Basket of Herbs – Herbal Infusion

Brew & Taste

After brewing, Basket of Herbs herbal infusion becomes a light red color. The taste is extra refreshing and slightly sour with notes of breezy mint and lemon balm.

Origins

Imagine a basket where someone collected the best that European meadows, gardens, and forests have to offer. All of that with the intent to make you happy and careful consideration to keep you healthy. That's our Basket of Herbs tea. Colorful, fragrant, fresh, and tender. Most of the credit for that goes to its three main stars: lemon balm, strawberries, and rosehips. Let's take a closer look at them.

Lemon balm (Melissa officinalis) is a perennial plant that grows in the warmer regions of Europe. You can find it in gardens, field borders, and vineyards. It has heart-shaped leaves with a gently serrated edge and a strong, lemony scent that you’ll notice as soon as you touch it. It blooms with tiny white flowers, but it’s the leaves that are mainly used for tea. They need to be hand-picked and dried with extreme care, so they don’t lose their precious aromatic essential oils. Lemon balm is also popular for its beneficial effects on the human body. It contributes to relaxation, healthy sleep, and a positive mood. It’s a popular ingredient in tea blends designed for evenings when you just want to rest. It’s also great after a hearty lunch, as the substances it contains promote normal digestion.

Lemon balm leaves contain:

• Citronellal,
• geraniol,
• flavonoids,
• tannins.

Strawberries are often called sweet happiness. We added some not only to make the tea blend look extra pretty but, more importantly, also for their delicious flavor and aroma. Currently, strawberry shrubs (Fragaria) are grown mainly on European farms where the fruit is allowed to ripen in plenty of sun. Once they’re harvested, the fresh fruit is gently freeze-dried to preserve its color, aroma, and essential nutrients.

Strawberries are rich in:

• Vitamin C,
• fiber,
• fruit acids,
• antioxidants (especially anthocyanins).

The third gift that nature had given us is rosehips, the fruit of the rosehip bush (Rosa canina). As the name suggests, it’s a distant relative of roses, also noticeable by the thorny branches. It grows on sunny hillsides, by roadsides, and along forest edges. In spring, rosehips bloom in soft pink, but it’s only in autumn that the bush bears its orange-red fruit – rosehips. We’ve blended this tea with rosehip husks specifically: They have a pleasantly sour taste and a high vitamin content.

The rose hips stand out for their content of:

• Vitamin C (which is up to 20 times higher than lemon’s),
• flavonoids,
• pectin,
• organic acids.

Tea packaging preview

We pack our teas in a strong, zip-lock aluminum packet which allows you to easily re-seal its contents. This container protects the quality of the tea against humidity, light or foreign odors, all of which could noticeably affect the quality of the brew.