Hemp herbal blends walk a line between two identities, and this one leans into both. The base is hemp leaf, paired with camomile, fennel, lemon balm and lemon verbena, stevia leaves, rose petals, marigold blossoms, apple pieces, orange peel and carrot flakes — a wide ingredient list that gives the cup more going on than a straight hemp infusion would. The tasting notes reflect that mix: sweet and grassy from the hemp itself, herbaceous through the middle, with a floral lift at the finish from the rose and marigold. In the cup it settles to a golden-yellow, light in tone rather than deep or cloudy.
Hemp is the fibre and seed form of Cannabis sativa, a plant with a documented history stretching back thousands of years, used historically for paper, textiles, rope, and oil as well as medicine. What distinguishes hemp from marijuana is chemical rather than botanical: hemp is legally defined as cannabis containing 0.3% or less THC by dry weight, the compound responsible for psychoactive effects. Hemp tea instead carries cannabidiol (CBD), a non-psychoactive cannabinoid, though only in the trace amounts naturally present in the leaf rather than concentrated extract form. Camomile in the blend has its own long history of traditional use for calming and sleep, and the pairing of hemp and camomile here is often drunk with that in mind — as a wind-down cup rather than a morning one.
Brew it with freshly boiled water and let it steep for five to ten minutes; the longer end of that range draws out more of the herbaceous depth without tipping into bitterness, since there's no tea leaf tannin to manage. It's best taken plain, without milk or sweetener, so the floral and grassy layers stay distinct.
