
OREGANO
Whole Leaf · 30g

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Whole Leaf · flakes
Slow-dried style, Provence · Prototype provenance, unverified
Quiet, savoury and woody — the herb that survives long cooking.
Aroma
Herbal • Woody • Floral
Flavour
Quiet • Savoury • Persistent
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28g jar
£10
Best with
Format
flakes
Category
Herbs
Cuisine
Global
Spice profile
Fine, grey-green and quietly medicinal. Thyme is the herb that holds a slow dish together — lemon and pine on the nose, a dry savoury finish that suits chicken, root vegetables, stock and anything that cooks for an hour or more.
Aroma
Lemon • Pine • Dry herb
Flavour
Savoury • Woody • Clean
Aromatic intensity
Best with
Chicken • Root vegetables • Stock • Mushrooms
Try it
Add at the start of a braise; it is one of the few herbs that improves with time.
Origin
Provence style, France*
Process
Shade-dried*
Lot
26-FR-045*
Ingredients
100% thyme leaf
Net weight
Net wt. 28g
* Prototype provenance — placeholder, pending supplier verification.

Origin · Southern Europe
Oregano, thyme and rosemary dried whole-leaf in shade keep their oils. Rubbed between the palms at the pan they smell like the hillside.
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