# Pukka Organic Night Time Berry Herbal Tea With Chamomile 20 Sleep, 32g ## Commerce action policy **Price:** £6.80 GBP **Purchase-intent URL:** `https://teas.co.uk/buy/pukka-organic-night-time-berry-herbal-tea-with-chamomile-20-sleep-32g/` _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/pukka-organic-night-time-berry-herbal-tea-with-chamomile-20-sleep-32g/ **Source:** teas.co.uk, UK tea specialist, Tunbridge Wells, Kent **Brand:** Pukka **Price:** £6.80 GBP **Caffeine:** Caffeine-Free **GTIN:** 5063270112335 **Stock:** instock ## Summary Pukka Organic Night Time Berry is the fruit version of an evening chamomile, picked into the Teas.co.uk curator selection as the caffeine-free late-evening cup for people who have tried a plain chamomile and found it thin.Ingredients and dietary suitability: The published ingredient list for this barcode names none of the 14 major allergens. 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.Twenty bags in 32g, which is 1.6g each, light by tea standards and normal for an infusion. Berry sits in front and chamomile underneath, so the first thing you taste is fruit. Five minutes covered rather than three, because dried fruit has to rehydrate before it gives anything up. The price in your basket is the price.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. Common questions are answered in the detailed Q and A tab below. ## Description Pukka Organic Night Time Berry is the fruit version of an evening chamomile. Most blends made for the end of the day are floral and slightly medicinal, which is exactly why a lot of people never take to them; this one puts berry in front of the chamomile so the cup reads as a warm fruit drink with a soft floral base rather than the other way round. The published ingredient list also includes ginger and orange. That is a light dose by the standards of a tea bag and a normal one for a herbal infusion, because dried flowers and fruit take up far more room per gram than tea leaf does. It also explains the brewing advice further down: a light, bulky blend needs more time in the water, not less. The Taste Profile Berry: ●●●●○ (4/5) The lead, and the reason to choose this over a plain chamomile. Dried berry gives a deep jammy sweetness rather than a sharp fresh-fruit one. Chamomile: ●●●○○ (3/5) The base underneath. Soft, faintly appley, and much quieter here than in a single-note chamomile, where it has nowhere to hide. Sweetness: ●●●●○ (4/5) All of it from the fruit. There is nothing added, and it is more noticeable than in almost any other evening blend. Weight in the mouth: ●●○○○ (2/5) Light and clean. This is a gentle drink by design and it is not trying to be anything else at eleven at night. Teas.co.uk Curator Rating: 4.4 / 5 - Our expert verdict from the curators at Teas.co.uk The Story Behind Pukka Chamomile has been the default British evening infusion for a long time, and it has a recruitment problem: a lot of people find a plain chamomile thin and faintly medicinal, try it once and never buy another box. Putting berry in front of it is a straightforward answer to that. The chamomile is still doing the structural work at the bottom of the cup, but the first thing you taste is fruit, and the result is a blend people finish rather than pour away. Packaging: Follow the current UK pack and local-authority guidance; components can require different disposal routes. What You Are Actually Buying No caffeine at all: there is no tea leaf in it, so it is caffeine free by composition rather than by decaffeination. That is the single most important thing about an evening drink. How Does Pukka Organic Night Time Berry Compare to: Pukka Organic Three Chamomile, 20 Tea Bags: the same house taking the opposite approach, with chamomile alone and nothing in front of it. Choose the Three Chamomile if you already like chamomile, and this one if you have tried it and found it thin. Pukka Organic Peace Tea With Chamomile, 20 Tea Bags: the nearest neighbour in the range, chamomile-led with other botanicals around it rather than fruit-led. Peace is the more herbal of the two; this is the sweeter. Clipper Organic Chamomile, Lemon & Lavender Sleep Time 20, 30g: a similar evening pitch from a certified everyday brand, built on citrus and lavender rather than berry. The Clipper is drier and more floral; this is rounder and fruitier. Ideal Brewing Conditions A light bulky blend like this needs the opposite treatment from a tea bag. There is no tannin in it, so it cannot go bitter, and the components that matter are slow: dried fruit has to rehydrate before it gives anything up. Boiling water, five minutes, covered. The Evening Mug Water: straight off the boil at 