Arriving in Europe in the 17th century, lemon verbena found ideal growing conditions on the eastern Aegean islands, which meant it quickly became widespread and found its way into the local cuisine. Daphnis and Chloe obtains whole-leaf lemon verbena from a farm on Samos, which carries out every step from cultivation to harvesting and packaging by hand. With their distinctive and unmistakable lemony flavor, the leaves are primarily intended for making tea. However, they can also be used in the kitchen. Lemon verbena refines sponge cake or homemade pasta and replaces lemon in poultry and fish dishes.

Daphnis and Chloenamed after the late antique novel of the same name, is a company founded in Athens in 2013 that is entirely dedicated to the flavorful herbs and spices of the Greek peninsula. Daphnis and Chloe always pays attention to the mostly essential ingredients, whose content and intensity in the respective plants are largely determined by the sun, the soil and the sea. The geographical and microclimatic diversity of the Greek mountains and islands provides the variety from which Daphnis and Chloe carefully selects the locations where each plant naturally thrives best. Hand-picked and carefully packaged, these plants are delivered to the customer as they have grown naturally and have been gently dried after harvesting. Word of the exceptional quality of the herbs and spices from Daphnis and Chloe has long since spread to the professional catering trade.

Sales description:

Lemon verbena

Storage and preparation instructions:

Enjoy warm or cold. Cover and infuse 1 tablespoon per cup for 5 minutes.

Origin / provenance:

Greece

Responsible food business operator:

Daphnis and ChloeMandrokleous 19 117 44 Athens Greece