Mahua Matters

About a year ago, we started Mahua Matters — a space to explore one flower, and the multitude it holds.

Since then, we’ve met people virtually and in person. We’ve heard stories passed down through generations. We’ve tasted mahua in more forms than we ever expected — spirit, syrup, sweet, savoury, and everything in between.

Mahua has lived many lives. It has moved through colonisation and prohibition, through the pressures of a changing climate, through the memory of communities who have always known it as food, medicine, and season. And now, it’s living a new one — a conscious effort to build fresh narratives around this ingredient, through flavour and taste.

If you had to start exploring mahua — where would you even begin?

We took a year of learning, reading, and flavour notes, and put it all into something you can actually hold in your hands: Mahua Matters, Issue #1.