Collection: LAKA

LAKA was started on Kauai by Liz Smithers, who came to it from a background in urban design and first ran the business out of her own kitchen. Chelsea Segal, a Malibu native who studied neuroscience at MIT, later joined her as co-founder. The pair shape the brand around island living and simple daily rituals, and a share of proceeds goes to Hawaiian groups working on ecosystem preservation and local communities. Its Japanese teas arrive as fine, whisk-ready powders.