Erica Moore Tea & Mental Wellbeing Entrepreneur

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🚀 Founder & MD of Leaf Tea Co
✨ Tea & Mental Wellbeing entrepreneur empowering struggling tea drinkers to develop habitual tea routines that take them from stressed and surviving to calm and thriving.
⏳ Tea for Mindfulness masterclasses for individuals and corporates (in-person & virtual).
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I’ve been wrestling with a life decision recently... ping ponging back and forth trying the think my way to certainty.I ...
25/05/2026

I’ve been wrestling with a life decision recently... ping ponging back and forth trying the think my way to certainty.

I keep having more conversations, searching for reassurance, rehearsing every possible outcome.

But this constant thinking stopped being useful quite some time ago.

I think clarity is a bit like tea (I would!)... it can’t be rushed. It steeps in its own time.

Often, you’ll know the answer when you stop trying to force a decision.

So if you’re grappling with a decision right now, sit with your tea and ponder what would you choose if you didn’t have to explain it to anyone.

Notice how that feels. Relief can tell you a lot.

And once you’ve made the decision, stop revisiting it. Protect your energy and use it to move forward instead.

Maybe the pause is part of the answer...

Are you sipping tea right now? If so, you're holding 800 Years of WisdomThink you’re just drinking green tea?Those leave...
19/05/2026

Are you sipping tea right now? If so, you're holding 800 Years of Wisdom

Think you’re just drinking green tea?

Those leaves might have been shaded for 20 days in Kyoto’s morning mist.
Or the roasted stems of a tea plant, rich and nutty.
Or a bitter powder once used by monks to stay awake and grounded.

Sencha. Matcha. Kukicha. Genmaicha. Gyokuro...
These are all Japanese green teas, but they are their own distinct worlds.

I've been in love with Japan and its people since I first went there many moons ago.
They don't just grow tea - they grow and process it meticulously with a great sense of purpose.

There is so much variety... determined by endless factors like leaf, season, altitude, processing.

These teas are crying out for attention. They're calling you to slow down and take a moment for the land, nature and farmer.

If one cup of tea can contain this much detail, what else are we rushing past?

Want to learn how to spot the difference between gyokuro and kukicha?
Join eteaket’s teamail or come along to one of our monthly Sipper Clubs.

15/05/2026

A pause can be as small as a breath.
You can pause at a doorway, before you enter a meeting, as the kettle boils.

You do not need to wait for life to calm down before you give yourself permission to stop.
Because life rarely calms down on cue.

For me, tea is the anchor.
It gives me a small moment to check in without making a big performance of stopping.
A cup of tea becomes a small check-in.
It creates space to hear what I already know.
And, the effects are cumulative. Bonus!

What small pause could you build into your day this week?

For more on pauses, values and thinking space, listen to my conversation with the wonderful Sarah Philp on The Tea Mind Podcast.

08/05/2026

951 days ago, I closed my Tea Room.
It was hard but it felt necessary.
I wanted eteaket to grow in a different direction.

Then we found our Tea Space in Leith Shore, inside a converted 1870s whisky bond.
14 days ago, we moved into a bigger space in the same building.
In our first week, we welcomed teachers, The Women’s Fund for Scotland, and an online group brewing with us from wherever they were in the world.

I properly looked around the room and realised...
This is the space eteaket had been growing towards.
A place for better conversations, deeper connection, and moments where people come back to themselves.

Our events programme is growing, including Sipper Club, our monthly tea gathering.
Public and private tea experiences are now available to book on the eteaket website.
Come and have tea with us.

I love starting new things... new ideas are exciting and there are endless possibilities.I don't always enjoy the work t...
28/04/2026

I love starting new things... new ideas are exciting and there are endless possibilities.

I don't always enjoy the work to get things finished.
That's something I really have to pay attention to.

But it's worth finding a way that works for you to get across the finish line.
Whether it’s sending the email, actually making the decision or finally uploading the file.
The gap is often way smaller in reality than in your mind.

After all, open loops take up way more energy than closed ones.

So, I'm using my pause for tea today (Royal Earl Grey since you ask) to get clear on the last step for my Tea For Mindfulness workshop. I'm off to set a 20 minute timer and get it finished.

If you’d like my guided pause for tea to help you close a loop listen to episode #69 of The Tea Mind podcast.

Your mind will feel the difference.

p.s. photo of our new Tea Space in Leith (which I'm in love with... possibly because it's new and exciting 😊 )

14/04/2026

Your life can look right on paper and still feel wrong in your body.

It can be a confusing place to find yourself.
You’re doing what you should do, keeping all the plates spinning and holding it together.
But a part of you has lost it's spark.

In Hannah Buchan’s case, the shift started with one frustrated sentence in the kitchen:
“I just want to feel alive.”

That was her clue.
For the first time, she had something real to work with.

So you don't need to blow up your whole life.
Just pause for tea and ask yourself:
“What would help me feel a little more alive today?”

You can hear Hannah's episode on The Tea Mind podcast wherever you listen. Enjoy ✨️

29/03/2026

My cup is well and truly filled.

A really special morning for our tea, sound and sauna session.

All three combined seamlessly - the howling wind and rain lashing against the sauna made it even more memorable.

We brewed Jasmine Pearls together, then steamed some on the sauna coals as the wonderful Ula let her healing sounds wash over us.

Our phones were forgotten. Just our breathe and the heat.

We cooled down with various cold brewed teas throughout the session.

Feeling utterly relaxed and grateful for being able to connect with wonderful humans in this magical space. Not just drinking tea... but really experiencing it.

Thanks to everyone who came and to Ula, Kirsty and team at .

More of this please!

Most people don’t remember drinking their tea.It disappears into activity…But in honour of the Spring Equinox, gift your...
20/03/2026

Most people don’t remember drinking their tea.

It disappears into activity…

But in honour of the Spring Equinox, gift yourself a few minutes.
Brew some tea (I’m brewing White Peach today), watch the steam rise.
Notice that for a moment, nothing needs fixing or improving.

What is already enough right now?
Feel what that feels like.

Listen to the latest Tea Mind podcast for a guided Tea Pause.

Happy solstice…

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