a beautiful bottle of ROOT while visiting Philly this weekend after a stop at it’s  incredibly wonderful natural environment, Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction.

“In the 1700’s, it was called “Root Tea.” An herbal remedy made with sassafras, sarsaparilla, birch bark and other wild roots and herbs. Native Americans taught the recipe to colonial settlers. As it was passed it down from generation to generation, it grew in potency and complexity. Particularly in the Pennsylvania hinterlands, where the ingredients naturally grow in abundance.” It includes birch bark, smoked black tea, sugarcane, sassafras, wintergreen, spearmint, orange and lemon peel, allspice, anise, cloves, cinnamon, cardamom, and nutmeg.

photo courtesy Lovely Package.