Bilje Borča Trava Iva Mountain Germander Loose Tea 40g (1.4oz)

Bilje Borča Trava Iva Loose Tea is a 40g Serbian single-herb tea made from trava iva (Teucrium montanum, mountain germander) — a bitter, aromatic highland herb endemic to the limestone meadows of the Balkans, and one of the most treasured culturally specific medicinal plants in Serbian and Balkan folk medicine. Bilje Borča is a Belgrade-based Serbian herbal company collecting and drying medicinal plants from Serbian mountains, and trava iva is among their most culturally important herbs — a plant that grows only in the high karst meadows of Serbia, Bosnia, and Montenegro and carries deep associations with mountain identity and traditional Balkan healing. Trava iva (mountain germander) holds a revered place in Serbian folk medicine as the herb for lung and respiratory health — gathered by highlanders from the karst meadows of Zlatibor, Kopaonik, and the Dinaric ranges, it was dried and brewed as the canonical Balkan remedy for respiratory conditions and as a general health tonic. Steep 1 teaspoon in freshly boiled water for 7–10 minutes, strain, and drink warm — traditionally drunk unsweetened to allow the distinctive bitter-herbaceous character to deliver its full effect.