How to brew Flora Tea.

One Flora Tea heart · 350–400 ml filtered water at 100°C · 5–7 minutes. Refill the same heart twice. Then make it again, on ice.

1. 01

   Choose your glass

   A heat-proof clear glass — about 8 cm wide and 12 cm tall — is the only vessel that lets you watch the bloom. Our Signature Crystal Glass is made for it; any clear, heat-safe glass or teapot will work.

2. 02

   Place the heart

   Drop one Flora Tea heart into the centre of the empty glass. It will be tightly packed and roughly egg-sized. Don't crush it — it has been hand-tied with care.

3. 03

   Pour 100°C filtered water

   Pour 350–400 ml of fresh, filtered water at 100°C — straight from the kettle — slowly over the heart. Filtered water is essential: chlorinated tap water dulls the aroma and clouds the cup.

4. 04

   Watch it bloom

   Steep for 5–7 minutes. The leaves unfurl downward in the first 30 seconds; the flowers inside open over the following two minutes. The cup turns a soft pale gold.

5. 05

   Refill — re-infuse

   Each Flora Tea heart is good for two or three pours. Top up with fresh 100°C water once you've drunk most of the cup; the second steep will be milder and slightly sweeter than the first.

6. 06

   Delicious iced

   Brew at slightly stronger strength (3 hearts in 1 L of just-boiled water, infuse 6 minutes), let it cool, then pour over plenty of ice. A slice of lemon or fresh mint lifts it beautifully on a hot day.