The Med Valley blends are:
Hand-blended, single-origin teas
From a Regenerative-Organic certified farm
In a beautiful river valley of southern Oregon
During the growing season, this valley sees maximum sun and minimum rain. This Mediterranean climate is hard on the plants. Which is what makes these teas so potent and flavorful.
All plants are gentle-dried on site within minutes of harvest, then blended by hand.
Even in the hardcore world of small-scale organic farming, the Med Valley farmers are perhaps the most extreme I've ever found.
Yes, they do all the "usual" stuff that comes with triple certification from the USDA, Oregon Tilth, and Regenerative Organic Alliance.
What makes them unique is just how far they go beyond that.
For example:
No plastic:
They don't use plastic "weed guards" in their soil. It's a dirty little secret how much plastic most organic farms use. Instead, this team weeds by hand... It's hard work! They do it willingly to eliminate the waste and plastic-leeching risks.
No fences:
They don't fence off their fields from the surrounding wilderness because it would disrupt the area's wildlife migration patterns. This invites visits from plant-munching deer, honey-seeking bears, curious coyotes, etc. But they insist their land remain fully integrated with the surrounding ecosystem and this is one way they do so.
Year-round salaries to the crew:
This is another rarity in the farm world. Aside from providing a better life to the team, this stability gets them more intimate with the plants and in turn produce far better teas.
Seed collection:
In perhaps the most extreme example, they collect 96% of their own seeds. It's meticulous and difficult, which makes it a rare practice even among the most obsessive organic farmers. By achieving this control over the growing cycle, their plants are regionally-adapting to thrive more and more with each passing season.
Actually, THIS may be the most extreme example:
In the mid 2010's they fought and won a case in federal court to protect their county from seed contamination by corporate, genetically-engineered factory farms. Southern Oregon has a long tradition of organic farming, and because of their legal work, this will remain the case for generations to come.
Med Valley teas are made by hardcore farmers with an unwavering commitment to doing things the right way.
In each cup of this tea, you get single-origin flavor unique to its southern Oregon birthplace... a one-of-a-kind experience you won't find anywhere else in the herbal tea world.
It is quality you can see, smell, taste and then feel.
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