designed to stimulate your mind and soul. All of our Incense has been imported from India or Thailand and all of the incense burners that we sell are hand made in India.
We are a contributor and a proud supporter of the Ancient wisdom Freedom fund.
The idea is to give a little from each item sold directly back to the workers who make that product in India. For example 10p from the sale of a packet of Incense sold in London can go directly to incense packers in Bangalore. See how even 10p makes a meaningful difference to low paid manual workers and offers a real hope of freedom.
Thirdly there is the professional and business class with access to either foreign, corporate or government money who earn western style wages but live in luxury well beyond the average western means, most of the businessmen in India have never ironed a shirt.
Then over the coffee we brewed up an idea. What if we built in 10p of margin at the UK end to a pack of incense and sent this back to India in the form of paid for English lessons. An outer of 12 incense packs would pay for an hours instruction for say ten workers. The factory would provide the space and hire a professional teacher, the workers would agree to teach others their skills in return for lessons, so the factory could recruit more skilled workers and act like a stepping stone.
Of course nothing is ever simple in India. It's taken the best part of a year to design and produce a range of incense; called Freedom Incense. Recruiting a local trustee in India to administer funds and avoid corruption took time. The factory management have tried hard to change the ground rules and some compromises had to be worked out. But on the positive side other Indian companies have embraced the concept enthusiastically. So there will be other Freedom products, including cotton and jute bags along soon. Sales from the first container of incense (now on sale) will generate enough to put several kids of workers through good schools and provided meals and further education for others.
In general we are looking to trade in an ethical and moral manor. We don't believe that morals have to go out the window just to sell stuff.
Fill Your Bottles to the top, leaving just a centimeter or two of space. By reducing the amount of oxygen present in the bottle, more Carbon Dioxide is dissolved into the Kombucha. Now we are starving the liquid of oxygen, which induces a different type of action among the yeast and bacteria, which then produces more bubbles, among other things.
In regards to the ready made kombucha, yes we did supply ready made kombucha but we no longer do as it was simply not cost effective. When making Kombucha on a commercial level it was simply too labour intensive to be cost effective and we faced either putting up the price again or ceasing production and we chose to do the latter as we have never believed that Kombucha should only be for those wealthy enough to afford it. Home made Kombucha is by far the healthiest and cheapest way to drink kombucha and we decided to concentrate on the kits etc. instead. We are looking into to running some kombucha workshops later in the year which we think will also be of benefit to those looking to make yummy kombucha at home.
Again, feel free to ask more questions as we are always happy to answer them.
When making kefir with nut milks or coconut milk it is absolutely vital to understand that the grains do not get any nutrients from these milks and will perish If this is the only milk type you sit them in. when you first receive your grains you must sit them in full fat cows/goats milk for twenty four hours, sieve through, and then give them more full fat cows/goats milk. It is extremely advisable to do this at least three times. This not only helps the grains settle but also feeds them up. The milk grains eat the lactose in cows/goats milk to survive and thrive. This isn’t there for them in nut milks.
