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Hops Flowers

Hops Flowers

Dried Rose Petals for Botanical Infusions & Culinary Creations

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Distinctive dried Hops Flowers with an unmistakably herbaceous aroma and naturally bitter character, selected for botanical infusions, creative blending and culinary exploration.

Flowers from my Meadow Hops Flowers are the dried flower cones of Humulus lupulus, a climbing plant perhaps best known for the remarkable aromatic character its flowers bring to traditional brewing.

But hops have a story beyond beer.

The delicate papery cones contain intensely aromatic botanical compounds that give hops their characteristic herbal, earthy and subtly floral fragrance. When steeped, they create a distinctly botanical infusion with a pronounced natural bitterness — making hops quite different from the softer floral character of rose, peony or chamomile.

Enjoy them as a simple botanical infusion or experiment with small quantities alongside complementary herbs and flowers in your own loose botanical blends. Their bold character also makes hops an interesting ingredient for adventurous kitchen and beverage creations.

At Flowers from my Meadow, we keep it simple and uncomplicated: dried Hops Flowers, carefully packed for your home botanical pantry.

How to Prepare

Add approximately 1 teaspoon of dried Hops Flowers per cup.

Pour over freshly boiled water and steep for approximately 5–10 minutes.

Strain before serving.

Hops are naturally bitter, so begin gently and adjust the amount or steeping time according to your taste. Honey or another complementary botanical can be added if desired.

Precautions

Hops may cause drowsiness in some people. Avoid combining with alcohol, sedatives or other substances that cause drowsiness without appropriate professional guidance.

If you are pregnant or breastfeeding, taking prescription medication, have an existing medical condition or are unsure whether Hops Flowers are suitable for you, consult an appropriate healthcare professional before use.

Size: 20 g resealable kraft pouch

Storage

Store sealed in a cool, dry place away from direct sunlight and moisture.

Important: Keep out of reach of children.

Continue below to discover the story behind hops, explore their distinctive botanical character, learn how to prepare them and discover creative ways to bring them into your botanical and kitchen rituals.

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Hops Flowers at a Glance

Distinctive dried hop flowers with papery green cones, an aromatic herbal fragrance and pronounced natural bitterness, selected for botanical infusions and creative blending.

Best For

Curious botanical tea drinkers and home blenders who enjoy distinctive herbal flavours and want to explore a botanical with a character very different from delicate floral teas.

Key Botanical

Hops Flowers

Humulus lupulus

Formulation

A single-botanical product made from dried hop flower cones, with no tea leaves, added flavourings or additional botanicals.

Daily Ritual

Steep gently as a distinctive botanical infusion or use a small amount alongside complementary flowers and herbs when creating your own loose botanical blends.

Handcrafted

Carefully selected and packed in small batches in South Africa by Flowers from my Meadow, preserving the hops’ characteristic form, aroma and botanical character.

Pairs Beautifully With

Chamomile
Lemon Verbena
Peppermint
Rose Petals

Use hops with a light hand when blending, allowing softer and more aromatic botanicals to balance their naturally pronounced bitterness.

Who Are Hops Flowers For?

Hops Flowers are for the curious botanical explorer — someone drawn to unusual plants, distinctive flavours and ingredients with a character all their own. Naturally aromatic and noticeably bitter, hops offer a very different experience from the softer flowers in the botanical pantry.

For the Adventurous Tea Drinker

You enjoy discovering botanicals beyond familiar floral teas and don't mind a cup with a distinctive herbal character and pronounced natural bitterness.

For the Botanical Blender

You love experimenting with your own loose botanical combinations and want an interesting bitter, aromatic ingredient to use in small amounts alongside softer herbs and flowers.

For the Curious Botanical Pantry

Your pantry is a place for discovery. You enjoy keeping unusual single botanicals on hand and learning about their aroma, flavour and traditional uses.

For the Flavour Explorer

You appreciate ingredients that aren't necessarily sweet or delicate. Hops bring earthy, herbal and bitter notes that can add an entirely different dimension to botanical creations.

For the Creative Kitchen

You enjoy exploring botanical ingredients beyond the teacup and experimenting with their distinctive flavours in syrups, infusions and other carefully considered kitchen creations.

For the Plant Enthusiast

You are fascinated by the plants behind familiar flavours and want to experience the remarkable papery flower cones of Humulus lupulus as a botanical ingredient in their own right.

Hops don't need to taste like a delicate flower to earn a place in the botanical pantry. Their bitterness is part of their character — begin with a little, explore slowly and discover where this remarkable botanical fits into your own rituals.

Fresh green Hops Flowers growing on a Humulus lupulus climbing vine among serrated green leaves

The Story Behind the Hops Flower

Long before hops reach the botanical pantry, they begin high above the ground on a remarkable climbing plant.

Humulus lupulus is a vigorous perennial climber belonging to the Cannabaceae family. Each year, new stems emerge and can climb several metres, winding their way upwards around whatever support they can find before producing the distinctive flowers for which the plant is known.

