Bulk Inuit Herbal Tea - Arctic Blend (Ukiurtatuq)

A cup that smells of cinnamon, cloves, and ginger, to be held with both hands when the cold settles in for good. The infusion, a golden yellow, has a refreshing taste; the blend also includes Labrador tea, echinacea, chamomile, and elderflowers.

The Boreal Delight range was born from the work of the Avataq Cultural Institute, an Inuit cultural organization from Nunavik established in 1980, which first documented traditional herbalism with Elders before creating a line of herbal teas in the early 2000s. The northern plants in the blend, including Labrador tea, are hand-picked and dried by residents of the Nunavik communities in Northern Quebec.

Format: bulk box of 1.5 g sachets, in paper filters made of over 99% plant fibers, without plastic or glue. Refer to the product label received for the number of sachets.

Ingredients: Labrador tea (tiirluapik), purple echinacea herb, marshmallow root, peppermint leaves, elderflowers, chamomile flowers, cinnamon bark, ginger root, cloves, coltsfoot leaves.

Allergens: according to the manufacturer, all their herbal teas are free from nuts, peanuts, sesame, wheat, triticale, gluten, eggs, dairy products, soy, fish, shellfish, mollusks, mustard, celery, lupin, sulfites, tartrazine, and monosodium glutamate.

Usage suggestion: steep a sachet in a cup of hot water for a few minutes, depending on the desired strength.

Precautions: contains Labrador tea, which the manufacturer presents as stimulating.

Origin: northern plants hand-picked, cleaned, and dried in the Nunavik communities in Northern Quebec, then blended in Montreal with other herbs and spices.