Guide

How Do You Make Your Own Herbal Tea Blend? Ratios That Work

Base, accent and top note: how we build a loose leaf herbal blend by weight, with ratios, grind sizes and a steep schedule. For adults 21 and over.

What Can You Mix Instant Kava With? 3 Kava Mocktail Recipes

How we mix instant kava at Roots Kava Bar, with the ratios, water temperatures and three mocktail builds we pour most often. For adults 21 and over.

How to Make a Sour Citric Acid Coating and Flavor Your Gummies

The 2 to 1 sugar and citric acid ratio we use for a sour coating that stays dry, why gummies need to dry for a day before coating, and how to flavor the batch at the pour.

How to Make Your Own Vape Liquid and Fill a 510 Cart

How our vape liquids are built from vegetable glycerin, propylene glycol and botanical extract, the blend ratios that actually wick, and how to fill an empty 510 cartridge without a mess.

How to Roll Your Own Herbal Blends (Papers, Cones and a Grinder)

How to grind, blend and roll loose leaf botanicals at home: which herbs make a smooth base, how to build a blend, and the difference between rolling papers and pre-rolled cones.

How to Fill Your Own Capsules with a Size 00 Capsule Machine

A step-by-step walkthrough of filling 100 size 0 capsules on a home capsule machine, with per-capsule weights for common botanical powders and the two mistakes that waste the most powder.

How to Make an Alcohol-Free Tincture (Glycerite) at Home

The glycerite method for an alcohol-free herbal tincture: the glycerin to water ratio, how long to macerate, how to strain it clean, and how to bottle it in a dropper bottle so it keeps.

How to Store Botanicals and Extracts (Jars, Desiccant, Humidity Packs, Light and Heat)

How we store whole flowers, ground kava root, extract powders, resins and tinctures at the bar: the temperature and humidity numbers we watch, which packs go in which jar, and how to label everything.

How to Measure Extract Powders: Micro Scoops, Milligram Scales and Why Density Matters

Why a 10mg scoop is not always 10mg, how to calibrate your scoop against a milligram scale for each extract, and how to store extract powders so they stay measurable.

How to Use Large Fill-Your-Own Tea Filter Bags for Loose Leaf and Cold Brew

Grams, temperatures and steep times for hot tea and overnight cold brew in our 4 by 6 inch drawstring filter bags, plus a weekly batching habit that keeps loose leaf fresher.

How to Make Kava the Traditional Way (Strainer Bag Method)

The traditional strainer bag method for medium grind kava, step by step: how much root, what water temperature, how long to knead, and how to get a second wash out of the same batch.