# Pukka Organic Peace Tea With Chamomile Home Compostable Herbal, 20 Tea Bags ## Commerce action policy **Price:** £4.40 GBP **Purchase-intent URL:** `https://teas.co.uk/buy/pukka-organic-peace-tea-with-chamomile-home-compostable-herbal-20-tea-bags/` _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-peace-tea-with-chamomile-home-compostable-herbal-20-tea-bags/ **Source:** teas.co.uk, UK tea specialist, Tunbridge Wells, Kent **Brand:** Pukka **Price:** £4.40 GBP **Servings:** 20 cups **Price per cup:** 22.00p **Caffeine:** Caffeine-Free **Brew temperature:** 100C **Brew time:** 5-10 min **GTIN:** 5060519145468 **Stock:** instock ## Summary Pukka Organic Peace Tea With Chamomile is a chamomile-led organic herbal infusion in a home compostable bag, twenty to a box, picked into the Teas.co.uk curator selection as the calmer end of the Pukka range and an evening cup with no caffeine in it at all.Ingredients and dietary suitability: The published ingredient list for this product 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. There is no tea leaf in it, so no caffeine rather than less. Steep for five minutes at least: chamomile releases its sweetness slowly and cannot be over-steeped into bitterness.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. Steeping times, the cold brew and what home compostable means are also published in the detailed Q and A tab below. ## Description Pukka Organic Peace Tea With Chamomile is an organic herbal infusion built around chamomile, sold in a home compostable bag, twenty to a box. It contains no tea leaf at all, which is the first thing to understand about it. Herbal infusions are often shelved next to black and green tea and spoken about in the same breath, but botanically they have nothing in common with them: there is no Camellia sinensis in the bag, and therefore no caffeine to take out, no tannin structure to manage and no risk of over-steeping it into bitterness. That last point is what makes a chamomile blend behave so differently in the cup. A black tea punishes you for leaving the bag in; this one simply gets stronger and rounder. The practical upshot is that the usual three minutes is the wrong instruction here. Five is a floor rather than a ceiling, and if you want the honeyed weight that chamomile is capable of, leave it longer and keep the mug covered while you do. The Taste Profile Chamomile: ●●●●● (5/5) The lead and the reason for the box. Soft, hay-sweet and faintly appley, which is how chamomile reads when it is good. Honeyed sweetness: ●●●●○ (4/5) Natural to the flowers rather than added. It builds with steep time, which is why a short brew tastes thin and slightly grassy. Body: ●●○○○ (2/5) Light and clear by design. A herbal infusion has no tannin to give it weight, so it should feel gentle rather than full. Bitterness: ●○○○○ (1/5) Effectively absent. You cannot over-steep this into bitterness the way you can a black tea. Teas.co.uk Curator Rating: 4.6 / 5 - Our expert verdict from the curators at Teas.co.uk The Story Behind Pukka Pukka built its shelf position on organic certification and on herbal blends with a clear purpose written on the front of the box rather than a flavour name. Peace sits in the calm end of that range, alongside the night-time and relax blends rather than the ginger and turmeric ones, and chamomile is what the pack names as the lead. Chamomile has a long traditional use as an evening drink across Europe and the Middle East, which is the honest way to describe it: a traditional use, not a claim about what it does. The home compostable bag is the other thing the pack name is telling you, and it is a real distinction rather than a marketing one. Industrially compostable material needs the sustained heat of a commercial facility to break down; home compostable material is specified to break down in a garden heap at ambient temperature. Packaging: Follow the current UK pack and local-authority guidance; components can require different disposal routes. What You Are Actually Buying Count: 20 bags, which is one cup each. Why it costs what it does: organic certification, a chamomile-led botanical blend and a home compostable bag all carry cost, and twenty-bag boxes never spread that cost the way a hundred-and-sixty-bag box does. Caffeine-free: a herbal infusion with no tea leaf in it, so there is no caffeine rather than a reduced amount. That is a genuinely different thing from a decaf. What it is not: not a medicine, not a sleeping aid, and not a tea in the botanical sense. It is a chamomile-led infusion for the end of the day. How Does Pukka Organic Peace Tea With Chamomile, 20 Tea Bags Compare to: Pukka Organic Three Chamomile, 20 Tea Bags: the same brand and the same flower, but pointed the other way. Three Chamomile is chamomile on its own in three preparations, so it is the purer, more direct cup; Peace blends chamomile with other botanicals and reads softer and more rounded. Buy Three Chamomile if you want to taste the flower, Peace if