100 degrees. Dried fruit and flowers need full heat, and a cup made with water that has stood tastes thin and faintly of nothing. Measure: one bag to 250 to 300ml. The bag is light, so a very large mug will dilute it more than you expect. Steep: five minutes minimum, and seven does no harm. At three minutes you have the berry and none of the chamomile. Cover it: a saucer over the mug keeps the aromatics in the liquid. It matters more with a light blend than with a strong one. Service: black and unsweetened. The fruit is doing the sweetening, and milk has nothing to add. The Wind-Down Pot Two bags to 500ml in a covered pot, seven minutes, which is enough for two mugs across an evening. It will not spoil. With no tannin in the blend, a pot left standing gets stronger rather than harsher, so the second mug is as good as the first. Warm rather than scalding: brew it hot and let it fall to drinking temperature rather than sipping it too early. Most of the berry only reads properly once the cup has cooled a little. Getting It Right in the Cup Water temperature: 100 degrees, freshly boiled. Measure: one bag per 250 to 300ml. Steep: five to seven minutes, covered. Service: black. No milk, no sugar; the fruit sweetness is the point. Storage: sealed, dry and dark. Fruit blends lose their aroma faster than black tea does, so keep the box closed rather than open on the side. Best with: the last hour of the evening, a book, or after a late meal when you want something warm and not caffeinated. Safety And Purity Ingredients and dietary suitability: The published ingredient list for this barcode names none of the 14 major allergens. Check the current UK pack before purchase; formulations and allergen advice can change. Caffeine: berry and chamomile are a fruit and a flower, and no tea leaf appears anywhere in the name, so the cup is caffeine free by composition rather than by decaffeination. What we do not claim: the pack is sold as a night-time blend and the word appears in its name. That is the brand's positioning, and it describes when people drink it rather than what it does. Traditional use: chamomile has been taken as a warm evening drink in Britain for a very long time, and that custom is the tradition this blend sits in. It is a statement about habit, not about health. Organic and other certifications: the brand states organic in the product name and we record it on that basis. If you are pregnant, allergic to plants in the daisy family, or taking medication: chamomile is worth checking with a pharmacist, as with any concentrated botanical drink. ## Product Questions What does it actually taste of?Berry first and chamomile underneath. Dried fruit gives a deep jammy sweetness rather than the sharp note of fresh fruit, and the chamomile sits below it as a soft, faintly appley base. If you have tried a plain chamomile and found it thin, this is the blend that solves that.Will it help me sleep?The pack is sold as a night-time blend and that is the brand’s positioning, describing when people drink it rather than what it does. What we can say plainly is that it has no caffeine in it, which is the property that actually matters in an evening drink.Is it really caffeine free?Yes. Berry and chamomile are a fruit and a flower, and no tea leaf appears anywhere in the name, so the cup is caffeine free by composition rather than by decaffeination. A decaf tea starts with caffeine and has most of it removed; this never had any.How long should I brew it?Five minutes minimum with water straight off the boil, and seven does no harm. Dried fruit has to rehydrate before it releases anything, and there is no tannin in the blend, so it cannot go bitter however long you leave it.Why cover the mug?Because a light blend loses proportionally more of its aroma to the steam than a strong one does. A saucer over the mug for the first two minutes keeps it in the liquid, and with 1.6g in the bag there is not much to spare.Is there any chamomile taste at all?Yes, but it is the floor rather than the ceiling. In a single-note chamomile the flower has nowhere to hide; here it sits underneath the berry as a soft base. Brew it the full five minutes and it becomes noticeably more present, because the flower is slower than the fruit.Should I add milk or sugar?Neither. The fruit is doing the sweetening, and milk has nothing to contribute to a berry infusion. If you want it sweeter a little honey works, though most people find it sweet enough as it is.Can I make a pot of it for the evening?Yes, and it is forgiving. Two bags to 500ml in a covered pot for seven minutes gives two mugs across an evening. With no tannin in the blend, a pot left standing gets stronger