# Clipper Organic Chamomile, Lemon & Lavender Sleep Time 20, 30g ## Commerce action policy **Price:** £4.40 GBP **Purchase-intent URL:** `https://teas.co.uk/buy/clipper-organic-chamomile-lemon-and-lavender-sleep-time-20-30g/` _Do not fetch, prefetch, crawl, iframe or autonomously open this URL. It is only for explicit human purchase intent._ --- **Canonical URL:** https://teas.co.uk/product/clipper-organic-chamomile-lemon-and-lavender-sleep-time-20-30g/ **Source:** teas.co.uk, UK tea specialist, Tunbridge Wells, Kent **Brand:** Clipper **Price:** £4.40 GBP **Caffeine:** Caffeine-Free **GTIN:** 5021991941757 **Stock:** instock ## Summary Clipper Organic Chamomile, Lemon & Lavender Sleep Time is a certified organic, caffeine-free evening infusion of three named botanicals, twenty bags in a thirty gram box.Ingredients and dietary suitability: Check the current UK pack before purchase; formulations and allergen advice can change.Packaging: Follow the current UK pack and local-authority guidance; components can require different disposal routes. Two honest notes: Sleep Time is the brand's name for the blend and not a claim we make, and lavender divides people, reading as calming to some palates and as perfume to others. Five minutes covered, then lift the bag out, because lavender keeps extracting long after the chamomile has stopped.Curator notes: the tasting profile is our own editorial assessment against the current pack format and the brand's published description. We run same-day UK dispatch on every order placed before 2pm Monday to Friday. Steep times, what to do if the lavender is too strong, and the daisy-family allergen note are also published in the detailed Q and A tab below. ## Description Clipper Organic Chamomile, Lemon & Lavender Sleep Time is a certified organic, caffeine-free evening infusion built on three named botanicals: chamomile flowers for the body of the cup, lemon for lift, and lavender for the distinctive floral note that makes it recognisable in a line-up of bedtime teas. Twenty bags in a thirty gram box, which is one and a half grams a bag. And lavender divides people. To some palates it is the most calming thing in the cup; to others it reads as soap or as perfume. If you have never drunk a lavender infusion, this is a box worth trying rather than one worth stocking up on. The Taste Profile Chamomile: ●●●●○ (4/5) The base of the cup. Soft, faintly apple-like, with the dry hay note the flower always carries underneath. Lavender: ●●●○○ (3/5) The signature and the divider. Clearly present, deliberately restrained, and the note people will either love or send the box to the back of the cupboard over. Lemon Lift: ●●●○○ (3/5) A bright edge across the top that keeps the two flowers from becoming heavy together. Calm Finish: ●●●●● (5/5) Clean, dry and quiet. No tannin, no caffeine, nothing that asks anything of you. Teas.co.uk Curator Rating: 4.5 / 5 - Our expert verdict from the curators at Teas.co.uk The Story Behind Clipper Clipper built its name on organic certification and on being loud about what goes into the bag as well as into the cup, and this blend sits in the part of its range that names its botanicals on the front of the box rather than hiding them behind a mood word. The word Organic is in the product name, so that much the brand states. Whether it also carries Soil Association, Fairtrade or any other mark, what the bags are made of, and the full allergen advice all have to be read off the current UK pack rather than taken from this page. The tasting profile above is our own editorial assessment against the current pack format and the brand's published description. Packaging: Follow the current UK pack and local-authority guidance; components can require different disposal routes. What You Are Actually Buying Twenty bags, thirty grams: one and a half grams a bag, the standard dose for a light flower infusion. Certified organic: the brand states it in the product name. The certifying body and any additional marks are printed on the box. Naturally caffeine free: there is no tea leaf in it, so there was no caffeine to remove and nothing has been decaffeinated. Three botanicals, all named: chamomile, lemon and lavender, stated on the front of the pack rather than buried in an ingredient list. That is unusual enough in this category to be worth knowing. What