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- Origin: Germany
- Producer: Tea & Coffee Factory
- Batch: AB00439 · Stock: 900 g
- Packaging: Recyclable paper
- Storage: Dry, dark, airtight
- Price: 25 SEK/g (20 SEK/g when buying ≥ 500 g)
- Quick tasting notes: Spring‑green herbality, warm rounded violet, light sweetness, silky texture, long gentle finish.
- Provenance: German soil and quiet winds.
- Hands behind it: Tea & Coffee Factory — awake stewards of leaf and bloom.
- Markings: Batch AB00439 · Stores: 900 g in a blessed dark.
- Companion: Paper that returns to paper.
- Rest: Dry, shaded, sealed — where aroma keeps watch.
- Value: 25 SEK/g (20 SEK/g once the weight reaches 500 g and beyond).
- Tones: First breath of green, warm violet, quiet sweetness, silken texture, a finish that lingers like a whisper in an old hall.
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Flat price: 25 SEK/g (20 SEK/g for orders ≥ 500 g).
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About the tea – sensory & character
Tea’s nature — read in warmth and water
The dried violet flowers are small, tight buds of 2–3 millimetres — shades of purple offset with green and yellow stems. Opening the bag, you meet a quiet green herbality where a warm violet note already hints at what awaits. When brewing — 1 g per 100 ml, 85 °C, 10 minutes — the buds swell softly and colours lift toward lavender; the green and yellow parts turn translucent, almost glass‑bright. The aroma shifts toward a more vegetal green, while the violet’s warmth remains as a low, rounded base note.
In the cup, the liquor is clear and gold‑tinged — not purple, but carrying a mild mystery. The texture is elegant and silky; a discreet viscosity that carries flavours across the tongue. The taste is finely tuned: spring‑green herbality meets a warm, rounded violet that never becomes perfumy, staying restrained and luxurious. A light sweetness ties everything together. The finish is long and gentle — a floral whisper that lingers, and in the emptied cup, a pure violet tone remains like the echo of something calm.
Serve with the flavours you find on a sushi plate: fatty fish, salt, pickled ginger, and the sticky umami of rice. Or with something sweet and crisp — like baklava — where the tea’s rounded bloom lifts both honey and nuts without competing.
Brewing tip: 1 g per 100 ml · 85 °C · 10 min. Adjust time/quantity to taste. Store dry, dark, and airtight.
The violets lie like tiny seals, 2–3 millimetres, purple with green and yellow stems — keepers of a warm, low note. Break the seal and the spirit of green rises quietly. When brewing — 1 g per 100 ml, 85 °C, 10 minutes — the buds swell as if remembering a spring. Colours pale to lavender; the stems become almost glasslike. The scent walks toward the plant’s deeper chambers, and violet carries warmth like a rune by the fire.
In the cup: clear gold, a mild mystery. The texture is woven silk; it bears the flavours across the tongue like a quiet procession. The tones are carefully set: the first sigh of green meets a warm, rounded violet that never becomes perfume — only present and noble. A light sweetness keeps the circle closed. The aftertaste lingers, like a whisper that knows its way back. In the empty cup remains an echo — clean, violet, and kind.
Pair with plates where fat, salt, and pickled ginger play — a sushi map — or with something sweet and crisp like the layers of baklava, where honey and nut are carried by the bloom without a fight.
Brewing: 1 g per 100 ml · 85 °C · 10 min. Adjust as you like. Let the tea rest dry, dark, sealed.
🩺 Health — what do sources say?
🩺 Of work and effect
Summary: Dried flowers of Viola odorata appear in traditional herb texts for cough & airways, calm/sleep, mild inflammation, and skin issues. Modern research is limited and results vary between studies. Do not use as medical treatment; consider this a culinary and sensory experience. Always consult healthcare for medical questions.
- Airways & cough: Traditionally used in teas and syrups as a soothing element. Scientific evidence is inconclusive.
- Calm & sleep: Folk use suggests help with rest. Scientific data are limited; effects may be subtle and subjective.
- Inflammation/antioxidant: Some lab work points to potential antioxidant/anti‑inflammatory mechanisms, but clinical conclusions are uncertain.
- Skin: Traditionally mentioned for topical salves. Clinical support is limited.
Source critique: Many online articles repeat tradition without primary sources. For an overview of published research, see PubMed search for “Viola odorata”.
Important: Avoid during pregnancy/breastfeeding or with medications without consulting a professional. Stop if discomfort or allergic reactions occur.
Holding together: Viola odorata is named in old herbals for air and rest and quiet skin. Modern knowing is thin‑woven and shifting. This is not medicine — it is a rite of taste. Ask care when in doubt.
- Breath’s way: Syrups and teas in tradition; today’s knowledge still disagrees.
- Rest: Folk use for calm; the effect is gentle, personal.
- Fire & rust: Laboratories glimpse protection, but the path to people is unclear.
- Skin: Old salves speak of violet; proofs are few.
Orientation: Seek sources that carry light. PubMed gathers the writings.
Caution: Avoid in pregnancy/breastfeeding or with medicines without advice. Stop at the slightest dissonance.
🧠 Others who write about this, write…
🧠 Voices in the library’s shade
A tour through sources on Viola odorata shows traditional use for coughs, skin issues, and calm. Evidence is mixed: many blogs highlight benefits without primary citations, while some studies suggest antioxidant effects. Conclusion: explore with curiosity — not as medicine — and stay source‑critical.
Read the margins and you’ll find violet serving cough, skin, and rest. There are many words, thinner proofs. Step gently: try with curiosity, not as cure. Let source‑criticism be your lantern.
❓ Frequently asked questions
❓ Questions that return in a circle
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🗺️ Growing region
🗺️ The place where wind remembers
📦 Shipping & delivery — policy
📦 How goods travel
- Sweden: 49 SEK · Free shipping over 500 SEK.
- EU/International: Dynamic rates via Sendcloud (calculated at order). Free shipping over 1000 SEK.
- Tracking: Yes, tracked by default.
- Handling time: 1–2 business days. Ships from Ryd, Tingsryd municipality.
- Sweden: 49 SEK · Free over 500 SEK.
- EU/Beyond: Calculated in the next step; free over 1000 SEK.
- Trace: Every parcel bears its rune.
- Time: 1–2 business days before the journey begins. Dispatched from Ryd, Tingsryd.
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- Contact us before returns: support@driedvioletflowers.com
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