Om Organics distributes India-grown tea from Boulder

BOULDER — If there’s any doubt that Boulder is cutting edge in terms of natural foods products, here is another point for the defense.

Boulder is home to Om Organics, the sole U.S. distributor of Tulsi tea, an ayurvedic herb that is billed as a stress reliever and adaptogen.

The term adaptogen is used by herbalists to describe a treatment that could help the body adapt to stresses of various kinds, from temperature extremes to psychological stress.

Tulsi tea is relatively little known in this country, but it has been revered for thousands of years in India, where it is used for colds,…