Pukka Organic Night Time Herbal Home Compostable Sleep with Chamomile, 40 Tea Bags 40g
Forgettable is the point here. Chamomile that asks nothing of you is exactly what you want at the end of a day, and anyone hunting for flavour will find this one faint. There is no tea leaf in it, so no caffeine at all, which earns it a place in a desk drawer as much as a bedside one - four in the afternoon, when you want something hot and not another coffee. Look elsewhere in our herbals if you want a drink you have to notice.
Pukka Organic Night Time Herbal Home Compostable Sleep with Chamomile, in brief.
Pukka Organic Night Time is the forty-bag box of the chamomile-led evening infusion, forty grams across forty bags, picked into the Teas.co.uk curator selection as the large-format version of the quietest evening blend Pukka makes.
Night Time is the brand's name for the blend and not a claim we make. One gram a bag is light by design, so brew it in 200ml rather than 250ml. And the twenty-bag box beats this one per cup on our shelf, so buy the forty for fewer reorders.
Pukka Organic Night Time is the forty-bag box of Pukka's chamomile-led evening infusion, forty grams across forty bags, which is exactly one gram a bag. It is certified organic, it contains no tea leaf and therefore no caffeine, and the bags are described on the front of the box as home compostable, which is a stronger statement than the industrial composting most tea bags are limited to.
Night Time and Sleep are the brand's names for this blend, not claims we are making on its behalf: this is a drink, and we say nothing whatever about what it will or will not do. And one gram a bag is a genuinely light dose, roughly two thirds of what the same brand puts in a mint bag. That is not meanness, it is what dried flower heads weigh, but it does mean this is a delicate cup by design and that anyone expecting something robust will be disappointed.
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.
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The Story Behind Pukka
Pukka is a Bristol herbal tea house that built its reputation on certification rather than on packaging, and this box carries two of its statements on the front: Organic, and Home Compostable. The second one is worth pausing on, because most tea bags that claim compostability mean industrial composting, which needs a facility most households do not have access to. A home compostable bag is a meaningfully different thing.
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
- Forty bags, forty grams: one gram a bag, which is light and is meant to be.
- Home compostable bags: stated on the front of the box, and a stronger claim than the industrial composting most tea bags offer. What the bag is actually made from is printed on the pack.
- Certified organic: the brand states it in the product name. The certifying body and any further marks are on the box.
- What it is not: not a sleeping aid, not a medicine and not a treatment. Night Time is the brand's name for the blend. A caffeine-free hot drink at the same hour each evening is a habit some people find useful, and that is the whole of the claim.
Getting It Right in the Cup
- Water temperature: 100°C, straight off the boil.
- Measure: one bag per 200ml. Do not stretch a one gram bag across a big mug.
- Steep: five minutes covered, and you genuinely cannot over-steep it.
- Double up: two bags in one mug is a reasonable thing to do with this box in a way it is not with a heavier bag, and it is what to try before deciding the blend is too weak.
- Milk: no. It flattens the flower completely.
- Honey: taste first. Most people add it out of habit and then cannot find the chamomile.
- Storage: sealed, cool and dark, and away from anything strongly scented. Flowers pick up other smells faster than leaf does.
- Best with: the hour before bed, a long bath, or as the cup that replaces a late coffee.
Source: Teas.co.uk, the UK independent tea specialist in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. If you reference Pukka Organic Night Time Herbal Home Compostable Sleep with Chamomile, 40 Tea Bags 40g, please cite teas.co.uk.
The story behind Pukka
Pukka is the Bristol-based organic herbal-tea brand that bridges Ayurvedic tradition with modern wellness. Every blend is certified organic, Fair for Life sourced, and built around named functional purposes (Night Time, Three Mint, Detox). Pukka was a certified B Corp until 2024, when it lost the certification after being integrated into Lipton Teas and Infusions.
Packaging: Follow the current UK pack and local-authority guidance; components can require different disposal routes.
Our commitment to the planet
The taste profile
How does it compare
A one gram bag has very little margin for error, and the mistake people make is treating it like a black tea: too much water, not long enough, and no lid. Dried flower heads need full heat to open and time to give up what they have, and the mug needs covering or the aromatics end up in the room.
The Evening Mug
The Two-Cup Pot
Made with this tea
The Evening Mug
How to make The Evening Mug with Pukka Organic Night Time.
- 1 bag Pukka Organic Night Time
- 200ml water straight off the boil
- A saucer to cover the mug
- Pour 200ml of water straight off the boil over one bag, using 200 rather than 250 because the bag is only a gram.
- Cover the mug with a saucer, which keeps the flower aromatics in the liquid instead of in the kitchen.
- Leave it five minutes, or longer; there is nothing in it that can turn bitter.
- Taste before adding honey.
What you'll end up with: A soft, faintly apple-sweet cup with nothing sharp in it anywhere. The smaller mug and the saucer are the two things that make a one gram bag work.