The hops we recognise are the female flower cones — soft, papery structures formed from overlapping green bracts. Hidden between those delicate layers are tiny golden-yellow lupulin glands, one of the features responsible for the plant's famously aromatic and bitter character.

That combination of aroma and bitterness eventually gave hops an enduring place in brewing. In Europe, hops became increasingly important in beer-making during the Middle Ages, valued for the distinctive character they brought to the finished brew. Over centuries, hop cultivation developed into a specialised craft, with different varieties prized for their individual aromatic profiles.

Yet there is something fascinating about experiencing hops away from the brewery.

Dried on their own, the cones reveal the plant in a much simpler form: lightweight and almost parchment-like, with layers that gently separate between the fingers and an aroma that can be herbal, earthy, green and unmistakably hoppy.

Steep them in water and another side of the flower emerges. Their fragrance moves into the cup while their characteristic bitterness quickly makes itself known — a reminder that not every botanical flower was designed to be delicate or sweet.

At Flowers from my Meadow, that individuality is exactly what makes Hops Flowers worth exploring.

A familiar botanical removed from the brewery and returned to its simplest form — a remarkable climbing plant, a handful of papery flower cones and an entirely different way to discover hops.

Hops Flowers Botanical Profile

Meet the extraordinary climbing plant behind one of the world's most recognisable botanical aromas — a vigorous perennial vine producing delicate green female flower cones filled with remarkable botanical character.
Vintage botanical profile of Hops showing Humulus lupulus climbing vine, green hop cones, serrated leaves, lupulin glands and flower structure
Common Name
Hops
Scientific Name
Humulus lupulus
Plant Family
Cannabaceae
Plant Type
Herbaceous perennial climbing plant
Part Used
Dried female flower cones
Botanical Character
Lightweight, papery green to yellow-green cones formed from overlapping bracts, with an intensely aromatic character and naturally occurring golden-yellow lupulin glands hidden within the flower structure.
Flavour Profile
Distinctly bitter, herbal and earthy, with aromatic green and subtly floral notes.
Distinctive Feature
The female flower cones contain tiny golden lupulin glands responsible for much of the characteristic aroma and bitterness associated with hops.
Traditional Context
Hops have a long history of cultivation, particularly in Europe, where their aromatic and bitter qualities eventually established them as an important botanical in traditional brewing. Different cultivated varieties have since become prized for their individual aromatic character.
Naturally Caffeine-Free
Pure Hops Flowers contain no tea-derived caffeine.

How to Brew Hops Flower Tea

Hops have a bold botanical personality. A light infusion allows their aromatic, herbal character to emerge without letting their natural bitterness overwhelm the cup.

Vintage botanical illustration showing dried Hops Flowers, measured hops, green hop cones steeping in a clear glass teapot and a finished golden hops infusion

Watch the papery green hop cones soften in the water as their distinctive herbal aroma and naturally bitter character gradually move into the cup.

Measure

Begin with approximately ½–1 teaspoon of dried Hops Flowers per cup. Hops are naturally bitter, so starting with a smaller amount makes it easier to adjust the infusion to your taste.

Steep

Pour over freshly boiled water, cover and allow to steep for approximately 5–10 minutes. For a gentler cup, begin at the shorter end of the steeping time.

Strain & Enjoy

Strain the softened hop flowers before serving. Enjoy the infusion warm, allow it to cool or experiment with it as part of a chilled botanical drink.

Explore the Blend

Hops have a strong personality, so a little can go a long way in a botanical blend. Experiment with small amounts alongside softer or more aromatic botanicals such as Chamomile, Lemon Verbena, Peppermint or Rose Petals.

Hops are naturally and distinctly bitter — this is part of the botanical's character rather than something that needs to be brewed away. Begin lightly, taste as you go and adjust the quantity or steeping time until you find the balance you enjoy.

THE MEADOW KITCHEN

Unexpected Ways to Use Hops Flowers

Hops may be famous for brewing, but their distinctive herbal aroma and natural bitterness can be explored far beyond beer. Used with a light hand, dried Hops Flowers can bring an intriguing botanical edge to syrups, baking, honey and savoury kitchen creations.
Hops and grapefruit botanical cordial served with sparkling water, fresh pink grapefruit and dried Hops Flowers

Hops & Grapefruit Botanical Cordial

Tart grapefruit is a natural companion for the bitter, aromatic character of hops. Diluted with plenty of sparkling water, this makes an unusual grown-up botanical refresher.
Ingredients
  • 1 large pink grapefruit
  • 1 cup water
  • ¾ cup white sugar
  • ½ teaspoon dried Hops Flowers
  • 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
  • Sparkling water, to serve
Method

Finely peel several strips of grapefruit zest, avoiding as much white pith as possible, then juice the grapefruit.

Combine the water, sugar and grapefruit zest in a small saucepan. Warm gently until the sugar has dissolved.

Add the Hops Flowers and simmer very gently for 2 minutes. Remove from the heat and allow to infuse for another 3–5 minutes before straining.

Stir in ½ cup grapefruit juice and the lemon juice. Cool completely and refrigerate in a clean sealed bottle.

