Cultivated organic mountain tea (Sideritis), 40 g whole stems

Name: Cultivated organic mountain tea (Sideritis), 40 g whole stems
Brand: PINAX
SKU: PX-TEA-40
Price: 8.00 EUR
Availability: OutOfStock

Τσάι του βουνού

Whole dried stems of cultivated, certified-organic Greek mountain tea from the Olympus area. No geographical indication, and the record says so.

Price when it opens €8.00

Being verified

Not for sale yet. The record below is public, but the supplier is not signed and documented. If we cannot prove it, we do not sell it.

Includes 13% Greek VAT.

Ships to Greece: €3.90, 1 to 3 working days. Shipping and duties

Origin record πίναξ

Where: Mount Olympus area, Central Macedonia or Thessaly (depends on grower), GR-B, GR-E
How: Cultivated under organic certification, dried and packed whole
Protected: No geographical indication. Origin rests on supplier audit.
Maker: [partner to be sourced]
Fake test: Ask for the organic certificate and proof of cultivation. Wild Sideritis scardica is IUCN Near Threatened, so wild-picked stems are the product to refuse. Source: en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab) Field Note: Oregano and olive leaves

Full record

Material: Dried whole stems, leaves and flowers of cultivated Sideritis
Coordinates: Not recorded
VAT class: 13% reduced rate (food)
Ships to: Ships to Greece. Open zones: Greece, European Union, US and Canada.Rigid sleeve. Greece, EU, US and Canada, duties paid outside the EU; FDA Prior Notice for the US. No Australia until a BICON check (plant material). UK after our UK VAT registration.
Compliance: Organic certificate. VAT rate for herbal tea to be confirmed by the accountant. FDA Prior Notice for US orders.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org/../Sideritis_scardica (opens in a new tab)
ema.europa.eu/../final-assessment-report-si.. (opens in a new tab)
Status: Being verified The record is public. The sale opens once a documented supplier is signed.
SKU: PX-TEA-40

A bundle of dried mountain tea stems with pale yellow flower heads tied with cotton string on a wooden table, a green enamel mug beside it, mountains through the window

Illustration of the object and its place, not a photograph of a named maker.

The addresses

Central Macedonia GR-B Thessaly GR-E

The region around Thessaloniki, reaching south to the northern slopes of Mount Olympus. PINAX looks here for mountain tea.

About this object

What it is

Forty grams of whole dried stems, leaves and flowers of Sideritis, known in Greece as τσάι του βουνού (mountain tea). About 17 Sideritis species grow in Greek mountains, and the European Medicines Agency has published herbal assessments of several of them.

Where and how it is made

The Mount Olympus area, on the Central Macedonia (GR-B) or Thessaly (GR-E) side depending on the grower we sign. The Olympus species, Sideritis scardica, is listed by the IUCN as Near Threatened. For that reason we sell only cultivated, certified-organic stock, never wild-picked plants. Stems are packed whole in a rigid sleeve so they do not break into dust.

How to use it

Break a few stems into a pot, pour over boiling water and steep for five to ten minutes. Add a spoon of fir honey if you like.

What we have not verified yet

Mountain tea has no geographical indication, so its origin rests on supplier audit. No grower is signed. Maker: [partner to be sourced]. The price is an estimate, and an accountant still has to confirm that herbal tea takes the 13% food VAT rate. No Australia without a BICON check. US orders need FDA Prior Notice.