Deep Sleep - Herbal Infusion | Chamomile, Lavender, Valerian

What's inside — and why the form matters

Chamomile — whole flower

Matricaria chamomilla. Whole dried flower heads, not the broken dust that fills most supermarket bags. Chamomile holds its volatile oils — apigenin among the compounds it is known for — inside the flower head itself. Break the flower and those oils begin oxidising off the moment the packet is opened. Kept whole, they stay locked in until hot water reaches them. This is also why the pyramid bag matters here more than anywhere else in our range: a whole chamomile flower needs room to open, and a flat bag simply doesn't give it any.

Indian Valerian — fine powder

Valeriana jatamansi, known in Ayurveda as tagar. The root, ground fine, and present in deliberately small quantity. Valerian root is woody and dense — left in pieces it would sit in the water and give up almost nothing across a three-minute steep. Powdered, it releases properly. Tagar has been used in Indian practice for centuries for the end of the day, and it is the ingredient in this blend with the most distinctive character. A little carries a long way, which is exactly why we use a little.

Lavender — whole buds

Lavandula. Buds kept whole and unbroken. This is a case where more extraction is worse, not better. Lavender's essential oil sits in the calyx, and crushed buds dump it into the water all at once — the cup turns soapy and perfumed. Whole buds release slowly across the steep, so the lavender stays a soft note underneath the chamomile rather than taking over the cup.

Fennel — lightly crushed

Foeniculum vulgare. Saunf, cracked just enough to break the seed coat. A whole fennel seed passes through a steep almost untouched. Crushed hard, its anethole sweetness dominates everything else. Lightly crushed is the middle ground. Fennel after dinner is one of the oldest habits in Indian homes, and it sits in this blend for the same reason it sits in that little bowl by the door.

Nettle — cut leaf

Urtica dioica. An unusual leaf to find in an Indian blend. Nettle is a nourishing green rather than a calming herb, long valued for the minerals it carries, and it is here to give the infusion body and a soft green depth underneath the florals. Cut rather than powdered, so it steeps clean.

Rose Petal — whole · Whole petals, for the aroma that lifts as soon as the water goes in. Gulab, in its simplest form.

Spearmint — cut leaf · Cut so the leaf keeps its structure and its cooling lift.

Lemongrass — cut · Cut stalk. Its citral brightness keeps the blend from turning heavy or medicinal.

Why an infusion, not a capsule

Whole, cut, crushed, powdered — each chosen separately. Grinding everything uniform would be cheaper. It would also strip chamomile of its oils, turn lavender soapy and make fennel overpowering. Flowers and buds stay whole. Leaves and stalks are cut. Seeds are cracked. Dense root is ground fine. Eight ingredients, four different treatments.

Hot water is an extraction method, not just a vehicle. Steeping pulls water-soluble compounds into a form your gut meets already dissolved. Nothing has to break down first — no capsule shell, no tablet coating, no compression to reverse.

Nothing in here that isn't a plant. No binders, no fillers, no flow agents, no magnesium stearate, no gelatin. A capsule needs those to hold its shape. An infusion needs none of them.

The warm cup is part of it. A capsule is swallowed in two seconds. An infusion takes three minutes to brew and ten to drink, at a fixed hour, away from a screen. For an evening ritual, the time it takes isn't a drawback — it's most of the point.

Pyramid bags, not flat. Whole chamomile flowers and lavender buds need space to open. A flat bag presses them into a wafer and water never properly circulates. The pyramid gives 2.5–3g room to expand.

The bag breaks down. Biodegradable mesh, not nylon or PET. No plastic, and no microplastic shedding into hot water.

How to brew it

1. Place one infusion bag in a cup.
2. Add hot water, not boiling — let freshly boiled water rest for a minute. Boiling water scorches chamomile's volatile oils, which is most of what you're brewing it for.
3. Steep for 3 minutes.
4. Remove and drink.

Each bag takes a second steep at 5 minutes, though the first cup is the better one.

Our recommendation: one cup about an hour before bed, after your evening meal. An hour, not five minutes — this is a signal to wind down, not something to take at lights-out. Afterwards, keep screens away and sleep in a dark, quiet room. Give it one to two months of consistent nightly use alongside a regular bedtime. Herbal ingredients work on the timescale of habits, not doses.

Ingredients

Chamomile (whole flower), Spearmint (cut), Fennel (lightly crushed), Rose petal (whole), Lemongrass (cut), Nettle (cut), Lavender (whole), Indian valerian (fine powder).

100% herbal · Caffeine free · No added sugar · No artificial flavours · No preservatives · Gluten free · Vegan

Net quantity: 60 infusion bags (150–180g) / 90 infusion bags (225–270g)

An honest note

Deep Sleep is a natural food product meant to sit inside a considered evening routine — a regular bedtime, a dark room, screens away. It is not a medicine, and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any condition.

If you are on prescribed medication, under medical supervision, pregnant or nursing, speak to your doctor before adding any herbal product to your routine — this one included. This matters more than usual with valerian, which your physician should know about if you take anything with a sedative effect. Continue your prescribed treatment as directed.