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Luxury wellness tea house devoted to presence, precision and the quiet power of ritual.
Each blend is created as an invitation to slow the body, steady the breath and return to rhythm. Not through excess but through restraint. At Modestine, ceremony lives in the details.
We work with small batches, honoring the integrity of each ingredient and the experience it creates.
Every choice is intentional. Every process considered.
Here, tea is approached as practice - shaped by care, repetition and time.
Laura's path has always been shaped by discipline, study, and a deep respect for systems of care.
Given her early years learning tea as medicine, Laura felt it necessary to deepen her understanding of the practice she inherited, not to replace it but to steward it responsibly. Alongside her academic pursuits, she went on to become a certified tea sommelier, studying under the guidance of a Buddhist Tea Master who was also a naturopathic doctor.
Her background in legal studies further sharpened her approach, reinforcing precision, ethics and structure, qualities that now inform the way ritual, wellness and tea are practiced and shared.
This convergence of lineage, formal study and disciplined inquiry continues to shape Laura's work today.
Laura Shanley
founder | tea sommelier | ritualist
our tea house is a sanctuary, shaped for every season of life.
From this intersection of structure and soothing, Modestine® took shape — a tea house rooted in care, restraint, and precision, where tea is offered as a gentle return rather than an obligation.
Laura’s work remains guided by the belief that ritual is lived through practice — shaped quietly over time, revealed through consistency, and felt most deeply in moments of stillness.
Shared Sips & Stories
ashley
"In the midst of wedding planning, I was feeling completely overwhelmed. My sister gifted me a Modestine tea ceremony for my bridal shower, and it became one of the most meaningful moments of that season. The ceremony was exquisite—deeply mindful, grounding, and beautifully led. The care, intention, and reverence Laura brings to the art of tea are felt in every detail. It created a space of calm and connection that my friends and I still speak about to this day".
Gloria
"There's an effortless elegance to Modestine. Every blend feels thoughtful, purposeful and deeply considered From the first sip, everything simply makes sense. It's luxury that doesn't announce itself - it's felt."
Marisol
"Ordered two Luxe Glass teapots for my Thanksgiving tea table and I'm already obsessed. The packaging was beautiful and intentional. Can't wait to wow my guests with these gorgeous pieces".
Bianca
"My sample tea box arrived yesterday and I'm already almost through it. I loved being able to build my own set. Such a thoughtful touch. Don't Stress me and Ritual + Rise are my favorites. I'll definitely be ordering soon".
Reese
An intentional brand whose mission and products I adore
Julissa
I get the feeling of empowerment each time I use Modestine’s products
After migrating to the U.S. from Grenada, Laura felt the absence of sisterhood — a form of connection that had always shaped her sense of belonging while growing up on the island.
In a later season marked by sustained pressure, tea became a reliable source of steadiness — offering relief through repetition rather than escape
When the pace of life began to override her own, Laura returned to her Caribbean roots, particularly, Grenadian practices that had already sustained her.
This return is not nostalgic. It was intentional
A continuation of Caribbean wellness traditions where bush tea has long served as a primary source of healing, now offered as a steady, modern ritual grounded in ancestral knowing. In honor of her rich lineage, Laura created two blends that have become Modestine's signature: Sip Grenada and Caribbean Creme. Both blends are rooted in the same bush tea traditions that she shared in daily ceremony with her grandmother, Modestine.
A Return to Rhythm
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"Over the years, I’ve sat with women who were carrying full lives — responsibility, leadership, care — while quietly feeling the strain of pace".
A lived practice
The work is shaped by what was witnessed long before it was named - from women who understood care as something practiced daily... through preparation, attention, and restraint. Ritual was not performed. It was lived.
Modestine®, the tea house, carries the name of the founder's grandmother not as symbolism, but as continuity. She moved through the world with precision and quiet authority, tending to others without spectacle and holding space through consistency rather than declaration.
That influence remains present in how the brand operates today - not as something explained or replicated, but as something upheld.
Ritual, for Modestine®, is not a moment to enter. It is a way of moving. One that honors time, respects pace, and leaves room for the body to respond.
A Legacy Rooted in Ritual...
Founder Chat
what do you hope for women to achieve when they arrive here?
That nothing about them needs fixing - only room to settle and return to their own rhythm.
Being recognized by LUXlife Magazine as Best Women's Luxury Wellness Gift 2025 — a moment that affirmed patience, reinement and quiet consistency.
What affirmed that moving at your own pace was worth trusting?
What shaped your relationship with tea?
When I step away from work, I return to nature; often with my husband our dogs - where stillness becomes my reset.
Where do you return when the world asks too much of you?
Formal studies revealed tea as something that meets the body over time - through use, not urgency.
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