Sea Buckthorn: Sunshine in a Berry
Sea Buckthorn: Sunshine in a Berry
A survivor of dunes and frost, glowing orange in the grey Baltic autumn.
Sea buckthorn grows where the weather is harshest — coastal dunes, windswept meadows, thin northern soil. Its branches carry dense clusters of bright orange berries that glow like small lanterns in the grey Baltic autumn. In Latvia it is grown in clean, natural conditions, and harvesting it by hand between the thorns is famously hard work — one reason the berry has always been treated as something precious.
What's inside
Few berries are as densely packed. Sea buckthorn naturally contains vitamins C and E — both of which contribute to the protection of cells from oxidative stress — along with carotenoids and a rare feature in the plant world: omega-7 fatty acids from the oil in its pulp. In our juice and syrup, that oil is deliberately left in rather than separated out.
How it tastes
Unmistakable. Sharp, sour and refreshing, with a faint bitterness and an exotic aroma somewhere between passion fruit and apricot. It's a flavour with character — people rarely feel neutral about it, and those who love it are devoted.