Health

The new range of herbal teas from organic herbal expert, Pukka Herbs is great for summer.

Sebastian Pole, Pukka Herb’s herbal director and co-founder, wanted to ensure they delivered real punch and flavour and he gets my backing on that.

Unlike some herbal and fruit teas, and this is true for the entire Pukka range, there are no ‘fillers’, artificial ingredients or added sweeteners.

Three Mint tea is sweet and fresh, with a delicately aromatic scent.  Mint has been used to support health for thousands of years in many different cultures; it refreshes the palate and helps with digestion.

Three Ginger tea is rich, spicy and stimulating with ginger root, galangal root and golden turmeric root: a great mid-afternoon drink to warm up circulation, settle the digestion and uplift the spirits.

Three Berry tea is Pukka’s first ever fruit tea and – to my mind – it completely roars past any other fruit teas I’ve tried; the combination of sweetness and real berry flavour has made it my favourite for first drink of the day.

Berries have long been used in traditional healing and the combination of elderberry, blueberry and blackberry used in this tea guarantee a high level of antioxidants. Unlike other berry teas, it has very high fruit content, with 87% real berries, as opposed to flavourings.

Sebastian Pole used the ancient Indian wisdom of Ayurveda in creating these teas (see the interview with him).

Pukka Herbs now sells 17 different types of teas, some of which are stocked by leading retailers.

The complete range is available online here.

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