What Is Flowering Tea

It wasn t until only recently when a new type of tea came to take the limelight.

What is flowering tea.

As opposed to the traditional tea and tisanes this type of tea is an interesting combination of leaves and different flower types including osmanthus jasmine lily marigold calendula and globe amaranth. Flowering tea is an astonishingly beautiful blooming tea art. Flowering teas are noted more for their appearance than their flavor. Flowering tea is a tea that is packaged in a tightly furled ball that uncurls when the tea is placed in hot water revealing a flower or fanciful scene created by the artfully arranged tea leaves.

When steeped the bundle expands and unfurls in a process that emulates a blooming flower and the flowers inside emerge as the centerpiece. Most flowering teas are made with black green or oolong tea and many of them include dried flowers to add color to the floral arrangement when it. They are typically made of tea leaves mostly tea buds that have been sewn by hand into a shape such as a sphere globe peach oval disc rosette mushroom cone or heart the tea leaves are sometimes pressed flat before they are sewn into three dimensional shapes and they may have a residual texture imprint.