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Sideritis scardica
Deyan Vasilev ( Dido3 ) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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Mountain TeaÇaj mali

Çaj mali — dried Sideritis flowers gathered on high slopes and drunk all winter.

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Type
Herbal infusion
Plant
Sideritis species — 'ironwort'
Gathered
On high slopes in summer, dried for winter use

In plain language

Mountain tea is made from a flowering plant that grows high in the Albanian mountains. People pick and dry it, then boil the stems and flowers. It is drunk especially in winter.

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Mountain tea is made from a flowering plant that grows high in the Albanian mountains. People pick and dry it, then boil the stems and flowers. It is drunk especially in winter.

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Sideritis montana L. subsp. montana , syn. Stachys bicolor (Moench) E.H.L.Krause Original Description Zweifarbiger Ziest, Stachys bicolor
Historical view Sideritis montana Sturm23 Johann Georg Sturm (Painter: Jacob… · Public domain

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Agriculture in Albania

A large share of employment on very small holdings — the legacy of the 1991 land redistribution.

Mountain range · Shkodër

The Albanian Alps

The limestone wall of the far north — locally the Accursed Mountains — shared with Montenegro and Kosovo.

Sources

  • Wikipedia. Sideritis — English Wikipedia · retrieved 13 Oct 2026
    Used to ground the deep-research section and as a discovery aid; not relied on alone for contested claims.
  • Wikidata. Wikidata item Q431310 · retrieved 13 Oct 2026
    Source of the population, area and elevation figures shown in Quick facts, each with its own observation year.
  • Wikimedia Commons. Photographs · retrieved 13 Oct 2026
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