Organic Wormwood

Artemisia absinthium

Certified Organic wormwood, hand-harvested at peak essential-oil concentration on our farm in Charlevoix, Québec, and dried at low temperature for distillers, vermouth and bitters makers, and serious herbalists. The classic absinthe herb — silver-green, resinous, and bracingly bitter, the way real wormwood should be.

Why Our Wormwood

• 🌿 Certified Organic and grown in Québec — no sprays, no synthetic inputs, just regenerative farming on our Charlevoix farm.
• ✋ Hand-harvested at peak — cut just before flowering, when essential-oil concentration is highest.
• 🌡️ Low-temperature dried on the farm — at 35–40°C to preserve the volatile aromatics that high-heat drying drives off.
• 📦 Direct from our farm — cut, dried, and shipped from this year's harvest.
• ✅ In stock now — fresh from this season's harvest, with supply expected to carry through to next summer's harvest.

Look for: bright silver-green colour, a clean resinous fragrance when you open the bag, and intact leaf structure rather than broken-down dust.

Key Uses

• For absinthe — the foundation herb in the initial maceration and distillation. Often blended with Roman wormwood and hyssop in traditional formulas.
• For vermouth and herbal bitters — wormwood gives vermouth its name (from German Wermut) and contributes bitter backbone to digestive bitters formulas.
• As a traditional digestive bitter — used in European herbalism since Galen and Pliny to support digestion before or after meals.
• For herbal tea — bracingly bitter; use a small pinch (a quarter teaspoon or less), often blended with milder herbs.

How to Use

For cultivation, sourcing, and absinthe-making basics, see our full guide: How to Grow Wormwood for Homemade Absinthe.

Product Details

• Botanical name: Artemisia absinthium
• Origin: Charlevoix, Québec — grown and dried on our farm
• Form: Dried aerial parts (leaves and soft top stems)
• Certification: Certified Organic by Ecocert Canada
• Packaging: Paper-based packaging

A Note on Safety

Wormwood contains thujone and is contraindicated during pregnancy or breastfeeding, with seizure disorders, and for young children. Wormwood essential oil should never be ingested; consult a healthcare provider before therapeutic use.

Learn More

• How to Grow Wormwood for Homemade Absinthe — A Distiller's Herb Guide
• Organic Roman Wormwood (Artemisia pontica) — the petite absinthe finishing herb
• Organic Hyssop — another classic absinthe botanical we grow