Plukt Fireweed Tea

 

I was at the Paris tea festival last month and had bought this tin of tea. This tea is from Latvia produced by an outfit called Plukt.  When I sampled the tea, the tea tasted familiar like the black tea I am drinking at home. The tea reminded me of black tea produced by Yi Yuan Long. This Latvia tea has quite similar aroma and taste. I proceeded to buy a tin of this tea. 

I was told by the seller that this was fireweed tea  A quick check on the internet revealed that the leaves of the fireweed plant were harvested, dried  and fermented and used as a beverage in Northern and Eastern Europe. 

Plukt described the tea as - Imagine the taste of black tea that was born on Northern Europe.  Or just try this infusion-you imagined right, didn't you?

This was an accurate description and I really thought it was black tea. It was a happy discovery and adventure. A fun tea.