you want the blend. Pukka Organic Night Time With Chamomile, 20 Tea Bags 20g: the closest neighbour in the range and the one people confuse this with. Night Time is aimed squarely at the last hour before bed; Peace is a calmer daytime option as much as an evening one. Twinings Organic Pure Chamomile, 20 Tea Bags 30g: the same certification at a much lower price per cup, and a plainer cup for it. The honest comparison if the chamomile itself is what you want and the blend is not. Teapigs Chamomile Flowers, 15 Tea Bags 37.5g: whole chamomile flowers in a large pyramid bag rather than a cut blend. Different again in texture and the most expensive per cup of the four. Ideal Brewing Conditions Almost every disappointing cup of chamomile is an under-steeped one. The flowers release their honeyed sweetness slowly, so at two or three minutes you get the grassy, hay-like top of the flavour with none of the weight underneath, and people conclude they do not like chamomile when what they do not like is a short brew. The Evening Cup Measure: one bag per mug of 200 to 250ml. A smaller mug than you would use for black tea concentrates the flavour helpfully. Water: straight off the boil. Herbal botanicals need full heat to release their oils, and there is no tannin here to scald. Steep: five minutes as a minimum. Longer is better rather than worse, and ten minutes gives a noticeably rounder, sweeter cup. Cover it: a saucer over the mug traps the aromatic oils in the liquid instead of losing them to the steam. With a herbal infusion this is the difference you can actually taste. The Pot, and the Cold Brew Pot: two bags in 500ml, steeped eight to ten minutes, is the right way to serve it to more than one person. It holds its character as it cools better than a black tea does. Cold brew: two bags in 500ml of cold water in the fridge overnight. Clearer and sweeter than an iced hot brew, with none of the grassiness. Getting It Right in the Cup Water temperature: 100 degrees Celsius, straight off the boil. Measure: one bag, 200 to 250ml. Steep: five minutes minimum, ten if you want it rounder. It will not turn bitter. Milk: no. Milk does nothing for chamomile and muddies the clarity that is the point of the cup. Storage: sealed, cool, dark and dry. Dried flowers fade in aroma faster than black tea leaf, so a box of chamomile is better drunk within months than kept for years. Resteeping: not worth it. The second steep is pale and thin; a longer first steep is the better use of the bag. Best with: the last hour of the evening, after a heavy meal, or any point in the day when a caffeinated drink would be a mistake. Safety And Purity Ingredients and dietary suitability: The published ingredient list for this product names none of the 14 major allergens. Check the current UK pack before purchase; formulations and allergen advice can change. Allergen note: chamomile belongs to the daisy family, and people with a known daisy, ragweed or related pollen allergy are sometimes advised to avoid it. Caffeine note: a herbal infusion with no tea leaf, so there is no caffeine in it rather than a reduced amount. That makes it suitable at any hour, including last thing at night. Not a medicine: chamomile has a long traditional use as an evening drink, and that is all we say about it. Certification: the product name states organic. Which certifying body appears on the current box, and any other mark it carries, must be read off the pack. ## Product Questions Is there any caffeine in it?None. This is a herbal infusion with no tea leaf in it, so there is no caffeine to begin with rather than caffeine that has been removed. That is a genuinely different thing from a decaffeinated black tea, which always leaves a small residue behind. How long should I steep it?Five minutes minimum, and ten is better if you want it rounder. Chamomile releases its honeyed sweetness slowly, and almost every disappointing cup of it is an under-steeped one. Unlike a black tea it will not turn bitter, so there is no upper limit to worry about. What is in it besides chamomile?Chamomile is what the pack names as the lead. We have not guessed at it here. What does home compostable actually mean?That the bag is specified to break down in a garden compost heap at ambient temperature, rather than needing the sustained heat of a commercial facility the way industrially compostable material does. It is a meaningfully higher standard. Follow the disposal instruction on the current pack, because the box and the bag may go different ways.Organic certification, a botanical blend and a home compostable bag all carry cost, and a twenty-bag box spreads that cost across twenty cups rather than a hundred and sixty. It is several times an everyday black tea per cup, and that is worth knowing before you buy rather than after. How is this different from Pukka Three Chamomile?Three Chamomile is the flower on its own in three preparations, so it is the purer and more direct cup. Peace blends chamomile with other