Summer Solstice Open House
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Mark your calendars to come join with other like-minded community to learn from local experts on a variety of topics Sunday June 22nd from 12-5
It’s a free event with details including what you can learn when on our website
Looking forward to seeing you then!

https://lightcellar.ca/products/open-house

Learn about Fireweed tea 🌿🍵
Also known as Ivan’s Chai
Chef Alex Hamilton & Malcolm Saunders discuss the ancient origins of Ivan’s Chai and how the process of “fermenting” the fireweed was translated to the tea plant to create black tea.
Alex shares his connection to the process and the love and inspiration he had to the plant and this way of crafting a local, delicious, herbal tea.
Do you know fireweed?
Have you tasted Ivan’s Chai?
Have you tried this process?

Join us for a plant walk this summer season to learn more

https://lightcellar.ca/collections/in-person-classes-events

Check out all the plant ID and foraging books we currently have in store!
Learn how to wildcraft your own food and medicine
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Here’s one more way to use your hydrosols….
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Especially if you find some tinctures too strong to take straight - mix your hydrosol in

If you’d like to learn more about hydrosols, what are they, how are they made, how to use them, etc we have a free class coming up Saturday June 28th from 1:00 - 2:30 MST where you can join online or in person
Malcolm Saunders and Vivian Safaris will be creating a hydrosol on site during the class as well as providing lots of samples so you can experience the magic of these botanical waters
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See lightcellar.ca for details and registration
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Here’s What Chef Alex Has Going On In the Kitchen Today…

Are you already missing the lilacs?
Even though it wasn’t long ago that the lilacs were in bloom, many of them are already done for the year…
But the essence and aromatics can live on!
One way to capture and re-delight in the soft, floral and sweetly nostalgic scent of lilac is through a hydrosol.
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Spritz the air, infuse your space with the lovely lilac any time, of any day, in any season.
The elegant and ephemeral essence of lilac can be preserved in the botanical waters known as hydrosol.
Hand-harvested fresh local lilacs were stream distilled in house using our copper Alembic still to produce a very small run with limited supply.
See webstore or shop to get yours or for the lilac lover in your life
https://lightcellar.ca/products/lilac-hydrosol-1

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And if you would like to learn more about Hydrosols we have a free class coming up - see https://lightcellar.ca/products/hydrosol-high-immerse-yourself-in-the-captivating-world-of-herbal-hydrosols for details

Bubbly Botanical Beverages
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Chef Alex Hamilton shares what he’s got brewing in the kitchen

Nettles 🌿
An incredibly nutritive wild food