Pipsissewa Leaves | Chimaphila umbellata

🌱 Overview:
Dark, glossy leaves with a faintly resinous scent, pipsissewa carries a delicate woodland bitterness intertwined with subtle earth and pine — a quiet breath of shaded groves.

🍽 Uses:
Traditionally steeped into gentle infusions or used in old folk preparations. Valued more for its place in herbal craft and forest lore than for everyday culinary use.

✨ Lore & Myth:
Revered by indigenous peoples and woven into early settler remedies, pipsissewa was believed to purify and protect, its soft whispers echoing ancient forest spirits.

🌍 Origin & Sourcing:
Wild-harvested from cool woodland understories and carefully dried to preserve their dark luster and faint, grounding aroma.

🧭 Notes:
Earthy, mildly bitter, and softly pine-like, with a delicate, resinous finish that lingers like a secret carried on mossy air.