Kwasi Bita – Bitterwood for herbal tea

The well-known Maroon bitterwood, used for generations.

Contents:

25 g

Lead time:

1–3 business days

Traditional Maroon product. Not a medicine. If you are pregnant or taking medication, consult a doctor first.

Kwasi Bita is the wood of Quassia amara, a shrub from the Surinamese rainforest. The plant is named after Kwasi, an eighteenth-century Surinamese herbal expert. The wood has a strong bitter taste, which comes naturally from the compounds quassin and neoquassin. For the Maroons bita (bitter) has been a familiar part of daily life for generations. A piece of wood in a mug of warm water is simply part of the day in many families, and bita also has a fixed place in traditions around childbirth.