Gynostemma pentaphyllum
Jiaogulan Tea
Our island-grown daily tea. Mild, slightly sweet, and naturally caffeine-free.
€8
São Miguel · Azores
Botanical rituals
from the Azores.
Hydrosols, essential oils, dried herbs, Jiaogulan tea and tallow balms - grown, harvested and made by hand on São Miguel.
- Made on São Miguel
- Small batches
- Single-plant formulas
- Bottled and labelled by hand
We started with plants, not a brand.
Most of what we bottle grows in our own garden. The rest grows around it, on the island. We cut it, distil or dry it, then fill and label what the harvest allows. Nothing more complicated than that.
A good place to begin
Start here
Choose a product to add it to your order.
Lavandula dentata, 10 ml
Lavender Essential Oil
Our signature oil, distilled from island-grown lavender.
€20
Rosmarinus officinalis
Rosemary Hydrosol
Bright, green and clarifying, a classic hair and skin rinse.
€21
Scented with our own oils
Tallow + Essential Oil
Whipped tallow blended with our island-distilled oils.
€14
Curated sets
The rituals
Three sets put together from the products we keep in our own kitchen and bathroom. A simple way to start if you are not sure what to try first.
A simple botanical ritual, morning to evening
The Daily Island Ritual
The set we reach for on an ordinary day on São Miguel. Tea grown in our own garden to open the morning, a floral water to mist over the afternoon, dried herbs for the kitchen and a small balm for hands that spend the day outside.
- Jiaogulan Tea · 20 g
- Lavender Hydrosol · 200 ml
- Rosemary · 20 g
- Tallow Pure · 30 g
€43€48
Why this ritual?
An island-inspired ritual for an active lifestyle
The Recovery Ritual
Put together around the way we live here - water, wind and long days outside. A rosemary floral water, a tallow balm blended with our own essential oil, eucalyptus oil for steam, dried thyme and a tin of Jiaogulan tea. Designed for moments of rest at the end of a full day.
- Rosemary Hydrosol · 200 ml
- Tallow + Essential Oil · 95 g
- Eucalyptus Essential Oil · 10 ml
- Thyme · 20 g
- Jiaogulan Tea · 20 g
€68€81
Why this ritual?A small piece of São Miguel, boxed
The Azores Gift Ritual
Our fullest collection, chosen to travel. Lavender essential oil and lavender floral water, Jiaogulan tea from the garden, a pouch of hand-dried basil, a sun balm and activated charcoal - presented together and sized to fit hand luggage.
- Lavender Essential Oil · 10 ml
- Lavender Hydrosol · 200 ml
- Jiaogulan Tea · 20 g
- Cinnamon Basil · 20 g
- Tallow Sun Cream Zinc · 30 g
- Activated Charcoal · 200 g
€79€94
Why this ritual?
Plants. Place. People.
Made where we live
São Miguel is volcanic ground, Atlantic weather and a lot of rain. Gardens run into pasture, pasture into forest, and the ocean is never far. Lavender, rosemary, thyme and sage grow well here, so those are the plants we work with.
Discover the AzoresHow it is made
Small batches, real hands
There is no factory behind this. Three of us do the work, in quantities we can keep an eye on. When a batch runs out, we wait for the next harvest.
See how we work- 01
Grow
Most plants come from our own garden and raised beds.
- 02
Harvest
Cut by hand, usually in the morning.
- 03
Distil or dry
Steam distillation for hydrosols and oils; slow shade drying for herbs and tea.
- 04
Bottle and label
Filled, capped, labelled and packed by us, batch by batch.
The people behind it
From the ocean to the garden
Bruno Hasulyo spent years racing stand-up paddleboards, which is a long lesson in discipline, recovery and doing the same small things consistently. Living on São Miguel turned his attention to the other side of that: gardens, plants and the pace of the island.
OG Life began there. Herbs from the garden, distilled at home, shared with friends and the athletes around us long before any of it was for sale.
Read our story
For visitors
Take the island home
A small bottle of lavender water, a pouch of Jiaogulan for the morning. Things that are easy to pack, easy to use, and that still smell like where you found them.
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What people say
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The journal
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Stories from São Miguel, botanical knowledge, new batches and seasonal rituals.
Wholesale
For hotels, studios and shops
We work with a small number of guesthouses, spas, retreats and concept stores on the island and beyond. Batch sizes are limited, so tell us what you need and we will let you know what is possible.
Wholesale enquiry