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Las Brujas crazy winter sale! – 40% off all olive leaf products 💚

2020 has been so full of madness we decided to have a CRAZY WINTER SALE !! It’s time to focus on our health, so why not treat yourself to some delicious olive leaf tea…

Visit our tea shop and get a massive discount of 40% off all our olive leaf products.

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Las Brujas summer sale ~ The countdown has started!

Las Brujas summer sale countdown has begun! 30% off all olive leaf tea products until July 16th. 💚

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Las Brujas olive leaf tea is produced in an area with some of the cleanest air and spring water in Europe

Las Brujas olive leaves are grown and prepared at altitude in the Sierra Nevada mountains in Granada, Andalucia. Our olive trees enjoy some of the cleanest air and water in Europe. We water our trees with, and even wash the leaves in spring water, which comes from the snow melt and travels through ancient aceiquias (water channels)

Amazing air

The air quality in the Sierra Nevada mountains is amongst the cleanest in Europe. The database for 2016 of the World Health Organisation (WHO) reveals that the clean localities in the world are usually small, affluent and located far from industrial areas. Other particularly clean localities are Norman Wells, Canada, Campisábalos, Spain, and Converse County, United States. The WHO list took into account the mass concentrations of fine particles whose diameter is less than 10 micrometres (PM10). The diameter corresponds to a seventh part of a hair’s thickness. Particles of under ten micrometres travel with respiratory air into the human bronchi.

Source: http://www.who.int/gho/phe/outdoor_air_pollution/exposure/en/

We are lucky enough to be in this little green strip that marks the mountains south of Granada.

Source: https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/air-quality-in-europe-2019

Famous spring water

At 120 litres per year, Spain is the fourth largest per capita consumer of mineral water in the world, and its set to overtake Italy and France within the next five years (source: ANEABE). Despite the size of Spain’s home market its most famous mineral waters are little know internationally. Perhaps its Spain’s image as a dry, sun-baked land that makes it difficult to believe there are spectacular mountainous regions overflowing with outstanding mineral waters. Spain has three important mineral water regions, each with its own distinct flavours and traditions.

In stark contrast to the Italians and Germans, 95% of Spaniards prefer to drink still mineral water. The origins of this cultural difference are difficult to find but there is no doubt that Spaniards take their mineral waters very seriously indeed. The properties of individual waters are the subject of fierce debate and in a restaurant it’s not unusual to hear mineral waters discussed just like a fine wine or cognac.

Source: http://www.finewaters.com/bottled-waters-of-the-world/spain

The Sierra Nevada mountains has some particularly fine mineral water, the most famous being from;

Lanjarón – Named after the spring where it originates in the village of Lanjaron in the Alpujarras; it is known as “El Agua de Sierra Nevada”. The water can still be drunk free of charge from a spring in the village, where there is a balneario (spa). This is by far the best-known of Andalucian mineral waters, with an annual bottling production of 650,000 cubic metres. Lanjaron water is classified as mineralización débil and is good for diets low in sodium, and for preparing babies’ bottles and food.

The company supplies 5% of the Spanish Market.

Source: https://www.andalucia.com/gastronomy/mineral-water/home.htm