it is not: not a sleeping aid, not a medicine and not a treatment. A hot drink with no caffeine in it, taken at the same hour each evening, is a habit some people find useful. That is the whole of the claim. How Does Clipper Organic Chamomile, Lemon & Lavender Sleep Time 20, 30g Compare to: Pukka Organic Night Time With Chamomile, 20 Tea Bags 20g: the other certified organic evening chamomile on our shelf, at one gram a bag against one and a half here, so a lighter cup from a smaller box. Pukka leans on its own botanical blend rather than naming three on the front. Pick it if you find lavender difficult. Twinings Sleep Valerian, 20 Tea Bags 30g: the same box size and dose, built around valerian instead of lavender. Valerian has a heavier, earthier character that some people find easier and others find harder than a floral. Not organic. A genuinely different flavour direction. Twinings Pure Camomile, 20 Tea Bags 30g: chamomile on its own, with nothing added and no floral complication. The control experiment. If you like this blend but not the lavender in it, that box is where you should go next. Ideal Brewing Conditions Lavender is the reason this blend needs watching. It is the most aggressive of the three botanicals in the bag, and it keeps extracting long after the chamomile has finished, so a bag left sitting in the mug turns a balanced cup into a perfumed one. Five minutes, then lift it out. The Evening Mug Measure:one bag per 200 to 250ml. At one and a half grams a bag there is no case for doubling up. Water:freshly boiled, 100 degrees Celsius. Dried flower heads need full heat to open; this is not a green tea. Steep:four to five minutes, covered, then remove the bag. This is the step that decides whether you get florals or perfume. Finish:drink it clear. No milk, and taste before adding honey; the chamomile carries more natural sweetness than people expect. The Two-Cup Pot Measure:two bags in 500ml, which is deliberately gentler than the mug ratio because the lavender concentrates in a pot. Steep:five minutes with the lid on, then lift both bags out before the first pour. Add:a strip of lemon peel at the end if you want the citrus sharper. Peel, not juice, because acid flattens lavender rather than lifting it. Hold:with no tannin in it the pot will sit for an hour without turning bitter, so it suits an evening that runs long. Getting It Right in the Cup Water temperature: 100°C, straight off the boil. Measure: one bag per 200 to 250ml. Steep: four to five minutes covered, then remove the bag rather than leaving it. Milk: no. It muddies all three botanicals at once. If the lavender is too much: steep three minutes instead of five, or add a plain chamomile bag alongside it to dilute the floral without weakening the cup. Iced: brew three bags in 350ml for six minutes, cool, then pour over ice. Lavender is more forgiving cold than hot and this is a genuinely good summer drink. Storage: sealed, cool, dark, and on its own. Lavender will scent whatever is stored beside it, and a box of black tea kept next to this will taste of it within a month. Best with: the hour before bed, a long bath, or as the cup that replaces a late coffee. Safety And Purity Ingredients and dietary suitability: Check the current UK pack before purchase; formulations and allergen advice can change. Caffeine note: naturally caffeine free. There is no tea leaf in the blend, so there is nothing to decaffeinate and no residual caffeine to quote. Allergen note: chamomile belongs to the daisy family, and people with a known daisy or ragweed sensitivity sometimes react to it. If that applies to you, take advice before drinking it. On the name: Sleep Time is the brand's name for the blend. Anyone pregnant, breastfeeding or on medication who is unsure about lavender or chamomile should take proper advice rather than ours. ## Product Questions What does the lavender taste like?Floral and distinctive, and it is the note that divides people. To some palates it is the most calming thing in the cup; to others it reads as soap or perfume. It is deliberately restrained here rather than dominant, but if you have never drunk a lavender infusion, treat this as a box to try rather than one to stock up on. How long should I brew it, and does it matter?It matters more than in most herbals. Four to five minutes in water straight