Black Tea
Camellia sinensis
Gifts & Events
Favors, workshops, & private blends.
Wedding & cruise favors. Group bookings for ten or sixty. Corporate gifting and private workshops, hosted in the Rum Room or on location.
Visit
Inside the Rum Room.
Find us tucked into the mahogany on Main Street, part of the Cardow Collective.
Cardow Jewelers Building5195 Dronningens Gade, Suite 1
Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas
- Mon – Sat · 10:00 – 18:00
- Sunday · By appointment