The Driftless Blends are perhaps the finest herbal teas American soil has to offer.
They're based on botanicals organically grown and wild-harvested in the beautiful Driftless region of western Wisconsin.
From seed to cup, everything is done by hand.
In the Spring, our farmer-partner plants his seeds following organic, regenerative and mixed polyculture principles.
He keeps the plants tightly spaced, applying minimal (organic) fertilizer and irrigation. This makes it harder and slower for the plants to grow. And that's the point. They become more potent, which your nose will verify the second you open your pouch and inhale the glory.
He controls weeds by growing a 5-foot wide "prairie plant buffer" around his entire growing area. Few weeds make it through. And the wildlife loves the native flora.
Throughout the Summer, he controls pests via companion planting and intimately understanding what environmental factors will deter them. For example, he plants his ashwagandha early which avoids the beetles expecting to feed late in the season.
As Summer begins rounding into Fall, he decides when to harvest by walking the fields to taste and smell his plants. The aroma and taste tell him when it's time.
And then he hand-harvests only the best parts of the best plants. No filler here.
From there, each varietal is gentle-dried in the custom dehydrator he built himself for the job.
Finally, the blends are mixed and packed on-site, ready to deliver the most potent, flavorful tea American soil can offer.
The first time you open your pouch -- when you see and smell how whole-plant blends were meant to be -- is always a special moment.
And then the taste of that first sip...!
