Whole chamomile heads with damascena rose petals. The quiet pour.

Fresh ginger root with whole lemon peel. The morning lift.

Dried young leaf, harvested late spring, the workhorse mineral tonic.

Tasmanian English lavender, dried slow, perfumed and soft.

Soft silver-grey leaf, the chest tonic of older herbals.

Damascena, whole petals, for blending or for the cup alone.

A bright, citrus-soft mint relation, the gentle end of the shelf.

Whole gold flowerheads, faintly resinous, an afternoon cup.

Cut peppermint leaf, Australian-grown, no shortcuts.

Whole umbels, traditional for the early-season cold.

Bitter, aromatic, one of the older herbs in the cabinet.

Holy basil, dried whole leaf, a clove-warm afternoon cup.