Just keep the flower. You can lay them out on paper in a sunny window for a couple of days or speed things up with a food dehydrator. After they dry put them in an airtight jar or zip-lock and keep them in a cool dark cupboard until use. I usually steep 5-6 flowers in a cup of boiling water and add a little honey and lemon.
How do you dry Camomile? What part do you use - all or just the flowers?
use the flower heads for making tea. If you have the whole plant, you can pick a bunch of the flowers like you did when you were a kid taking them to your mom. Tie the stems together in a bunch (or use a rubber band), hang this bunch upside down somewhere for a few days (from a nail in the wall or a hook above a window), then when they are dried out cut off the flower heads and keep them in a ziplock baggie until you use them for tea.
Reply:only use the leaves and you dont have to dry them before use in fact the tea tastes better when the leaves are fresh
Thursday, January 12, 2012
How do you dry Camomile? What part do you use - all or just the flowers?
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