Horchata Aromatic Tea from Saraguro

Horchata Sisallpa Saraguro is a completely natural product of Saraguro, Loja, Ecuador. It consists of 20 different varieties of medicinal plants that have been used as aids in physical and mental energizer for centuries. Typically, a family of índijenas have a medicinal garden in front or along side your home. In the garden are many dozens of plants that have certain medicinal purposes. Knowledge of the effectiveness of individual plants has been transmitted orally from parents and grandparents to young generations. Each family member has the knowledge to enter the garden and whatever is necessary depending on the weather of days, that state of people health at the time.
Horchata Sisallpa Saraguro is a mixture of many of these important plants that are used by entire families, in the festivities of the community and by many as a regular daily drink. I make a pitcher of horchata two liters of tea three or four days a week. Like many active people sipping a bowl of water throughout the day, often choose horchata. I feel that has obvious characteristics of cleansing the digestive system, also it appears to aid in relaxation and stress removal

Horchata Sisallpa Saraguro is completely natural energizing and cleansing drink, cultivated and naturally treated in the traditional way as has been done for hundreds of years in town Saraguro all the flowers and plants grown for the product are dealt with using chemicals, or fertilizers. The whole process of cultivation, drying and grading and packing is done in a clean, hygienic and stable, always with the aim of all the quality and integrity of each plant environment.

The process to achieve production of Horchata Sisallpa Saraguro starts every Sunday morning. There are twenty different families of many different communities around Saraguro who make the trip to the facilities in Saraguro that day with their harvest of plants and fresh flowers. Plants are a very precise mixture of Escancal, Ataco, Melissa, Chamomile, Pimpanella, Heirba Luisa, Fennel, Plantain, Horsetail, foreign melissa, Flaxseed, lemon verbena and essence of the plants receiving Rosa.Después weeks, clean Patricio, inspects and classifies. It is then in the drying process. There is a portion of the operation to be modernized. It has built a special room for drying plants and flowers. It is completely temperature and humidity controlled to ensure that the product is dried to the perfect level in such a way to preserve the restorative value to still allow a shelf life of 6 months. Once dry, you are ready for any packing for bulk distribution, or only for individual outputs.

The preparation process Horchata Sisallpa Saraguro at home is quite simple. If you have bought a bag of products from us, a bagful make 4 liters. In the picture shown, I used 1/2 bag (or about 15 grams) had finished filling my pitcher. I have two of these pitchers. I Place the dry one and filled with two liters of water, only slightly cooler than boiling (1-2 minutes off the fire). To allow this for 15-20 minutes and then give a quick stir. Then I try the finished product in my other pitcher. I do a lot 3-4 times a week and drink throughout the day. Do not refrigerate, except at the end of the day I still have some unfinished. No sweeten, but I have learned to love the taste. This is obviously a personal preference, use none, or your favorite sweetener. from mid-February, you will be selling Horachata Saraguro Sisallpa product for $ 0.75 per package (yield one gallon of liquid). The shelf life is very hard for three months and then slowly degrades up to three years, after which there will basically colored water.