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    A Tea Order and A Marathon Foraging Run – Reminder of Upcoming Foraging Workshops

    May 6, 2024 - By 

    Today’s foraging run is brought to you buy a custom tea request at the recent wellness fair, that was hoped to be a wild flavour version similar to Earl Grey. The purchaser liked the smell, and if the recipient likes the tea, we need to be ready for potential re-orders. For starters, plants in the Okanagan area in general, are not caffeinated. None of our research has shown any plants to contain caffeic acid, let alone to any degree. What we DO have, is a plant that when steeped too long, begins to taste much like black tea without any…

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    Tea: Pine Garden

    June 10, 2021 - By 

    Description: Give yourself a balanced, calming boost with this relaxing tea high in many vitamins and minerals, most notably Vitamins A and C. The scent is equal parts warm, sharp, and mellow. Has a sharp, bitter taste unsweetened after only 3 min steep time, and a more enjoyable warm, mellow flavour unsweetened after 10 min steep time. Net Weight:  22+g Tea: Pine Garden $12.00 Buy now

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    Yarrow: What It Is, How We Use It

    October 11, 2018 - By 

    You can find it in the grocery store and on the shelves of your local healthfood store too. But did you know you can probably find it in your backyard as well? Yarrow is a “weed” that grows well across the entire northern hemisphere! In the Okanagan, it is common to see its white or pale yellow flower heads in the late Spring/early Summer, but it’s feathery leaves can be harvested almost year-round depending on growing conditions. Those leaves are classified as ever-green, so even if it snows and you know where to look, you can harvest them even in…