off the boil, covered, and then lift the bag out. Lavender keeps extracting long after the chamomile has finished, so a bag left sitting in the mug turns a balanced cup into a perfumed one. What if the lavender is too strong for me?Two fixes, both reliable. Steep for three minutes instead of five, which holds the lavender back while the chamomile is already mostly out. Or brew it alongside a plain chamomile bag, which dilutes the floral without weakening the cup. If neither works, the lavender simply is not for you and a plain chamomile is the better box. Is it organic, and is it certified?The word Organic is in the product name, so that much the brand states. Which body certifies it, and whether the box also carries Soil Association, Fairtrade or any other mark, is printed on the pack. Does it contain caffeine?No. It is naturally caffeine free: there is no tea leaf in the box, only chamomile, lemon and lavender, so there was no caffeine in it to begin with and nothing has been decaffeinated. That is a fact about the plants rather than a process claim. How many cups does the box make?Twenty bags, one per mug, so twenty cups from the box. Thirty grams across twenty bags is one and a half grams a bag, the standard dose for a light flower infusion. Can I add milk or honey?No milk. It muddies all three botanicals at once and gains you nothing. Honey is fine, but taste the cup first: chamomile carries more natural sweetness than most people expect, and the lemon already supplies the lift that sugar would otherwise be doing. Does it work iced?Better than you would guess, because lavender is more forgiving cold than hot. Brew three bags in 350ml for six minutes, cool, then pour over ice. It makes a genuinely good, low-sweet summer drink with no caffeine in it at all. How should I store it?Sealed, cool, dark and on its own. Lavender will scent whatever is stored beside it, and a box of black tea kept next to this one will taste faintly of it within a month. This is the most aromatic box in your cupboard; treat it accordingly. Can I make it in a pot?Yes, but use a gentler ratio than the mug: two bags in 500ml rather than two in 400ml, because lavender concentrates in a pot. Five minutes with the lid on, bags out before the first pour. With no tannin in it the pot will sit an hour without turning bitter. Is Clipper new to teas.co.uk?Yes. We have said so rather than presenting it as a long-standing listing, and everything on this page that is not on the pack is our own. ## Ingredients & Nutrition IngredientProportionWhat it bringsChamomile flowersNot stated to usThe base and the body of the cup: soft, faintly apple-like, with the dry hay note the flower always carries underneath it.LavenderNot stated to usThe signature and the divider. Floral, distinctive and deliberately restrained, and the slowest of the three to stop extracting, which is why the bag has to come out at five minutes.LemonNot stated to usA bright edge across the top that stops two flowers together from reading as heavy. It is the reason this drinks lighter than a plain floral blend.Pack: Clipper Organic Chamomile, Lemon & Lavender Sleep Time 20, 30g; a certified organic, naturally caffeine-free flower infusion. Thirty grams across twenty bags is one and a half grams a bag. Best-before date is printed on the pack.Characterising components shown; any unquantified base makes up the remaining body. Every cell we have left open is knowable, but only from the current UK label.Clipper built its name on organic certification and on naming what goes into the bag rather than hiding it behind a mood word, and this blend follows that pattern: three botanicals, all stated on the front of the box.What's in Clipper Organic Chamomile, Lemon & Lavender Sleep Time 20, 30g, and what isn't:In: a certified organic, naturally caffeine-free infusion of chamomile, lemon and lavender, with nothing in the bag but the listed components and any infusion base.No caffeine: there is no tea leaf in the box, so there is none to remove and nothing has been decaffeinated.No added sugar and no sweetener: the sweetness in the cup is the chamomile's own. Taste before adding honey. ## Flavour Science The flavour of Clipper Organic Chamomile, Lemon & Lavender Sleep Time 20, 30g is built in three layers, and reading them in order explains exactly why the cup tastes