• Post Reply Bookmark Topic Watch Topic
  • New Topic
permaculture forums growies critters building homesteading energy monies kitchen purity ungarbage community wilderness fiber arts art permaculture artisans regional education skip experiences global resources cider press projects digital market permies.com pie forums private forums all forums
this forum made possible by our volunteer staff, including ...
master stewards:
  • Devaka Cooray
  • Carla Burke
  • John F Dean
  • Nancy Reading
  • Timothy Norton
  • r ranson
stewards:
  • Jay Angler
  • Pearl Sutton
  • paul wheaton
master gardeners:
  • Christopher Weeks
  • M Ljin
gardeners:
  • thomas rubino
  • Eino Kenttä
  • Jeremy VanGelder

Making tea with garden mum flowers?

 
gardener
Posts: 2100
Location: Zone 6b
1289
forest garden fungi books chicken fiber arts ungarbage
  • Likes 1
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
Traditionally white chrysanthemum flowers are dried to make tea. I have several garden mums in full bloom and a hard freeze is coming. I am thinking about harvesting the flowers for tea before that. However, the red ones don't have any scent and the orange ones have mild chrysanthemum fragrance. I don't have light color flowers. So does petal color matter for chrysanthemum tea?

Does anyone here grow both garden mum and chamomile? How do they compare for tea making? Thanks.
20231021_125818.jpg
Garden mums
Garden mums
 
Embrace the glorious mess that you are. - Elizabeth Gilbert / tiny ad
The new kickstarter is now live!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/paulwheaton/garden-cards
reply
    Bookmark Topic Watch Topic
  • New Topic