About Waku

Have you ever wondered where the middle of the world is? Or, have you ever dreamed of going to a place where the mountains round the city and the Amazon cleans the air? Let us introduce you to… Ecuador, our beautiful, biodiverse and magical home: the place where Waku is born.

Introducing… White Basil! This is the Quali-tea Series and on this occasion we will be discussing White Basil, another one of the ingredients incorporated into the Waku special fruity and herbal blend. Basil makes a colorful and flavorful addition to many different dishes and teas. It can also provide some serious health benefits. That is why, we decided to mix it up with the rest of our herbs and ingredients in order to create the most powerful yet healthy herbal blend for our teas. 

White Thai Holy basil is botanically classified as Ocimum tenuiflorum and is a member of the Lamiaceae or mint family. Basil cultivars are generally categorized into three groups: Thai, sweet, or holy basil. Today, we will be taking about the fun facts, benefits and uses of White or Holy Basil. Check it out!

Hi there! Welcome to yet another Quali-tea episode! Today, we present you Lemongrass. This is one of our favorite ingredients in the Waku blend. Lemongrass is an herb with a lemony scent. The culinary herb is produced from the stalk of the lemongrass plant (Cymbopogon citratus), which grows in many tropical climates, most notably in Southeast Asia. This plant imparts a flavor of lemon with hints of ginger and has the same essential oil as lemons. It is often used in herbal teas to give a lemon flavor. Fresh lemongrass can have floral and minty notes as well.

Because we want you know as much as you can about our ingredients, here are some fun facts, benefits and uses of Lemongrass:

Welcome to another Quali-tea blog. On this occasion, we are going to discuss and unravel one of our tea ingredients that has actually been around for ages and has been proven to be a great remedy for a large number of stomach and digestive issues. If you didn't know this already, now is probably a good time to tell you that Waku teas don't have any caffeine, that is because we don't use any tea plant or leaves that contain that component. Instead, we went for more natural and healthier options by creating a delicious and incredibly beneficial herb blend that does wonders for your digestion and overall gut health. And of course, we couldn't do this without chamomile. Here are its fun facts, benefits and uses. Enjoy!

Have you ever had a glass of natural freshly squeezed fruit juice and felt your whole body refresh and replenish just by that first sip? Here at Waku, we know that nothing compares to the natural flavor of fruit. That is why, we are committed to make our teas using the finest blend of ingredients combined with the deliciousness, freshness and overall greatness of fruit juice. We decided that if we wanted to create a natural and beneficial herbal tea with different fruity flavors, we should do it using the juice of those fruits directly into our mix.

Today, our four main flavors are: Raspberry Rose, Passion fruit, Ginger Lemon and Lemon. And for each of them we use the natural juice of the fruit it contains. In this Quali-tea edition, we will be sharing with you the fun facts, benefits and uses of fruit juice just so that you are certain that not only is this the best tasting option to include fruit, it is also the healthiest (and we think coolest). Take a look!

Are you ready to learn more about one of our main ingredients? Welcome to the Quali-tea Series! On this occasion, we are going to talk about Lemon Verbena, a flowering plant that grows in South America. Did you know that South America is precisely the continent were Ecuador is located and that we prepare and blend our delicious Waku teas there? Lemon Verbena leaves and flowering tops are used to make medicine and it is used for digestive disorders, muscle damage caused by exercise, multiple sclerosis (MS), insomnia, and other conditions. But hey! Take a look at all this fun facts, uses and benefits of lemon verbena: