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What is zhourat tea?
Zhourat is a traditional Levantine herbal tea blend — the word means roughly 'flowers' or 'blossoms' in Arabic — made from a mix of dried flowers and herbs such as chamomile, mint, marjoram, sage, rosebuds and aniseed, steeped together rather than brewed from a single ingredient. There's no single fixed recipe: zhourat varies by household, region and shop, with each blend reflecting whatever combination of dried herbs and flowers that family or vendor favours.
It's an everyday, caffeine-free tea rather than a specialty drink, the kind of blend kept in most Levantine kitchens and served warm, often after a meal or simply as a comforting, fragrant cup through the day.
What typically goes into a zhourat blend
Because zhourat is a category rather than a single fixed recipe, the exact mix varies, but chamomile, mint, marjoram, sage and rosebuds appear across most versions, often joined by aniseed, thyme or hibiscus depending on the household or region. Some blends lean floral and delicate; others lean more herbal and savoury-green, depending on the ratio of flowers to leafy herbs (Chef in Disguise).
That variability is part of the tradition, asking for zhourat is asking for a style of tea, not a single standardized product, the way asking for 'herbal tea' in English covers a wide range of possible blends. Some family recipes also include dried lemon verbena, lavender or linden blossom, reflecting whatever grew locally or was kept in the pantry — there's genuinely no single wrong combination within the tradition.
Flavour and how it's typically served
Expect a gentle, aromatic cup — floral and slightly sweet from the chamomile and rosebuds, rounded out by mint's coolness and a savoury herbal edge from marjoram or sage. It's almost always served hot, plain or with a little honey, and it's a genuinely everyday drink rather than an occasion tea, the kind of thing brewed casually, not ceremonially.
For a café or retail program, zhourat's appeal is largely about that everyday, comforting, caffeine-free character rather than any specific health framing — we keep our own answer to flavour and tradition for exactly that reason.
Building a zhourat-style blend from our herbs range
Levant Direct doesn't currently list a pre-blended zhourat mix, but several of the classic building blocks are in our herbs and teas range from AbdulRahim Mills: Mint, Marjoram, Sage Leaves, Rosemary and a Mixed Herbs blend, useful for a café or retailer wanting to build or offer components of a zhourat-style pot rather than a single packaged product.
If a pre-blended zhourat mix specifically is what you need, note it in your inquiry, our supplier houses can advise on what's available to source. For the wider landscape of zhourat and other Levantine herbal teas, see our Levantine herbal teas guide.
Serving zhourat-style tea in a café setting
For a café or restaurant adding a herbal tea to the menu, zhourat-style blends work well as a caffeine-free evening or after-dinner option alongside coffee and black tea. Because the blend is customizable rather than fixed, a café can build its own house version from individually sourced dried herbs, adjusting the floral-to-herbal ratio to taste, rather than committing to a single supplier's pre-set mix.
Presentation matters too: zhourat is traditionally served in a glass or small pot rather than a teabag, letting the mix of dried flowers and herbs be visible, which also works well as a simple, low-cost menu differentiator for a Levantine or Mediterranean-leaning café.
Related questions
Does zhourat tea contain caffeine?
The classic blend components, chamomile, mint, marjoram, sage, rosebuds, are all caffeine-free herbs and flowers, which is part of why zhourat is such an everyday, any-time-of-day drink.
Is zhourat the same as chamomile tea?
No — chamomile is usually one component of a zhourat blend, not the whole thing. Zhourat is a multi-herb mix, while chamomile tea on its own is a single-ingredient infusion.
Can I buy a ready-made zhourat blend from Levant Direct?
Not as a pre-blended product currently, but the individual herbs that go into a zhourat-style pot — mint, marjoram, sage, rosemary, mixed herbs — are in our herbs and teas range, and we can field sourcing requests for a specific blend through your inquiry.
Is zhourat traditionally served with milk or sugar?
It's most often served plain or with a little honey rather than milk, in keeping with its role as a light, everyday infusion rather than a dessert-style drink.