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Spanish Fennel Flowers Loose Leaf Herbal Tea

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£17.49
£17.49
£1.75 per cup
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Sweet, floral and fragrant Fennel flowers grown on an organic farm, nestled in the hills on the outskirts of Tortosa, Spain.

Grown and hand-harvested for us by our dear friend Ferran Rojo Sol, the same chap we must thank for our Rare Spanish Almond Blossom.

Tasting Notes

Elegant and smooth with a unique sweetness and a bright aroma. A vivacious anise flavour with notes of citrus. The mouth feel is soft and round and there isn’t the least trace of bitterness.

Cost Per Cup

£1.75 per cup based on 1g of tea per 150ml of water and 2 infusions.

Origin

Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain

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Recommended Infusion Guide

  • Quantity

    Use 1g of tea per 150ml of water.

  • Temperature

    For the optimum infusion use 100°C water.

  • Time

    Infuse for 2 minutes, tasting regularly to find your optimum time.

  • Infusions

    You can infuse these leaves at least twice. With each careful infusion, different subtleties of flavour are revealed.

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More infusion tips

How to infuse your tea is very personal, and these are just our recommendations based on experience. Please experiment with these variables to your heart's delight. These are our recommendations, not hard and fast rules. The most delicious tea is the one you love.

Our guide uses a standard tea cup size (150ml/5.5 oz) as a measure, please adjust the quantity of leaf accordingly for less or more water. Our whole loose leaves are of such a high quality that you can infuse our teas at least twice, and the second infusion is often better than the first, with different flavours revealed as the leaf softens. If you prefer your tea stronger, add more leaf, don’t leave it for longer (this will just make it bitter).

History

Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare) is documented richly throughout history – Pliny (AD 23-79) thought it so powerful that he used it to treat a huge variety of different ailments.

A physician from the thirteenth century noted "he who sees fennel and gathers it not, is not a man but a devil".

Fennel is used extensively as a medicinal plant. Taken as tea, this ancient remedy has been used as an appetite suppressant, to aid digestion, treat heartburn, bloating and to help you sleep or as a simple tool to freshen your breath.

Pollinators

Fennel flowers produce huge amounts of nectar (adding to its sweet taste) – and are a favourite food source for bees and other pollinators that are attracted to its umbels as they are so easy to land on and collect nectar.

Ferran is a humble man. He happily spends his days quietly growing organic fruits, vegetables, and flowers, supplying his bounty to the local community through his small farm shop. People began coming from far and wide for his outstanding produce.

Word spread further afield, and it wasn’t long before the chefs at Mugaritz went to visit - and they introduced us.

At Rare Tea we are constantly searching for new terroirs, new flavours and new adventures. What Ferran was doing ticked all these boxes, and Henrietta went to visit to ask if we could collaborate – lucky for us, Ferran said yes.

Like many of the farmers we are fortunate to partner with, Ferran quickly became a friend. Back in 2018 he was in London and joined us for our Rare Tea Christmas Party!

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Returns

The Rare Tea Lady believes that our teas are some of the greatest in the world, and that our range and service are second to none.

In the isolated case that you are not completely satisfied with any product you purchase from our website, please get in contact with our customer services team to discuss returning your order.*

In most instances, we will give you a full refund of the item's cost, excluding postage. We may ask you to return the item to us.** Customers in the UK & European Union have statutory rights not affected by this guarantee, but any tea pouches must remained sealed for this to be in effect.

*We only accept returns/refunds for tea within 30 days of receipt, because it is impossible for us to know if the tea has been stored correctly.

**We will endeavour to ask for pictures where possible - but if you have changed your mind and are outside of any statutory rights time period, return postage is payable by you.

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