BellaOnline Forums Food and Wine Tea How do you make Chamomile Tea?

I have a chamomile plant in my kitchen -



Can I make tea out of this or do I have to wait for flowers? I've been growing this since May I think ...

Flowers.

Years ago I grew German Chammomile and brewed some tea with the flowers and it was very bitter. I do not know if I used too much of the herb or if it was the wrong kind.

I am anxious to find out how to do this myself. Usually, the quantity for herb tea is like one ounce of herb to a pint of water.

As on a previous post, though I am not an herbalist, I do believe you must wait until the flower stage and then I believe you may have to dry the herb. I did do an article on growing your own counter top herb garden, I am not sure that chamomille was included; let me do some research and get right back to you!

Thanks,
Lisa has a green-thumb!

Mary Caliendo

some quick research see if this may help-

my article was more about the setting up of the tea garden rather than the details on the types of herbs, however, I did a chamomille article that I stated plainly that the plant will bear white fragrant flowers that resemble a daisy. The whole flower will be used. but that it maust be dry first, I think this keeps the bitterness down, also the two types of variety are also noted, The Roman is the most popular, the German is found growing in the wild.Could be also why it was bitter??

I will research further still.
Thanks all.
Mary Caliendo

can go to www[dot]fda[dot]gov

and click on search
put in herbs/herbal teas
just for more ideas

Mary Caliendo

I wonder when this thing will grow flowers then - we've had it growing all summer long and no flowers yet! I will keep at it