Algonquin Tea Company Organic Teas
The Algonquin Tea Company’s line of delicious and healthy organic herbal tea blends are now available at From the Kitchen to the Table! Each of the six varieties is a blend of hand picked wild and organically grown herbs whose medicinal potencies have been well-known for thousands of years.
The Algonquin Tea Company’s philosophy is based on close relationships between the earth and the herbs which take root and flourish in its rich soil, and humanity through which the special knowledge of the herbs’ soothing and healing properties have been passed down through generations.
Harvested in the wilderness of Algonquin Park
The herbs used in Algonquin Tea Co. teas are wildcrafted; handpicked from the wild, in a sustainable manner, picking only amounts a deer would graze. Those herbs which are less readily available in the wild are organically grown using no chemicals or pesticides, and harvested with care by hand. The natural herbs are harvested in canoes by glistening rivers, in warm morning fields of flowers and cool spring valleys full of roots.
In keeping with their commitment to sustainable and ecologically friendly practices, all herbs are naturally dried, and non-bleached tea bags filled by hand, and packed in Canadian-made packaging made with recycled materials.
Beyond being an all natural, eco-friendly product, Algonquin Tea Co. teas are delicious, and the six unique blends each offer a variety of health and spiritual benefits. The subtle aromas in each carefully mixed blend will satisfy the palate of everyone from the average tea drinker to the most gourmet connoisseur. Toronto Life Magazine included Algonquin Tea on its list of 100 Must Try Before You Die Tastes, describing the teas as, “an invigorating taste of southern Ontario’s wilderness”.
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Awakening TeaThis uplifting tea energizes without the side-effects of caffeine. A blend of nutritious and supportive with stimulating herbs; Labrador tea, mountain mint, alfalfa, nettle, astragalus, angellica, Joe-pye, calamus and ginseng. Natural Benefits:
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Sweetfern TonicA blend of sweet fern, red clover, red raspberry, yellow dock, echinacea, dandelion and burdock. A mild herbal tea that can be enjoyed daily, Sweetfern Tonic is ideal for the tea drinker wary of exotic flavours - it tastes like traditional black tea! Natural Benefits:
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Homestead BlendNamed for the pioneers who enjoyed these herbs for fighting colds, fevers and flu, as well as being a delicious drink. Makes great iced tea! Has a mild licorice flavour. A simple blend of anise hyssop, red clover and raspberry leaves. Natural Benefits:
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Sacred BlendA traditional blend of white pine, sweet grass and sage, this tea brings the drinker a healing sense of communion, tranquility and focus, for which the herbs are known by native Americans. Natural Benefits:
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Lucid Dream TeaLucid Dream Tea is sweet gale, a light flavourful herbal tea which is said to enable one to have more memorable dreams. Lucid Dream Tea can help you remember your dreams, or to dream with others. Try a cup as you go to bed. Natural Benefits:
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Peace TeaPeace tea instills the tranquility, patience and beauty of the earth. A rich bittersweet blend including blue vervain, lemon balm, catnip, oat straw, red bergamot, chamomile, hops, motherwort, valerian, skullcap and St. John’s wort. Natural Benefits:
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Did you know?
- Tea is a natural source of fluoride, and can help protect against gum disease and tooth decay.
- Black tea is made by darkening freshly picked tea leaves by exposing them to air.
- Green tea is made with tea leaves that have not been darkened by exposure to air. Due to their delicate nature, green tea leaves should be brewed in water below the boiling point to prevent the leaves from being cooked, and to maintain the subtle flavours of the tea.
- Herbal ‘tea’ is not actually tea at all. Tea is technically a beverage brewed from the leaves of the Tea plant. What we know as “herbal tea”
- A cup of black tea contains only half the amount of caffeine contained in a cup of coffee. Most herbal teas, or infusions contain no caffeine.
- The United States is the only country in the world that consumes more iced tea than hot tea.
- Many tea drinkers enjoy a cup of tea before bed. Tea, unlike coffee, contains Theanine, an amino acid that reduces stress
- Olong teas are a combination of black and green tea, containing both oxidized and fresh green tea leaves. Olong tea has a flavour that is stronger than green tea, and less bitter than black tea.