TASTING/ SENSORY NOTES: spiced cacao, Madagascar vanilla, rapture, repentance, sanguine.
Devotion poured in velvet and flame.
Inspired by the ardent love and contemplative intensity of Mary Magdalene, this blend is lush, fragrantly sweet, and deeply stirring; a tea that lingers like perfume on warm skin.
Naturally sweet rooibos and honeybush form the glowing red-gold foundation, smooth and honeyed with soft caramel notes. Into this warmth unfold luxurious whispers of cacao, rich and bittersweet, and vanilla, creamy and round. Rose petals bloom through the cup with a soft floral sigh, while cardamom adds an exotic spark—bright, aromatic, and gently spiced.
A touch of damiana lends a subtle, herbaceous warmth, and spikenard—ancient and resinous—anchors the blend with a sacred depth reminiscent of costly oils poured out in love.
The flavor is sensual yet reverent: honeyed at first sip, deepened by cacao’s richness, lifted by rose and cardamom, and finished with a lingering warmth that feels both grounding and luminous.
Caffeine-free and handcrafted in small batches, The Ecstasy of Mary Magdalene is a tea for twilight hours, intimate gatherings, creative reverie, or quiet contemplation. It is a reminder that love, when poured out without reserve, becomes something fragrant, radiant, and unforgettable.
LUKE 7:36-50
When one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to have dinner with him, he went to the Pharisee's house and reclined at the table. A woman in that town who lived a sinful life learned that Jesus was eating at the Pharisee's house, so she came there with an alabaster jar of perfume. As she stood behind him at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears. Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them and poured perfume on them. When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, "If this man were a prophet, he would know who is touching him and what kind of woman she is—that she is a sinner." Jesus answered him, "Simon, I have something to tell you." "Tell me, teacher," he said. "Two people owed money to a certain moneylender. One owed him five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. Neither of them had the money to pay him back, so he forgave the debts of both. Now which of them will love him more?" Simon replied, "I suppose the one who had the bigger debt forgiven." "You have judged correctly," Jesus said. Then he turned toward the woman and said to Simon, "Do you see this woman? I came into your house. You did not give me any water for my feet, but she wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair. You did not give me a kiss, but this woman, from the time I entered, has not stopped kissing my feet. You did not put oil on my head, but she has poured perfume on my feet. Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven—as her great love has shown. But whoever has been forgiven little loves little." Then Jesus said to her, "Your sins are forgiven." The other guests began to say among themselves, "Who is this who even forgives sins?" Jesus said to the woman, "Your faith has saved you; go in peace."
