I grew up in Norway and I live in the UK now, in a house that smells of rye bread and whatever is steeping on the stove. My husband Gunnar eats like a man twice his size and complains that my tea tastes like a swamp. He is on his third cup.

I am not a doctor and I do not pretend to be one. I am a woman who cooks hearty food, keeps a garden, and grew up watching the older ones reach for a plant before they reached for anything else. A little something for the long days, a habit for the hard weeks. Nothing exotic, nothing invented.

Nordis is where I put those honest habits in a jar, plainly, so you can reach for them on the days real food is not going to happen. They are food supplements. They are not medicines and nothing I write here is medical advice. If you are unsure whether they suit you, ask your doctor first.

In my longhouse we do not do weak tea. If you want the real thing, made plainly and sent from the UK, you are in the right place.