In our 10th episode of Season 2, first one for 2023, we talk with Clinical Herbalist, Bernadette Aguirre (IG: @bern.aguirre) and Founder of INA Botanicals & Tea (@ina.botanicals.tea).

As a lifelong city-dweller, Bernadette grew up eating herbs and vegetables growing in a modest garden that was mainly tended by her mom. Both of her parents were raised on farms in the Philippines, amidst hovering mango trees, moringa bushes, and in between the moist air where rice paddies lay. It's no wonder that plants' nourishing powers have always found a home in her medicine cabinet or boiling on her stove. When Bernadette started her career in New York City, her mornings started each day with a paper cup and tea bag of Earl Grey from the local bodega.

Bernadette has turned to tea and herbs not only for the tea parties and delicious blends, but  ...