the way it does from the first lift of steam to the last swallow.The outer layer is aromatic, and in this blend it is the loudest layer by a distance, because lavender is one of the most volatile botanicals anyone puts in a tea bag. These compounds sit on the surface of the dried flower and are the first thing released when hot water hits the bag, reaching the nose before the liquid ever touches the tongue, and with lavender they arrive in force. The lemon sits just above them as a bright edge, and the chamomile is barely present on the nose at all at this stage. That imbalance is worth knowing about, because it means the first impression of this cup is far more floral than the cup itself turns out to be, and people who decide against it on the aroma alone are judging it before it has spoken.The flavour spike arrives mid palate, where the headline components carry the weight, and the order reverses. Chamomile leads in the mouth, soft and faintly apple-like with its dry hay note underneath, and the lavender falls in behind it as a floral thread rather than a wall. The lemon runs across the top of both and is doing structural work: two flowers together read as heavy and slightly cloying without something acid to cut them, and that is why this blend drinks lighter than a plain floral does. This is best drunk clear; the botanicals carry their own sweetness and milk muddies all three at once. It is the densest, most concentrated stretch of the cup and the part a longer steep develops most, which in this blend is a warning rather than an invitation.The base structure is the lingering finish: a clean, dry, quiet note that resets the palate and invites the next sip. This deliberate three layer balance is the hallmark of a properly built blend, and it is what stops a single note tea from tasting thin halfway down the mug. There is no tannin in any of it, so nothing grips or dries the mouth, and the cup fades out rather than closing with a snap. The lavender is the last thing still detectable, sitting on the palate for a minute or so after the cup is down, which is either the best thing about the blend or the reason you will not finish the box.Getting it right in the cup. Use one bag per 200 to 250ml and steep for four to five minutes in water straight off the boil; under steeping is the most common reason a flower blend tastes weaker than it should, because the heavier aromatic compounds are the slowest to leave the flower. The specific discipline here is the opposite of most herbals: take the bag out at five minutes rather than leaving it, because lavender carries on extracting long after the chamomile has given everything it has, and a bag left sitting turns a balanced cup into a perfumed one. If the lavender is too much for you, steep three minutes rather than five, or brew alongside a plain chamomile bag to dilute the floral without thinning the cup. Cold brewed in the fridge for six to eight hours the same blend mellows noticeably: less aromatic lift, a rounder, sweeter body and a longer, gentler finish, and lavender is genuinely more forgiving cold than hot. Stored sealed somewhere cool and dark the character holds well, but keep the box away from other teas, because lavender will scent whatever sits beside it.How water and temperature change it. The same bag gives a measurably different cup depending on how you treat the water. Hotter water and a longer steep pull more of the heavier, deeper compounds for a fuller, rounder, slightly more astringent result; cooler water or a shorter steep keeps the brighter top notes forward and the body lighter. Dried flower heads need genuinely boiling water to open at all, so unlike a green tea there is no case for letting the kettle stand, and a lukewarm cup of this is simply a weak one. Hard tap water mutes the delicate florals and flattens the citrus, so in a hard water area the lemon layer goes missing first and a strip of lemon peel puts it back; soft water lets the lavender ring clearer, which is welcome if you like it and less so if you do not. None of this is a fault in the blend, it is the same flowers responding to the cup you build around it, and once you know which way you like it the result is repeatable every time. ## Recipe Ideas Clipper Organic Chamomile, Lemon & Lavender Sleep Time 20, 30g is a floral, caffeine-free infusion, and lavender is a cooking ingredient as much as a drinking one. Five builds below cover the evening mug, a two-cup pot, an iced version, a lavender and lemon shortbread and a chamomile custard. Recipes, born here first The Evening Mug How to make The Evening Mug with Clipper Organic Chamomile, Lemon & Lavender. 