Since my Italian girlfriend introduced me to camomile tea, an Italian favourite, I've been an avid fan! 'Especially using proper camomile flowers, commonly used in Italy, rather than the powdered 'plant matter' found in all the UK supermarket camomile tea bags.
It's a great drink in the evening, when you don't want to be drinking caffeine, and want something relaxing (and non-alcoholic).
I'm also growing some camomile plants (they're doing well, although have a few small black insects a few mm long on the newly forming flower heads and some leaves, which I need to sort out!), so when they're finished, it will be interesting to try my own homemade camomile.
Like many UK people, I used to think that camomile tea was for 'old ladies', but after coffee, it's almost a national (non-alcoholic) drink of Italy! All the bars and cafes will serve you a camomile, as well as at Bergamo airport - not likely in the UK!
I used to buy the tea bags, with full flowers, but now use loose flowers instead, as it's cheaper - N.B. some supermarkets have loose flowers at very expensive prices, especially CoOp (e.g. 3.29 Euro for 50g), and also Esselunga (around 2.50-3 Euro for 50g, but not sure), but Standa are very reasonably priced (around 1.69 Euro for 50g I think) - great deal, and 50g lasts a long time - around a month at least.
Does anyone else enjoy a good cup of camomile tea at night?
