Does anyone use chamomile tea in their ciders?

[Sleepy_D]

I know people use various teas to add tannin and flavor to their ciders, does anyone use chamomile for this purpose?

 

[WineDark]

Chamomile tea is generally just the dried flowers, which as far as I know don’t contain many appreciable tannins. If you want strong tannins I would stick to black tea (i.e. leaves from Camellia sinensis).

Chamomile would be an interesting flavour but doesn’t immediately strike me as something that would go well in a cider. I’d be curious to see if it works out.

 

[Sleepy_D]

Chamomile tea is generally just the dried flowers, which as far as I know don’t contain many appreciable tannins. If you want strong tannins I would stick to black tea (i.e. leaves from Camellia sinensis).

Chamomile would be an interesting flavour but doesn’t immediately strike me as something that would go well in a cider. I’d be curious to see if it works out.

The only reason I was considering it is because I’m building a Belgian white cider recipe in my mind. I recently discovered that some people add chamomile to their Belgian witbiers and swear it’s a secret ingredient. Since I knew people used some teas in their ciders I figured I’d ask if anyone used chamomile before

 

[WineDark]

Ah yes I see. It does sound like it would work well with coriander and citrus as you’ve mentioned in the other thread. Definitely worth a try.