To serve, add a small amount of cordial to a glass filled with ice and top generously with sparkling water.

Golden mature cheddar and Hops Flower savoury scones with fresh chives and dried hop cones

Hops & Mature Cheddar Savoury Scones

A tiny amount of hops brings an intriguing herbal edge to warm savoury scones, balanced by mature cheddar and fresh chives.
Ingredients
  • 250 g self-raising flour
  • 50 g cold butter, cubed
  • 100 g mature cheddar, grated
  • 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh chives
  • ¼ teaspoon dried Hops Flowers, very finely crushed
  • 150 ml milk
  • Pinch of salt
Method

Heat the oven to 200°C.

Rub the cold butter into the flour until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir through the cheddar, chives, salt and very finely crushed Hops Flowers.

Add the milk gradually and mix gently until a soft dough forms.

Turn onto a lightly floured surface, pat to approximately 2–3 cm thick and cut into rounds.

Arrange on a lined baking tray and bake for approximately 12–15 minutes, or until risen and golden. Serve warm.

Hops apple and mustard chutney with green apple, mustard seeds and dried Hops Flowers

Hops, Apple & Mustard Chutney

Sweet apple, gentle acidity and mustard create a savoury preserve where a whisper of hops adds another layer of botanical bitterness.
Ingredients
  • 2 medium apples, peeled and diced
  • ½ small onion, finely chopped
  • ⅓ cup apple cider vinegar
  • ⅓ cup brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon yellow mustard seeds
  • ¼ teaspoon dried Hops Flowers
  • Pinch of salt
Method

Place the apples, onion, vinegar, brown sugar, mustard seeds and salt into a small saucepan.

Bring gently to a simmer and cook over low heat for approximately 20–25 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the apples are soft and the mixture has thickened.

Add the Hops Flowers during the final 5 minutes of cooking.

Remove from the heat and allow to cool before transferring to a clean jar. Refrigerate and enjoy with cheese, sandwiches or savoury platters.

Hops and lemon granita with pale crystalline ice, fresh lemon zest and dried Hops Flowers

Hops & Lemon Granita

Light, icy and beautifully simple, this frozen botanical dessert combines fresh lemon with a gently infused hops syrup for a refreshing bittersweet finish.
Ingredients
  • 2 cups water
  • ½ cup white sugar
  • ½ teaspoon dried Hops Flowers
  • ½ cup fresh lemon juice
  • Finely grated zest of ½ lemon
Method

Combine 1 cup of the water with the sugar in a saucepan and warm until dissolved.

Remove from the heat, add the Hops Flowers and allow to infuse for approximately 5 minutes before straining.

Add the remaining cold water, lemon juice and zest.

Pour into a shallow freezer-safe dish and freeze for approximately 1 hour. Scrape the forming ice crystals with a fork, return to the freezer and repeat every 30–45 minutes until the mixture becomes light and crystalline.

Spoon into chilled glasses or small bowls and serve immediately.

Hops reward restraint in the kitchen. Their aromatic bitterness can transform a recipe surprisingly quickly, so begin with very small quantities and allow the other ingredients to remain part of the conversation.

GOOD TO KNOW

Hops Flowers FAQs

From their unmistakable bitterness to their unusual cone-shaped flowers, Hops are a botanical with plenty of character. Here are answers to some of the most common questions about dried Hops Flowers.
  • Hops Flowers are the dried female flower cones of Humulus lupulus, a climbing perennial plant belonging to the Cannabaceae family. The cones are made up of overlapping papery bracts and have a distinctive aromatic character.
  • The botanical name is Humulus lupulus.
  • Yes. The familiar cone-like structures are the female flower clusters of the hop plant. As they develop, overlapping bracts create the characteristic papery cones we recognise as hops.
  • You may notice a fine golden-yellow material inside the cones. These are associated with the hop's naturally occurring lupulin glands and are a normal and characteristic part of the flower.
  • Expect a distinctly herbal, earthy and naturally bitter infusion with an aromatic green character. Hops are considerably more bitter than delicate floral botanicals such as rose or chamomile.
  • No. Pronounced bitterness is an inherent characteristic of hops. If you find your infusion too intense, use fewer flowers or shorten the steeping time rather than assuming something is wrong with the botanical.
  • Hops have a history of traditional use associated with relaxation and sleep, and some people may experience drowsiness. Avoid combining hops with alcohol, sedatives or other substances that cause drowsiness without appropriate professional guidance.
  • They come from the same botanical species widely associated with brewing, Humulus lupulus. Hops are valued in brewing for their characteristic bitterness and aroma, but dried Hops Flowers can also be explored independently as a botanical ingredient.
  • Not at all. They can be prepared as a simple botanical infusion, incorporated into botanical blends or explored in suitable culinary recipes. Our Meadow Kitchen demonstrates several alcohol-free ways to experiment with them.
  • Hops Flowers are available directly from Flowers from my Meadow through our online store, packed in a resealable 20 g pouch and delivered within South Africa.

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