Herb · Organic ingredient
Lemon balm
Melissa officinalis
Soft, crumbled leaves in moss and sage green that smell of lemon and fresh mint when rubbed. The cup is mellow and lightly lemony with a honeyed edge, gentle enough to drink on its own or to soften stronger herbs.
Blend with lemon balm →The benefits
Why we love lemon balm
A calming evening ritual
Lemon balm has been a favourite evening cup in European homes for centuries: mellow, fragrant and easy to love.
Lemon scent, no citrus
Its fresh lemon aroma comes from the leaf of a mint-family herb, so it contains no citrus at all.
Naturally caffeine-free
With no caffeine, lemon balm suits a slow afternoon as well as the last cup of the night.
Good to know
No special cautions for most people in normal tea amounts.
Lemon balm is native to southern Europe and the Mediterranean. Its botanical name, Melissa, is Greek for honeybee, and beekeepers planted it beside their hives. Monastery gardens grew it through the Middle Ages, and in seventeenth-century Paris, Carmelite friars distilled it into a celebrated lemon-balm water.
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