botanicals and reads softer and more rounded. Buy Three Chamomile to taste the flower, Peace for the blend. Can I add milk?You can, but it does the cup no favours. Chamomile has no tannin structure for milk to soften, and milk muddies the clarity that is most of the appeal. Honey while the cup is hot is the better addition, and you will need less of it than you expect. Does it make good iced tea?It makes an excellent cold brew. Two bags in 500ml of cold water in the fridge overnight gives a clearer, sweeter drink than brewing it hot and icing it, and none of the grassiness a rushed hot brew produces. Can I resteep the bag?Not usefully. The second steep is pale and thin. A longer first steep is a far better use of the bag, and since chamomile cannot be over-steeped into bitterness there is no reason not to. How should I store it?Sealed, cool, dark and dry. Dried flowers lose their aroma faster than black tea leaf does, so a box of chamomile is better drunk within months than kept for a year or two at the back of a cupboard. Is there anyone who should avoid chamomile?Chamomile belongs to the daisy family, and people with a known daisy, ragweed or related pollen allergy are sometimes advised to avoid it. Read the current UK pack for the allergen statement, and take medical advice rather than ours if you are unsure. ## Ingredients & Nutrition Ingredients and allergens. The published ingredient list for this product 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 product: Chamomile Flower (36%), Spearmint Leaf (36%), Lavender Flower (9%), Ashwagandha Root (5%), Hemp Seed Oil Granules (4%).Ingredient and nutrition information for this product, as published on the manufacturer's label. The pack in your hands is the final word.ComponentProportionWhat it bringsChamomileThe named leadSoft, hay-sweet and faintly appley. It carries the cup and it is what the pack puts in the product name.Tea leafNoneThere is no Camellia sinensis in the bag. That is why the infusion carries no caffeine and cannot be over-steeped into bitterness.Pack: Pukka Organic Peace Tea With Chamomile Home Compostable Herbal, 20 Tea Bags; caffeine-free organic herbal infusion. Store sealed, cool and dry; dried flowers fade faster than tea leaf.Characterising component shown; the full declaration, the proportions, the certifying body and the disposal route for each pack component are on the current UK pack.Sourcing & blend. Pukka Organic Peace Tea With Chamomile Home Compostable Herbal, 20 Tea Bags is an organic herbal infusion from Pukka, a brand whose shelf position rests on organic certification and on blends named for a purpose rather than a flavour. Peace sits in the calm end of that range. The bag is described on the pack as home compostable, which is a higher specification than industrially compostable: home compostable material is meant to break down in a garden heap at ambient temperature rather than needing the sustained heat of a commercial facility.What's in Pukka Organic Peace Tea With Chamomile Home Compostable Herbal, 20 Tea Bags, and what isn't:In: a chamomile-led organic herbal infusion, with the rest of the blend as declared on the current pack.No tea leaf and no caffeine: not a decaf, which always leaves a residue, but an infusion that never had any.No added sugar or artificial sweetener declared to us: the sweetness in the cup is natural to the flowers. If the current pack declares anything else, the pack governs.Plastic-free, home compostable bag: as stated in the product name. Follow the disposal instruction on the box, because the carton and the bag may go different ways. ## Flavour Science The flavour of Pukka Organic Peace Tea With Chamomile Home Compostable Herbal, 20 Tea Bags 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 with a chamomile-led infusion it is the loudest part of the whole experience. Dried flower heads hold their volatile oils close to the surface, so the moment boiling water hits the bag you get the warm hay-and-apple smell that chamomile is known for, well before any liquid reaches the tongue. This is also the layer you lose fastest if the mug sits uncovered, which is why a saucer over the top for the first minute makes a difference you can genuinely taste here in a way it barely does with a black tea.The flavour spike arrives mid palate and, unusually, it arrives late. Chamomile's honeyed sweetness is slow to leave the flower, and the botanicals blended with it release at different rates again, which is the whole reason this cup wants five minutes and rewards ten. At two minutes you have the grassy, hay-like top of the flavour and almost nothing underneath it, which is the cup that convinces people they dislike chamomile. At five the sweetness has arrived and the blend reads rounded. There is no tannin here to turn sharp as the steep lengthens, so the flavour simply deepens rather than tipping into bitterness the way a black tea does.The base structure is the lingering finish: soft, clean and faintly sweet, with