Tea and tea blends: Lemon Myrtle is wonderful as a herbal infusion but also as a delicate flavouring in speciality tea blends when blended with black, green or other herbal teas. It has a wonderful flavour profile and makes a superior alternative to lemongrass.
Culinary: The leaf is often used as fine spice, or in the form of an encapsulated flavour essence for enhanced shelf-life. It has a range of uses, such as Lemon Myrtle in shortbread; flavouring in pasta; whole leaf with baked fish; infused in macadamia or vegetable oils. It can also be used as a lemon flavour replacement in milk-based foods, such as cheesecake, lemon flavoured ice-cream and sorbet without the curdling problem associated with lemon fruit acidity.
Aromatherapy: Lemon Myrtle’s exquisite citrus fragrance is valued along with its therapeutic properties. It is also an essential oil ideally suited for blending, as well as vaporisations used in a misting spray or oil burner, for its refreshing, uplifting fragrance.