Flower · Ingredient
Sunflower petals
Helianthus annuus
Slender, curled petals in marigold yellow and burnt orange, like strips of dried sunshine. Their flavour is faint and lightly sweet, so they are here mostly for colour, flecking blends with gold.
Blend with sunflower petals →The benefits
Why we love sunflower petals
Flecks of gold
Sunflower petals scatter warm yellow and orange through a blend, so the jar looks as sunny as it tastes.
Colour, not competition
Their faint, lightly sweet flavour leaves the main ingredients to sing while the petals add the sparkle.
Naturally caffeine-free
Sunflower petals contain no caffeine and suit black tea and herbal blends alike.
Good to know
Flags: Daisy family.
Contains daisy-family flowers — avoid if you are allergic to ragweed, chrysanthemums or marigolds.
Sunflowers were domesticated in North America thousands of years ago, grown by Indigenous farmers for their seeds and for dye. Spanish explorers carried them to Europe in the 1500s, and they later blazed across the fields of Russia and Ukraine. In tea blends, their dried petals have become a favourite flash of gold.
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