Authentic Teas

WILD HERBAL TEA HARVEST

Our herbal teas are wild-crafted, meaning the herbs are harvested sustainably in the wild and totally processed by hand. All our harvesters are trained in ancient highlands methods, timing and technology of plant harvesting. The sounds of harvesters singing traditional harvest folksongs can be heard in the fields as they work. The harvesting of wild flowers begins in late April and continues until the end of August. Depending on the climate conditions, harvest season may stretch until late September and early October.

The wild herbs are carefully collected taking into account moon and sun phases, the timing of flower blossoming and plant specifications. Flowers are delivered to the collecting points, where they pass initial quality control. The selected plants are then delivered to the production facilities. The flowers are then carefully aerated and washed with rainwater to remove dust before being dried naturally.

Processing includes selection, grading, sorting and categorization of the dry flowers and petals according to the specific tea blend. The petals go through several manual sorting, grading and preparation processes based on traditional techniques that guarantee the high quality of the final product. The last step in the process is natural airing, careful blending and packaging. Blending is the most important part and is done by our Armenian ethnobotanical blending expert, Dr. Armen Mehrabian.

The methods of harvesting, processing and blending are taken from ancient manuscripts and recipes thus preserving and continuing an ancient food culture.