Purple Green Tea

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Benefits

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Detoxify

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Boost the immune system

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Regulate blood pressure

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Restore metabolism

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Improve prostate function

The Story

Our tea is made by fermenting and drying the leaves of Rosebay Willowherb. Chamaenerion Angustifolium/Epilobium Angustifolium Is a perennial herbaceous flowering plant common throughout the northern hemisphere. It is native to the British Isles.

These plants can grow seven feet tall with purple and pink flowers that bloom all summer long… Which is when we pick the leaves.

To create the rich flavour and maximise the nutritional and medicinal benefits, we ferment the leaves before drying them.
This is the same process that turns the leaves of Camelia Sinensis into the traditional black tea we all enjoy.

History

This drink has been around for centuries.
The native people of Siberia took it west into Russia and Scandinavia
and east into North America.
In Russia it’s called Ivan Chai.
In America, Fireweed Tea, because it colonises the earth after fire.
In Britain it grew along railway sidings, then after the Second World War on bombsites. We called it Blitzweed.
In the first half of the nineteenth century, Britain imported Ivan Chai from Russia.
The East India Company mounted a negative publicity campaign.
Then Britain and Russia fought the Crimean War.
The East India Company was assimilated into the British Empire and became what we now know as BIG TEA.
During the Second World War, PURPLE GREEN TEA was once again imported into Britain to bulk out rationed black tea. Since then it has faded into obscurity. Until now...