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Shared below are ingredient insights and case examples on how we fuse taste & medicinal value, creating the perfect blend for you to start your day, expand your consciousness or settle down for the night!

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October 4, 2025

RISE case: 'Warming Matcha'

This Vivacitea RISE infusion was created as a warming blend for a colder season pick-me-up. It features Japanese matcha green tea as a base with a nourishing blend of cinnamon, ginger, peony, date and licorice. ...

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July 12, 2025

Customizing by Moon Cycle

Fine-tuning Cycle Harmonization The moon cycle can affect a complex dance of hormones inside the human body that unfolds in roughly a month-long pattern with two phases: waxing and waning. ...

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June 2, 2025

Ingredient Spotlight: Hyaluronic Acid

The Ideal Hydrator: Hyaluronic Acid Hyaluronic acid (HA) is a naturally occurring molecule found throughout the human body that has become a widely recognized ingredient in modern medicine and skincare. ...

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April 4, 2025

SET case: 'Winter Reset'

This SET formula was created for someone who wanted to regulate and improve their mood– particularly heading out of the height of winter. I chose as the base a traditional East Asian combination of herbs and Poria mushroom shown in research to improve mood “by the regulation of several factors, including the monoaminergic systems, hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, synaptic plasticity, inflammation, brain-derived neurotrophic factor levels, [and the] brain-gut axis” (Wang, et al. ...

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