Blue Butterfly Pea Flowers - Loose Herbal Tea
These gorgeous Great Taste Award winning blue flowers are grown in Thailand and are full of antioxidants (anthocyanin). Adding a few drops of lime juice to the tisane will turn the blue into a beautiful purple.
Here's what the Great Taste judges said about this tea:
"Very attractive flowers which have been very well prepared to maximise the quality when dried. Stunning colour is produced from the flowers with a fabulous fresh aroma of peas. The flavour is delicate but full of fresh pea and sweet malty characteristics giving a delightful, well rounded infusion.
The flowers and leaves really are striking and rather beautiful - making for a gorgeous dry mix. Once infused the colour is astounding. The nose reminds us of buttered potatoes. The flavour is clean, vegetal and earthy - peas, beans and brassicas. This is a delicate infusion but we feel it could do with just a spot more zest to lift the palate.
We detected pleasing notes of brassica on the nose and an earthiness, and thought it very attractive with its striking colour."
Ingredients
Blue Butterfly pea flowers (Clitoria ternatea)
How to enjoy this tea
Steep 2tsp per cup for 4-6 mins in 95-100° C water. Do not add milk.
Caffeine content
None