Alberta Wildcraft
Spruce Winter Tea - Labrador Edition (Limited Batch)
Spruce Winter Tea - Labrador Edition (Limited Batch)
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Step into a quiet winter forest with every cup.
Winter Spruce is a bold, forest-forward herbal tea made with Labrador tea, wildcrafted spruce tips, spruce needles and a light sprinkle of rose petals. Crisp, green and deeply aromatic, this blend captures the character of Alberta's northern landscape.
Spruce stays at the heart of the blend.
Spruce tips and needles bring the crisp evergreen aroma and deep woodland character that define Winter Spruce, while Labrador tea adds another layer of northern herbal depth.
Rose petals are used sparingly, adding soft floral accents and visual warmth without overpowering the forest profile.
Four simple forest ingredients.
The spruce tips and needles remain the focus of the blend, Labrador tea adds depth, and rose petals are used lightly for colour, balance and subtle floral character.
Gathered from the landscape. Blended by hand.
Each batch of Winter Spruce Herbal Tea is crafted in rural Alberta using responsibly harvested plant material and blended by hand in small quantities.
Every bag reflects the season and landscape it came from, with simple ingredients treated with care and restraint.
A strong northern herbal tea.
Winter Spruce is bold, green and unmistakably forest-forward. It's made for people who enjoy the actual flavour and aroma of northern plants rather than a conventional sweet or heavily flavoured tea.
This is a blend for cold days, slow evenings and anyone who wants something that tastes distinctly of the boreal landscape.
The winter forest, by the cup.
Labrador tea, spruce tips, spruce needles and rose petals — gathered and blended in small batches in rural Alberta.
BOREAL BOTANICALS + RESEARCH
There’s more in these plants than flavour.
Across our evergreen and boreal teas, we work with forest botanicals including white spruce, black spruce, eastern white pine, lodgepole pine, Labrador tea and western red cedar. Modern research has identified naturally occurring phenolics, flavonoids, terpenes, ascorbate and other plant constituents across these species.
WHY WE SIMMER FOR AN HOUR
Don’t treat forest tea like ordinary tea.
Needles, bark and leathery boreal leaves are tougher plant materials than a conventional tea leaf. Research on forest botanicals shows that time and temperature influence hot-water extraction. That’s why our preparation uses the lowest gentle simmer for approximately one hour rather than a quick 10–15 minute steep — giving hot water much more time to work through the plant material.
Explore the plants + research
Research on these species has examined their plant chemistry, traditional preparations and the compounds recovered through different extraction methods. Different blends contain different botanicals, so check the ingredient list on this product for the plants included in your tea.
- Black spruce hot-water extraction research
- Labrador tea hot-water infusion research
- Labrador tea brewing-time research
Research note: Information is provided for educational purposes and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent disease.