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Daphnis and Chloe - Unique Greek Sage
Daphnis and Chloe - Unique Greek Sage
Daphnis and Chloe - Unique Greek Sage
Daphnis and Chloe - Unique Greek Sage
Daphnis and Chloe - Unique Greek Sage
Daphnis and Chloe - Unique Greek Sage

Daphnis and Chloe – Unique Greek Sage

10,00 €

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In Greece, especially Crete, it is typically enjoyed as an herbal tea and rarely as a food seasoning. This robust variety of Sage answers to the Latin name Salvia Fruticosa and grows wild throughout the Aegean Sea islands. It has smaller, thicker leaves than the typical European Sage and a more pronounced taste and aroma. Interestingly, it tends to be more intense when it grows in arid soils. This selection comes from an organic farm in Crete, where all herbs are dried naturally and processed by hand.

36g/1.27oz

The infusion of Sage has been one of Greece’s most popular herbal teas for centuries. In ancient times, it was considered a sacred tree dedicated to god Apollo. Nowadays, in Crete, it is a widespread belief amongst the locals that they owe their longevity to the herb!

You’ll need 1 tsp (0.5 g) per 250 ml cup of Sage tea. Brew for 5 minutes at 95°C, covered. Strain and serve alone or with honey. Folklore herbal medicine suggests that lemon and honey-infused Sage is an effective remedy for the flu.

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Daphnis and Chloe – Unique Greek Sage

Established in 2013, Daphnis and Chloe is a small workshop right under the Acropolis Hill of Athens. Their dream was to see the limited batch terroir herbs of Greece in the kitchens of home cooks worldwide.

They are coming from a small country, with a peculiar geographical distribution and variable microclimates where Mediterranean herbs thrive. Studied by scientists and traded by farmers since the beginning of history, these little known ingredients have great culinary value. However, they rarely cross the borders of their places of origin.

Daphnis and Chloes job has become to travel the country for superior herbs and inspire farmers to believe in forgotten, heirloom varieties. They source from small organic farms across Greece, and they know their growers by their first name. Curating their plants’ journey from sourcing to shipping, they make sure they’ll maintain their magical properties all the way to your kitchen!