Beautiful Blooms: Flowering Tea
Beyond its flavor and aroma, a tea’s sensory experience also includes visual beauty. As the water meets the tea, the leaves dance about the pot, unfurling, rising and sinking. Although each tea possesses unique visual elements, a blooming tea is considered to be the most beautiful.
Blooming teas, also known as flowering teas, are created by tying dried tea leaves and flowers with thread. The leaves and flowers are delicately hand tied into balls that bloom into beautiful flower-like shapes when steeped.
These fragrant tea delicacies should be steeped in a glass teapot. As the floral aromas begin to rise from the teapot, you’ll find that your attention is drawn to the flowering tea that is blossoming right before your eyes. Best of all, you can resteep the blossom several times.
The flowers most used in this artisan tea include jasmine, hibiscus, lily and chrysanthemum. These floral flavors and aromas pair perfectly with delicate white teas.
Need a suggestion? Steep these beautiful blooms to inspire your senses on a quiet morning or use them as centerpieces at your next tea party:
This artisan display tea is comprised of a vibrant orange tiger lily blossom with an arch of hand-tied
jasmine flowers, and a delightful white tea completes the bouquet.
This hand-tied, peach scented artisan tea is composed of delicate white tea leaves and blooms beautifully into a chrysanthemum and jasmine laden bouquet upon steeping.
White tea generally steeps for only a minute or two. What makes blooming tea different since it is not removed from the pot?