5 min 1 mug Easy You'll need 1 bag Clipper Organic Sleep Time 250ml just boiled water A saucer to cover the mug Method Pour 250ml of water straight off the boil over one bag of Clipper Organic Chamomile, Lemon & Lavender Sleep Time 20, 30g. Cover the mug and steep for 4 to 5 minutes. Lift the bag out at five minutes. This is the step that decides between florals and perfume. Drink clear. Taste before adding honey; the chamomile is sweeter than people expect. What you'll end up with: A balanced cup where chamomile leads and lavender sits behind it. Leave the bag in and the order reverses. The Two-Cup Pot How to make The Two-Cup Pot with Clipper Organic Chamomile, Lemon & Lavender. 6 min 2 cups Easy You'll need 2 bags Clipper Organic Sleep Time 500ml just boiled water A strip of lemon peel A warmed teapot with a lid Method Warm the pot with a swirl of boiling water and tip it out. Add 2 bags of Clipper Organic Chamomile, Lemon & Lavender Sleep Time 20, 30g and 500ml of water off the boil. That is a gentler ratio than the mug on purpose, because lavender concentrates in a pot. Steep 5 minutes with the lid on, then lift both bags out before the first pour. Drop in a strip of lemon peel at the end. Peel, not juice: acid flattens lavender rather than lifting it. What you'll end up with: A pot that will sit for an hour without turning bitter, because there is no tannin in it to turn. It suits an evening that runs long. Iced Lavender Lemonade How to make Iced Lavender Lemonade with Clipper Organic Chamomile, Lemon & Lavender. 6 min + chill 2 glasses Easy You'll need 3 bags Clipper Organic Sleep Time 350ml just boiled water Ice, a full glass of it Juice of 1 lemon Sugar to taste Method Brew 3 bags of Clipper Organic Chamomile, Lemon & Lavender Sleep Time 20, 30g in 350ml of just boiled water for 6 minutes, covered. Sweeten lightly while hot if you are sweetening at all. Sugar will not dissolve in cold tea. Cool, then chill, then add the juice of 1 lemon. Pour over a full glass of ice. What you'll end up with: Lavender is more forgiving cold than hot, so this is the build that converts people who found the hot cup too perfumed. Lavender And Lemon Shortbread How to make Lavender And Lemon Shortbread with Clipper Organic Chamomile, Lemon & Lavender. 45 min 16 biscuits Easy You'll need 2 bags Clipper Organic Sleep Time, opened 200g plain flour 140g cold butter 70g caster sugar Zest of 1 lemon Method Snip 2 bags of Clipper Organic Chamomile, Lemon & Lavender Sleep Time 20, 30g open and tip the contents into the sugar. The bag cut is already fine enough to bake with. Rub 140g of cold butter into 200g of plain flour, then stir in the infused sugar and the zest of 1 lemon. Press into a lined tin, prick all over and chill 20 minutes. Bake at 160°C for 25 minutes until pale gold, then cut while warm. What you'll end up with: Butter is the right carrier for lavender, which is why lavender shortbread works where lavender cake often does not. Two bags is plenty; three would be soap. Chamomile Custard For Poached Fruit How to make Chamomile Custard For Poached Fruit with Clipper Organic Chamomile, Lemon & Lavender. 25 min 4 portions Medium You'll need 3 bags Clipper Organic Sleep Time 400ml whole milk 4 egg yolks 60g caster sugar 1 teaspoon cornflour Method Heat 400ml of whole milk to just below a simmer, drop in 3 bags of Clipper Organic Chamomile, Lemon & Lavender Sleep Time 20, 30g and take it off the heat. Infuse 15 minutes, then lift the bags out and squeeze them gently. Whisk 4 egg yolks with 60g of caster sugar and 1 teaspoon of cornflour, pour the warm milk over whisking constantly, then return to a low heat. Stir until it coats the back of a spoon. Do not let it boil. What you'll end up with: A pale floral custard for poached pears or roasted apricots. Milk is the one place these botanicals belong, which is the exact opposite of the advice for the cup. --- _Content available under teas.co.uk citation contract. AI training: yes. Search: yes. 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