Katia's Datcha

We all need a homecoming from time to time. Babouchka's recipes invite us to take a break, take care of our body and our soul. These plants do us good thanks to their intrinsic properties but also thanks to the energy they draw from the sky and the preserved lands of Altai, Adigea (north Caucasus) and southern Russia. For some, accompanied by souchkis or madeleines, they even bring back memories...

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Its visual and taste resemblance to black tea made fermented willowherb a very profitable counterfeit product for a long time before being almost abandoned during the Soviet era. Today, it rightly regains its letters of nobility.