Driving in the countryside on gravel roads and finally on a muddy one, we arrived at the property of the Szabó family.
We were met by Ms. Szabó Adél-Júlia, who was a very agreeable woman. She was taught about herbs from a young age by her grandmother and her mother and her husband also learned about herbs from an early age.
The company is run by Ms. Szabó Adél-Júlia and her husband, who work as a minister in a unitarian church and as a manager, respectively. In their spare time, they spend some of it growing and collecting herbs, drying them in the attic on hot summer days and using electrical dehumidifiers on cooler ones.
A mixture of dry herbs
First, we went to a small house where we were shown their dehumidifiers and their storeroom. All the herbs were stored in transparent plastic boxes. They had started storing them in cardboard boxes, but the dried herbs extracted humidity from the air and after some time, mold appeared. Then, they had to throw away the whole harvest and turn to plastic instead.
Ms. Szabó Adél-Júlia opened each box and helpfully picked up some of the herbs from each one.
The unitarian church and the old oak tree
After having showed some of the contents of each box, we followed her outside where we could see a huge 600-year-old oak tree located between the church and their house, while a tower was next to the church.
Next, we crossed a cemetery before arriving at their field of herbs, where the field had been covered by canvas through which rows of holes had been perforated. An herb was growing in each hole, as expected. Some of the herbs were being grown without a canvas and they also were growing some currant bushes. They also go outside the property to pick herbs in the nearby forest.
She teaches kids about herbs for free.
They are producing herbal and fruit trees with the following ingredients:
⦁ spearmint
⦁ oregano
⦁ rose petals
⦁ lavender
⦁ lemon balm
⦁ stinging nettle
⦁ dog rose
⦁ chamomile
⦁ horse mint
⦁ elderberry flower
⦁ acacia flower
⦁ marigold
⦁ yarrow
⦁ eastern purple coneflower
⦁ stinging nettle
⦁ walnut leaf
⦁ isop
⦁ horse mint
⦁ spruce tips
⦁ monarda didyma
⦁ cowslip
⦁ raspberry
⦁ blueberry
⦁ apple
⦁ dog rose fruit
⦁ wild cherry
⦁ blackcurrant, white currant, and redcurrant
The teas are sold in Romania and Hungary.
I have also visited the herbalists Halasagi Csibi and Balazs Dávid .
