Inuit Herbal Tea - Black Crowberry (Paurngaqutik)

An herbal tea with an intense colour, derived from black crowberry (Paurngaqutik), hibiscus, juniper berries, and poppy flowers. Its taste is spicy and refreshing, with cinnamon and star anise. According to the manufacturer, this blend contains no stimulants.

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

Format: box of 20 bags of 1.5 g, totaling 30 g, in paper filters made of over 99% plant fibers, without plastic or glue.

Ingredients: hibiscus flowers, lemongrass, birch leaves, black crowberry leaves, natural flavours, juniper berries, citric acid, cinnamon bark, poppy flowers, star anise fruit, licorice root, cloves.

Allergens: according to the manufacturer, all its 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 bag in a cup of hot water for a few minutes, depending on the desired intensity.

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