BIRCH OIL | Straight out of Dalarna

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Ah!

Now that’s fresh mountain-grown birch oil from the hills of Dalarna.

Finally, this is a product I’ve been looking for…
…well no, but I love it.

We pick the leaves from the birch tree and extract the etherial oils that provide a very aromatic flavor of birch. Birch oil is then mixed with a cold-pressed organic canola oil and bottled.
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It tastes spectacular mixed in butter, sprinkled on sallad or pasta, but make sure to apply it just before serving as the etherial birch oil is rather volatile and will disappear quickly if heated.

Some people have even been known to apply it as body lotion after the sauna, or so I’ve heard…

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