Pukka Herbs

I really don’t know how I got through the day before I discovered Pukka teas, in fact I’m drinking one as I type — the aptly named Pleasure tea. Yes it is. If you, like me, always liked the idea of herbal teas (reducing your caffeine intake and upping your water intake while taking in some anti-​oxident full herbs) but just couldn’t stand the blandness of the teas on offer on supermarket shelves then take note. Pukka do an impeccable range of mouth-​watering teas, from green tea with flavours to spiced chai teas and range of wellbeing teas. There is literally a tea for every occasion with Pukka. A relax tea, a clarity tea, a harmonise tea and a detox tea (which ate amazing for hangovers, seriously, forget Lucozade and a fry up — this will do it!). I’ve lost about a stone in the past year and I put it largely down to ditching the coffee for 6 – 8 cups of these bad boys every day. And it’s catching on, Erin Connor the supermodel is a new convert to the Pukka cause. If you want to try before you buy you can find them in certain cafes in town, including the Folk House. The best place to buy the boxes of tea is from the website direct.

Nowadays, Pukka are an international herbal supplier, but there was a time when Sebastian Pole, an Ayurvedic practitioner, set up a little business making and selling 100% organic Ayurvedic herbal remedies and teas. They’ve gone far since.
I buy their delicious and refreshing detox teas — full of flavour and odd combinations of herbs and flowers of great benefit to one’s health. They have an online shop and everything they use (including packaging) is sustainable and fairtrade and organic. The factory is based at this site, but as far as I’m aware there is no physical shop there — you can source their stuff in some supermarkets and in several health food shops across the city.