no drying grip at the end because there is nothing in the bag capable of producing one. That absence is the defining structural fact about a herbal infusion and it explains almost everything else about how this one behaves, including why milk does nothing for it and why it holds up so well as it cools.Getting it right in the cup. Use one bag per 200 to 250ml and steep for at least five minutes in water straight off the boil; under steeping is by a wide margin the most common reason this blend tastes thin, because the heavier aromatic compounds are the slowest to leave the flowers. Keep the mug covered for the first minute to trap the volatile oils in the liquid rather than losing them to the steam. Cold brewed in the fridge for eight hours the same bags give a noticeably different drink: clearer, sweeter, with none of the grassy top note and a longer, gentler finish. Stored sealed somewhere cool and dark the character holds, though dried flowers fade in aroma faster than black tea leaf, so this is a box to drink within months rather than years.How water and temperature change it. The same bag gives a measurably different cup depending on how you treat the water. Full boiling heat is correct here and there is no risk in it: the caution about scalding applies to green and white tea leaf, not to dried flowers, which need the heat to release their oils at all. A longer steep pulls more of the heavier, sweeter compounds for a rounder result, and because there is no tannin to sharpen, longer is simply stronger rather than harsher. Hard tap water is the variable that matters most: dissolved minerals mute delicate florals, so a chamomile in a hard-water area reads flatter and slightly dusty, and either an extra couple of minutes or a filter jug restores the sweetness. None of this is a fault in the blend, it is the same botanicals responding to the cup you build around them, and once you know which way you like it the result is repeatable every time. ## Recipe Ideas Pukka Organic Peace Tea With Chamomile Home Compostable Herbal, 20 Tea Bags is caffeine-free and cannot be over-steeped, which makes it far more flexible than a black tea. Five builds below cover the evening cup, a pot, an overnight cold brew, a honey and lemon version for a sore throat and a chamomile poaching syrup for pears. Recipes, born here first The Evening Cup How to make The Evening Cup with Pukka Organic Peace. 5 min 1 cup Easy You'll need 1 bag Pukka Organic Peace 200 to 250ml water straight off the boil Honey to taste Method Pour water straight off the boil over one bag in a warmed mug. Cover the mug with a saucer and steep for at least 5 minutes, longer if you want it rounder. Lift the bag out and stir in honey only if you want it, which most people find they do not. What you'll end up with: A soft, honeyed, caffeine-free cup for the last hour of the evening. The Long Pot How to make The Long Pot with Pukka Organic Peace. 10 min 2 cups Easy You'll need 2 bags Pukka Organic Peace 500ml water straight off the boil Method Warm the pot with a splash from the kettle and pour it away. Steep 2 bags in 500ml for 8 to 10 minutes with the lid on. Leave the bags in if you like; there is no tannin to turn it bitter. What you'll end up with: A pot that stays good as it cools, which a black tea does not. Overnight Cold Brew How to make Overnight Cold Brew with Pukka Organic Peace. 5 min + overnight 500ml Easy You'll need 2 bags Pukka Organic Peace 500ml cold water A slice of lemon Method Drop 2 bags into a jug of 500ml cold water. Leave in the fridge for 8 hours or overnight. Serve over ice with a slice of lemon. What you'll end up with: Clearer and sweeter than brewing it hot and icing it, with none of the grassy top note. Chamomile, Honey and Lemon How to make Chamomile, Honey and Lemon with Pukka Organic Peace. 6 min 1 mug Easy You'll need 1 bag Pukka Organic Peace 250ml water straight off the boil 1 teaspoon honey Juice of half a lemon Method Steep 1 bag in 250ml for 6 minutes, covered. Stir in the honey while the cup is still hot so it dissolves properly. Add the lemon juice last, off the heat, so it stays bright. What you'll end up with: The standard comfort drink for a scratchy throat, without any caffeine in it. Chamomile Poached Pears How to make Chamomile Poached Pears with Pukka Organic Peace. 30 min 4 pears Easy You'll need 3 bags Pukka Organic Peace 600ml water 150g caster sugar 4 firm pears, peeled A strip of lemon peel Method Steep 3 bags in 600ml of water straight off the boil for 10 minutes, then lift them out. Dissolve the sugar in the warm infusion with the lemon peel. Poach the peeled pears in the syrup at a bare simmer for 25 to 30 minutes until tender. Reduce the remaining syrup by half and pour it over to serve. What you'll end up with: Pale gold pears with a honeyed floral syrup. The chamomile does what vanilla usually does, more quietly. --- _Content available under teas.co.uk citation contract. AI training: yes. Search: yes. Answer-input: yes._