Inuit Herbal Tea - Wooden Discovery Box

The five herbal teas from Délice boréal arranged in a wooden box: you remove the lid and choose your infusion according to your mood. The box contains 7 sachets of each blend, enough to taste the entire range.

The Délice boréal range was born from the work of the Avataq Cultural Institute, an Inuit organization from Nunavik created 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, such as Labrador tea or black crowberry, are hand-picked and dried by residents of the Nunavik communities in Northern Quebec.

Format: wooden box with a lid containing 35 sachets of 1.5 g, totaling 52.5 g. The filters are made of paper composed of over 99% plant fibers, without plastic or glue.

Box composition: 7 sachets of each of the five blends, here are the ingredients.

• Labrador Tea (Mamaittuqutik): bearberry leaves, peppermint leaves, Labrador tea leaves (Mamaittuqutik), licorice root, eucalyptus leaves, bitter fennel seeds, coltsfoot leaves, ginger root.
• Blackberry (Arpiqutik): sarsaparilla root, fenugreek seeds, carob, blackberry leaves, roasted chicory root, cinnamon bark, roasted mate leaves.
• Juniper (Qisiqtutauyak): purple echinacea herb, red clover flowers, juniper berries, juniper (Qisiqtutauyak), burdock root, lemongrass herb, lemon balm herb, sweet mint leaves.
• Black Crowberry (Paurngaqutik): hibiscus flowers, lemongrass herb, birch leaves, black crowberry leaves, natural flavours, juniper berries, citric acid, cinnamon bark, poppy flowers, star anise fruit, licorice root, cloves.
• Arctic Blend (Ukiurtatuq): Arctic blend (Ukiurtatuq), purple echinacea herb, marshmallow root, peppermint leaves, elderflower, chamomile flowers, cinnamon bark, ginger root, cloves, coltsfoot leaves.

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 sachet in a cup of hot water for a few minutes, according to the desired intensity.

Precautions: the Labrador Tea and Arctic Blend contain Labrador tea, which the manufacturer presents as stimulating. The Blackberry blend contains roasted mate leaves, which have stimulating properties similar to caffeine, according to the manufacturer. The Juniper and Black Crowberry blends contain no stimulants.

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