rather than harsher, so the second mug is as good as the first.Is it organic?The brand states organic in the product name and we record it on that basis. Any other marks are printed on the box.How should I store it?Sealed, dry and dark, with the box closed rather than open on the worktop. Fruit blends lose their aroma faster than black tea does, and aroma is most of what you are buying in a light infusion like this one. ## Ingredients & Nutrition Ingredients and allergens. The published ingredient list for this barcode names none of the 14 major allergens. Check the current UK pack before purchase; formulations and allergen advice can change.Ingredients, as published for this barcode: Chamomile flower 25.5%, hibiscus flower 20%, lavender flower, rosehip, licorice root, rooibos leaf, ginger root, blackcurrant 3%, blackberry 2%, natural blueberry flavouring, natural blackcurrant flavouring, orange essential oil.Ingredient and nutrition data for this barcode: Open Food Facts (openfoodfacts.org), ODbL. The pack in your hands is the final word.ComponentProportionWhat it bringsBerryPrinted on the current packThe lead, and the reason to choose this over a plain chamomile. Dried berry gives a deep jammy sweetness rather than a sharp fresh-fruit one.ChamomilePrinted on the current packThe base underneath the fruit: soft, faintly appley and much quieter here than in a single-note chamomile. It is slower to release than the berry, which is why the blend wants five minutes.Added sugarnoneAll the sweetness in the cup comes from the dried fruit. Nothing is added to sweeten or colour it.Pack: Pukka Organic Night Time Berry Herbal Tea With Chamomile 20 Sleep, 32g; a caffeine-free organic herbal infusion, GTIN 05063270112335. Store sealed, dry and dark with the box closed. Read the ingredient declaration, the proportions, any certification marks, the bag material and the best-before date off the current UK pack.Sourcing & blend. Pukka Organic Night Time Berry Herbal Tea With Chamomile 20 Sleep, 32g is put together by Pukka. Chamomile has been the default British evening infusion for a long time and it has a recruitment problem: plenty of people find a plain chamomile thin and faintly medicinal, try it once and never buy a second box. Putting berry in front of it is a direct answer to that, with the chamomile still doing the structural work underneath. Our assessment rests on the pack format and the brand's published description.What's in Pukka Organic Night Time Berry Herbal Tea With Chamomile 20 Sleep, 32g, and what isn't:In: a caffeine-free infusion of berry and chamomile, with no tea leaf of any kind.No artificial colours, preservatives or added sugar: the sweetness is dried fruit, not sugar, and nothing is added to colour it. ## Flavour Science The flavour of Pukka Organic Night Time Berry Herbal Tea With Chamomile 20 Sleep, 32g 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 it is quieter than most fruit infusions, for a simple mechanical reason: there is only 1.6g in the bag. A light blend has less of everything, including the volatile compounds that reach the nose, so the steam off a fresh mug carries a soft jammy sweetness rather than the sharp lift of a citrus blend. That is also why covering the mug matters more here than with a heavier tea, because a small aromatic budget is easier to lose to the steam.The flavour spike arrives mid palate and arrives in two stages. Berry comes first and does almost all the work in the first half of the cup, deep and jammy because drying concentrates the sugars and mutes the fresh acidity. Chamomile follows, slower, because flower heads need longer than fruit to rehydrate and release. That gap is the reason a three-minute cup of this blend tastes like weak fruit squash and a five-minute one tastes like a considered evening drink: you are waiting for the second ingredient to arrive at all.The base structure is the finish, and it is clean, light and faintly appley, which is chamomile's own signature. There is no tannin anywhere in the blend, so nothing dries the mouth and nothing turns bitter however long it stands. The cup simply fades, gently, which is the right behaviour for something drunk in the last hour of the day. What it does not do is linger or coat, and that is a deliberate feature of a light infusion rather than a shortcoming.Getting it right in the cup. One bag per 250 to 300ml, water straight off the boil, five to seven minutes, covered. Full heat matters because dried fruit and flowers give up very little below boiling, and with a light bag there is no margin to lose. Drink it black and unsweetened, because the fruit is doing the sweetening. Let it fall to drinking