Its scientific name is Sideritis spp.

Mountain tea belongs to the Lamiaceae family and the Sideritis genus, which includes about 150 species, which grow mainly in the Mediterranean countries (Greece, Spain, Italy, Cyprus, Turkey). In our country it has been known since antiquity and is mentioned by Theophrastus (372-287 BC) and Dioskouridis (10th century AD). Today, 17 species grow naturally in Greece. Its scientific name is Sideritis spp or Dioscorides siderite.

It is said to derive its name from its ability to heal wounds from iron objects, or by others from the spearhead-like shape of its flower.

It is a perennial plant and its height varies from 10 cm to 50 cm. It has thin and round branches with fluff. Their leaves are also covered with fluff, and its length ranges from 1-6 cm, thick, slightly fleshy, long, elliptical. Its flowers form corymbs and their color is yellow-white. Sideritis is a tasty and aromatic herb.

At 1450 Hellenic Exceptional Herbs we understood from the first moment of the creation of our company the importance of using environmentally friendly materials. For this reason, we promote the total abolition of the use of plastic at any point in our production process.

But what we found since 2014, when the production of our mountain tea started, was that due to the selection, only of extremely high quality flowers in our packaging, we had a very large amount of tea waste which we decided that we should reuse.

The reality is that we had quite a few ideas on how to re-use our product thread. One of them was to give life to new products that would arise from the remains of our production process. Thus, in the context of the circular and sustainable economy, sustainability, philosophy and culture that 1450 Hellenic Exceptional Herbs has, we approached in December 2018 PHEE which, based on its existing technology in composite materials, processed and developed in collaboration with our team, a new composite material, with unique aesthetics and properties.

We are proud that the time has come to present to you the result of this collaboration which led to the creation of a new raw material which will be used in a series of applications, practically giving a second life to our product by placing it anew in your everyday life with this unique and such a special way !

So, today we have the creative reuse of our tea waste, through luxury storage boxes “1450 | Upcycled Tea Waste Storing Box” which contain 30g of mountain tea flowers and a coaster “1450 | Upcycled Tea Waste Coasters” in sets of 2 and 4 pieces (dimensions 10x10cm)