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Camomile has long been a favoured medicinal plant, valued for its soothing and calming properties. The Egyptians dedicated it to their Gods as a cure for the ague. The Romans used it for incense and in the Middle Ages it was used as a “strewn herb” on the floors at public gatherings to help relieve the somewhat fetid atmosphere! The Anglo-Saxons knew it as Maythen and it was one of their nine scared herbs.
It’s delicious scent of apples and quinces has always been treasured through the ages to this day.
Our Camomile is organically grown in Egypt, its spiritual home. It is harvested using a special comb that selects the biggest flowers, leaving the rest to grow on. It is then dried in hot air chambers in just 4 hours to preserve the flavour of the oils – a process that using conventional methods would take several days and allow the flavour to dissipate.
The tiny, organically grown, daisy-like flowers of our Camomile Tea make a soothing infusion with a delicious honeyed aroma. It has a beautiful, translucent golden-yellow colour in the cup and, unlike poorer quality infusions, its delicate taste carries hints of apple and quince.
Camomile has always been renowned for its medicinal qualities. Culpepper, the famous herbalist, rated it for everything from sprains to agues, dropsy to jaundice. Many cottages in rural England grew a few plants as part of their natural medicine cupboard.
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To enjoy it at its best, infuse in freshly boiled water for 3 to 5 minutes. Ideally use a teapot to ensure you capture all that depth of flavour.
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At Dragonfly Teas we consider that the way crops are grown is intrinsic to the well-being of everyone.
Working with nature to achieve the best quality with little or no chemicals involved is in our view, the way things should be.
The demands of the modern world for more; faster; better has resulted in short term exploitation of the land and the people who work it, with no thought for the future.
So we prefer to do things differently.
We believe that it is important to respect the relationship to the land of those who patiently grow our food (often under great hardship).
We are aware of the difference that the ancient country artisan traditions of food–making can make. Traditions that are thankfully still used today to create high quality teas and other foods, such as fine wines and local cheeses.
There are reputedly up to 8,000 different hand-made teas in China. They are part of a 1,500-year-old tradition. These are disappearing rapidly through mechanical and chemical intervention. The world has plenty of poor quality teas with very few of high quality on offer. This is because of lack of consumer awareness of the rich heritage of taste experiences produced by the smaller artisan tea-makers.
Dragonfly Teas is pledged to bring these teas to the discerning palate and in so doing, help to keep alive the traditions and skills that have created them.
We believe strongly in the ideals of the Slow Food movement, which is growing fast throughout Europe. We think it is important that every country has a dynamic small-scale agricultural food production sector. It ensures that rural people are rewarded for their efforts and helps to stop the depopulation of the countryside.
We also support non-political Fair Trade that campaigns to ensure we pay fairly and as directly as possible to the farmers with as few intermediaries as possible. This means that more of the profits end up directly in the hands of the communities that grow the crops.
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