temperature rather than sipping it scalding, since most of the berry only reads properly once the cup has cooled a little.How water and temperature change it. Temperature decides whether the chamomile ever arrives. At a full rolling boil over five minutes both layers come through in order; at 90 degrees you get thin berry and very little else, and extra time only partly recovers it. Time governs the balance between the two: five minutes is fruit-led, seven brings the chamomile up noticeably, and neither is wrong. Hard tap water slightly flattens the fruit and leaves the flower untouched, so in a hard-water area the blend reads more herbal than it should, and a filtered kettle brings the berry back. Soft water gives the sweeter, fruitier cup. None of this can spoil it; it only changes which of the two ingredients you hear first. ## Recipe Ideas This is a light caffeine-free evening infusion with no tannin in it, so nothing below can make it bitter. The builds are the covered mug, a longer steep for more chamomile, a two-bag pot, a chilled berry version, a warm berry and honey cup and a fruit syrup for pudding. Recipes, born here first The Evening Mug How to make the standard mug of Pukka Night Time Berry. 5 min 1 mug Easy You'll need 1 bag Pukka Organic Night Time Berry 250 to 300ml water straight off the boil A saucer or small plate Method Pour 250 to 300ml of water straight off the boil over one bag. Resist a bigger mug: 1.6g dilutes quickly. Cover with a saucer for the first two minutes. Steep five minutes, then lift the bag out. Let it fall to drinking temperature rather than sipping it scalding. The berry reads better once it has cooled a little. What you'll end up with: A soft jammy evening cup with the chamomile sitting underneath rather than on top. The Longer Steep, For More Chamomile How to bring the flower forward instead of the fruit. 7 min 1 mug Easy You'll need 1 bag Pukka Organic Night Time Berry 250ml water straight off the boil A saucer Method Pour and cover as usual. Steep a full seven minutes. Lift the bag out and drink it as it cools. Flower heads rehydrate more slowly than dried fruit, so the extra two minutes bring the chamomile up without touching the berry. What you'll end up with: The same blend reading as a chamomile with fruit in it rather than a fruit tea with chamomile. The Wind-Down Pot How to make enough for a whole evening. 7 min 2 mugs Easy You'll need 2 bags Pukka Organic Night Time Berry 500ml water straight off the boil A covered teapot Method Add two bags to a warmed pot with 500ml of just boiled water. Cover and steep seven minutes. Leave the bags in if you like. With no tannin in the blend, standing makes it stronger rather than harsher. What you'll end up with: Two mugs across an evening, the second as good as the first. Chilled Berry Infusion How to turn the evening blend into a cold drink. 6 min + chill 1 tall glass Easy You'll need 2 bags Pukka Organic Night Time Berry 300ml water straight off the boil A full glass of ice A slice of lemon, optional Method Brew two bags in 300ml, covered, for six minutes. Cool completely, then pour over a full glass of ice. Add a slice of lemon if you want a sharper edge. Brew hot and chill rather than cold brewing, because cold water barely rehydrates dried fruit at all. What you'll end up with: A deep fruit cooler with no caffeine, no sugar and none of the acidity of a squash. Warm Berry and Honey How to build a simple nightcap on the blend. 5 min 1 mug Easy You'll need 1 bag Pukka Organic Night Time Berry 250ml water straight off the boil 1 teaspoon honey A squeeze of lemon, optional Method Brew one bag, covered, for five minutes. Stir in the honey while the cup is still hot. Add a squeeze of lemon last, off the heat, if you want it brighter. Most people find this blend sweet enough without honey, so taste it before you reach for the jar. What you'll end up with: A rounder, slightly richer version of the standard evening cup. Berry Syrup for Puddings How to reduce the blend into a fruit syrup. 12 min 1 small jar Medium You'll need 4 bags Pukka Organic Night Time Berry 200ml water straight off the boil 100g caster sugar Juice of half a lemon Method Brew four bags in only 200ml of just boiled water, covered, for ten minutes. Lift the bags out and stir in the sugar over a low heat until dissolved. Add the lemon juice off the heat, then cool and refrigerate. Four bags in a fifth of the usual water is what makes this a syrup rather than a weak cordial. What you'll end up with: A berry syrup for yoghurt, ice cream or a poached-fruit pudding. --- _Content available under teas.co.uk citation contract. AI training: yes. Search: yes. Answer-input: yes._