Urta Islandica
a little taste of Iceland
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celand is one of the world’s purest countries. Its unique nature is not only beautiful but also tasty. Urta Islandica has managed to capture the nature at its best and found a way to harvest and preserve it in beautiful artisan herbal salts, teas, syrups & jams. The herbs and berries grow wild around Iceland and are handpicked every year. Urta Islandica has used old wisdom of folktales and innovated to create many of its products. Behind Urta Islandica is a family who want to utilise and share their knowledge of the pure Icelandic nature. The Urta family company is based in Hafnarfjörður and Keflavík’s Unesco Global GeoPark where creation and packing takes place. Urta Islandica uses pure organic Icelandic sea salt to create various flavours to complement food, but the salt is marinated or blended with Icelandic herbs and berries. For instance, their famous Black Lava salt is the perfect finish to all dishes. The Red Lava salt goes very well on everything that needs just a little taste of Iceland, especially roast chicken or French fries and you will love the Kelp and Garlic salt on baked potatoes or bread with butter. The Blueberry and Liquorice salts have been used to pep up cocktails and desserts. Urta Islandica’s herbal tea line is impressive with teas including Birch, Arctic Thyme and their famous 100% Bilberry tea, but they are packed into teabags for daily use. If you enjoy sweets, you will love Urta‘s range of syrups all made with
organic sugar and wild harvested herbs and berries like crowberry, rhubarb, birch, and rowanberry. If you are looking for a tasty jam, it will be difficult to pick just one. Try their Traditional Caramelized Rhubarb jam, along with the divine Wild Blueberry and Red Currant jams, especially as a topping on their unique Black Lava Crackers which are made from Icelandic barley and herbs. There are so many ways to incorporate these delightful gourmet products into food and drinks. For a simple treat, consider the delicious syrups for homemade almond creations, mixed with Birch syrup and Arctic blend salt. These can be made into all sorts of cocktails, both alcoholic and non-alcoholic. For instance, an easy nonalcoholic cocktail is made with Arctic Thyme syrup, with soda water and lime. All products are handmade and hand packed. They can be purchased online, at Urta Islandica’s shops and in shops around Iceland. Urta Islandica also offers customised labels for all kinds of occasions; company meetings or weddings. It’s the perfect food souvenir or a gift from Iceland.
Urta Islandica Austurgata 47, 220 Hafnarfjörður
+354 470 1300 urta@urta.is www.urta.is/en
www.icelandictimes.com
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