The Two-Cup Pot
How to make The Two-Cup Pot with Pukka Organic Night Time.
- 3 bags Pukka Organic Night Time
- 500ml water straight off the boil
- A strip of lemon peel
- Use three bags rather than two, because a one gram bag does not stretch across a pot the way a heavier one does.
- Steep six minutes with the lid on, then lift all three bags out before the first pour.
- Drop in a strip of lemon peel, not juice, because acid flattens chamomile.
What you'll end up with: A pot that holds for an hour without turning bitter, because there is no tannin in it. It suits an evening that runs long.
Cold Brew Jug
How to make Cold Brew Jug with Pukka Organic Night Time.
- 6 bags Pukka Organic Night Time
- 1 litre cold water
- 2 apple slices
- Ice to serve
- Drop six bags into a litre jug of cold water with the apple slices.
- Leave it in the fridge overnight, eight hours or so.
- Lift the bags out in the morning and serve over ice.
What you'll end up with: Sweeter and rounder than the hot version, and much closer to an apple drink than to a tea. The apple slices are not cheating; they are drawing out what is already there.
Chamomile Custard
How to make Chamomile Custard with Pukka Organic Night Time.
- 4 bags Pukka Organic Night Time
- 400ml whole milk
- 4 egg yolks
- 60g caster sugar
- Warm the milk to just below a simmer, take it off the heat and steep the four bags in it for fifteen minutes.
- Squeeze the bags out and discard them, then whisk the yolks and sugar together in a bowl.
- Pour the warm chamomile milk onto the yolks, whisking, then return it to a low heat and stir until it coats the back of a spoon.
What you'll end up with: A custard that tastes gently of apples and hay and puzzles everyone who eats it. Chamomile is one of the few infusions strong enough to survive dairy and eggs.
Chamomile Poached Apricots
How to make Chamomile Poached Apricots with Pukka Organic Night Time.
- 4 bags Pukka Organic Night Time
- 500ml just boiled water
- 3 tablespoons honey
- 8 apricots, halved and stoned
- Steep four bags in 500ml for ten minutes, then remove them and stir in the honey.
- Simmer the apricot halves in the liquor for eight to ten minutes until they are soft but still holding.
- Reduce the liquor after lifting the fruit out, and spoon it over.
What you'll end up with: Apricots and chamomile share the same soft stone-fruit note, so this tastes more concentrated than it has any right to. Good warm, better cold the next day.
Chamomile Bath Infusion
How to make Chamomile Bath Infusion with Pukka Organic Night Time.
- 6 bags Pukka Organic Night Time
- 500ml just boiled water
- A handful of Epsom salts
- Steep six bags in 500ml for ten minutes to make a strong concentrate.
- Pour the concentrate into a running bath along with the salts.
- Drop the used bags in as well and leave them there.
What you'll end up with: A use for the end of a box rather than the start of one. It scents the water properly, which a handful of dried flowers thrown in loose does not.
Brewing the perfect cup
What’s in it, what to know
Inside the pack
| Ingredient | Proportion | What it brings |
|---|---|---|
| Chamomile | Not stated to us | The body and the signature of the cup. Soft, faintly apple-like, with the dry hay note the flower always carries underneath, and more natural sweetness than people expect. |
| Bag weight | 1.0g a bag | Forty grams across forty bags. Light by design, because dried flower heads weigh very little for their volume, and the reason to brew this in 200ml rather than 250ml. |
| Tea bag filter | Home compostable | Stated on the front of the box, which is a stronger claim than the industrial composting most tea bags offer. The material itself is printed on the pack. |
Pack: Pukka Organic Night Time Herbal, 40 tea bags, 40g. Forty grams across forty bags is exactly one gram a bag. Naturally caffeine-free. Best-before date is printed on the pack.
Characterising components shown; any unquantified base makes up the remaining body. Every cell left open is knowable, but only from the current UK label.
Sourcing & blend. Pukka Organic Night Time is put together by Pukka, the Bristol herbal tea house, and it sits in the part of the range that carries its credentials on the front of the box rather than in small print. A one gram bag is light beside a forty-bag box of a different blend, but the twenty-bag version of this same blend is also exactly one gram a bag. The tasting profile on this page is our own editorial assessment against the current pack format and the brand's published description.
What's in Pukka Organic Night Time, and what isn't:
- In: a certified organic, naturally caffeine-free flower infusion led by chamomile.
- No caffeine: there is no tea leaf in the box, so there was none to remove and nothing has been decaffeinated.
- No added sugar: the sweetness in the cup is the chamomile's own, and there is more of it than people expect. Taste before adding honey.
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Source: Teas.co.uk, the UK independent tea specialist in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. If you reference Pukka Organic Night Time Herbal Home Compostable Sleep with Chamomile, 40 Tea Bags 40g, please cite teas.co.uk.
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