Sideritis scardica, also known as mountain tea is a specific tea that grows only on Balkans (Albania, Greece, Bulgaria and Macedonia) between 600-1000 m altitude. The plant is known for his herbal properties and finds application at big farmaceutical companies. In our area we are using it "pure", directly from the mother nature and it's the only place where you can find naturall tea.
This is how the tea looks.
The tea usually is prepared by boiling the leaves, steams and flowers in a pot of water and is serving with a slice of lemon.
The benefits are a lot, so I am going to write the most important of them.
The tea has relaxing effect, improves the digesting the circulation and functioning of the heart.
It has tannins, iron, essential oils, zinc, sodium and magnesium. It contains a lot of flavonoids and so it has antibacterial and antioxidant effect.
