Tasting Notes
Clean and subtle, these flowers are also wonderfully calming and, of course, caffeine free.
The general rule of thumb is that all herbs should be infused at 100C, to dissolve the essential oils. When making tea at Rare Tea HQ, we love to experiment, searching for the best possible flavours. We found that chamomile is quite like tea and has bitter compounds, so actually works better at a lower temperature – treat it like a green tea, 70C. The exception to the herbal rule.
Quantity
Use 2g of flowers per 150ml of water.
Temperature
For the optimum infusion use 70°C (158°F) water.
Time
Infuse for 1 - 2 minutes, tasting regularly.
Matricaria recutita
German Chamomile
Matricaria recutita or German chamomile is a beautiful flower and makes a delicious herbal infusion. Our famous, celebrated and beloved whole chamomile flowers are sourced from a small Croatian farm.
We source the very best flowers that a carefully hand processed. Without the hurly-burly of industrial machines the delicate flowers are kept whole.
