Blooming Flower Teas You Need To Taste In The World

Blooming Flower Teas have aesthetically pleasing appearances.

They are the perfect refreshment to serve and showcase at your tea party, or a social event. 

If you would like to know about the benefits from tea, please read 7 Popular Teas and Their Benefits in the World.

What Are Blooming Flower Teas?

Blooming flower tea or flowering tea expands and unfurls into a flowing, when brewed.  They turn into beautiful floral displays resulting in the name, Blooming flower.

They are also referred to as Display teas.

How Is Flowering Tea Made?

Artisans tie dried tea leaves around one or more dried flowers to craft this tea.

They start with picking green or white tea leaves, group them by size. Then fold and tie the leavers to create a ball.

Artisans then pick fresh flowers and thread them through the ball made of tea leaves.

This is further wrapped in cotton yarn and fired. Artisans add the right flavour before baking the tea. Thus each  handcrafted flowering tea is unique.

Where Did Blooming Flower Tea Originate?

Tea artisans  in Yunnan province of China were the first to craft Blooming flower tea. They performed this feat, during the Song Dynasty era (960-1279).

artisans initially crafted Blooming flower tea for its visual pleasure alone.

The Emperor enjoyed blooming flower tea displays. Artisans used low quality tea leaves, resulting in bitter taste of the tea.

Tea artisans started creating Blooming flower tea for consumption in the recent past.  This tea is now made with the finest tea leaves.

How Does Blooming Flower Tea Taste?

The tea has a mild, pleasant floral taste. The ones scented , have a stronger flavor.

The flavor depends on the flower used.

How To Make Blooming Flower Tea?

To enjoy the visual treat to see the tea blooming, Brew Blooming flower tea in a clear glass teapot. 

Here’s the right way to make Blooming flower tea :

1. Take good quality water. Lower the mineral content in water, better it is
2. Heat the water till it comes to a rolling boil
3. Pour the boiling water into the glass teapot immediately
4. Drop the tea ball into the teapot
5. Let the tea brew for 8-12 minutes. Enjoy the beautiful process of the tea unfurling into a blooming flower.
6. After that, pour the tea into your cup and enjoy the drink.
7. Reuse blooming  flower tea 2 to 3 times.

What Are The Different Flower Tea Blooms in the World?

Flowering teas can differ in shape, type of tea, and the flower used to make them.

Popular shapes include ball, heart, and bulb. Artisans craft any shape imaginable including melon, witches broom, etc.

Green and white teas are popular for crafting flower tea blooms. Oolong and black tea leaves are rarely used.

Artisans use edible flowers to make Blooming flower tea.  Popular flowers used include Jasmine, Rose, Globe Amaranth, Marigold, Hibiscus, and Lily.

Here are popular blooming flower teas in the world:

Dawn’s Delight Flowering Tea

Tea artisans pick quality green tea buds and tie them around Jasmine flowers. On brewing, the tea blooms into a bouquet of Jasmine flowers.

This tea is organic, as certified by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). 

Evening Star Flowering Tea

Tea artisans pick green tea leaves and tie them around a Jasmine flower. 

USDA has certified this tea as Organic.

Marigold Embrace Flowering Tea

Tea artisans pick green tea leaves and tie them around Marigold flowers, Thus the name.

Rosebud Revealed Flowering Tea

Tea artisans tie both Rose and Jasmine flowers with green tea leaves.

GLOBE AMARANTH BLOOMING TEA

Globe Amaranth is also known as Vadamalli or Makhmali. Planters have been growing this annual plant in central America.

Globe Amaranth comes in different varieties. These differ in the shades of purple, white, and pink. Here are some of the popular ones:

• Buddy Purple is purple in color
• Gnome Series has flowers which are a mix of pink, purple and white colors
• Bicolor Rose is pink and white in color
• Strawberry Fields are larger plants which produce flowers of bright red color

People have been using this plant for its medicinal properties for centuries. Here are the key benefits for drinking Globe Amaranth tea:

• Cures stomach infections
• Helps in making immune system stronger 
• Improves heart health by reducing cholesterol and lowering blood pressure
• Reduces bacterial infection
• Regulates blood sugar, thus helps with diabetes

Globe Amaranth has a pleasant floral fragrance with a mild sweet taste. It comes as a surprise that it lacks a bitter aftertaste.

Teablooms Jasmine Blossoms Blooming Tea Creations 

This is an assortment for 6 varieties for Jasmine Flowering Teas:

• Jasmine Lover
• Floral Passion
• Eternal Love
• Fairy Lily
• Sunset Love
• Rising Spring

You receive 12 tea packs in the package, 2 teas for each variety. 

Teablooms Blooming Tea Garden – Tea Chest of Twelve Best-Selling Flowering Teas

I like this set for the variety of Blooming teas offered in one package. You should get this if you want to try out a wide variety of Blooming teas.

This package includes the following teas:

• Orange
• Blueberry
• Acai
• Strawberry
• Pineapple
• Cranberry
• Floral Sunset (Litchi)
• Love Reflections (Jasmine)
• First Kiss (Peach)
• My Growing Love (rose) 
• Love at First Sight (rose)
• Romeo & Julie (rose)

Teablooms Jasmine Flowering Teas – Fairy Lily and Eternal Love Tea

This package includes 2 Jasmine blooming teas. Artisans scent and flavour the tea to enhance the experience.

Rosebud Flowering Tea 

Tea artisans stick green leaves with Rose and Jasmine flowers to craft this tea. 

Pomegranate and Pineapple Blooming Tea Flowers 

This tea consists of high quality green tea leaves tied with cotton thread.  The tied tea is then combined with edible Pomegranate and Pineapple blooming flowers.

Conclusion

Blooming flower teas have a mild sweet flavor, and a pleasant floral aroma.

This tea enhances the experience of any gathering. The spectacular display of a blooming flower gathers eyeballs.

They consist of:

• Green or white tea buds/leaves
• Edible flowers with pleasant aroma
• Cotton thread, used for tying green leaves to flowers

Blooming flower tea also provide various health benefits including:

• Helps in weight loss by improving metabolism
• Improves the immune system as they contain antioxidants
• Improves skin, hence help in anti-aging
• The process of preparation and consumption helps in relieving stress
• Improves heart health by reducing heart rate and cholesterol 

If you want to serve an entertaining and unique refreshment at your next party. Then, you should try Blooming flower tea.