Last February, we went to Scotland and I came across a Chinese restaurants selling Flowering Tea / Flora Tea. I wondered whether this was for decoration or whether it was a real tea. I am not usually the most adventurous person when it comes to these things but this flower tea was really attractive so I ordered one. I had Flower Lover which is made up of green tea, chrysanthemum, globe amaranth and jasmine.
When the waitress presented me a huge wine glass with a ball, I was shocked. I asked for flowering tea and I get a ball in a wine glass full of hot water. So I decided to poke it with a chopstick then decided I better let it brew. It took about 5 minutes to bloom to a full flower. After the flower had bloomed, it was gorgeous! The flavour was nice and the aroma was gorgeous.
Then last week, I went to Chinatown, London and found one of the supermarkets selling the flower tea one for £1.
So I bought it. I’m not sure what they are officially called. But this is how it looks!
Flower / flora tea are hand-tied green tea leaves with dried aromatic flowers. Once placed in boiling water, it blooms into an artistic and captivating flower display.
Have you tried them before? If so, what do you think?
I have never tried it but have heard of it! It looks amazing!
Never seen this before.. Looks very pretty. Very interesting
Oh My, I’ve never seen this before (and I’m from Scotland)… it looks amazing and so pretty.
I’ve seen flowering tea at food shows and it always looks so pretty! I think I need to buy some – it’s a perfect excuse to go into Chinatown!
They look amazing, would love to end a dinner party with these, I’m sure all the guests would love them!
I haven’t seen these but they do look very pretty! would be a nice thing to end a meal with
I’ve never seen these and wow, they are amazing! I would love to try this.
I’ve seen these before but never actually ordered one. I would love to try it!
Wow they look beautiful! I have never seen anything like this before.
How unusual! Never seen anything quite like that Eileen.