This tea is not only healthy, but it can also change color
Created: 01/17/2022Updated: 01/17/2022 15:52
By: Maria Dirschauer
Here you can find out what the blue tea with the strange name is all about.
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Butterfly Pea Flower Tea is the name of a new trend drink from Ayurvedic medicine.
Read here how to make it yourself and what makes it so special.
A newly discovered tea, including a wide variety of preparation options, is currently trending on social platforms:
Butterfly Pea Tea
, also known as
Clitoria Tea
.
But as is so often the case, the basis of the trend is not new: the tea comes from Ayurvedic medicine.
What is Butterfly Pea Tea?
Butterfly Pea Flower Tea - also known as
Blue Tea
or
Anchan
- comes from Southeast Asia and is an infusion of the naturally blue flowers of a plant called
Clitoria ternatea
.
The infusion fascinates with its unusual
cobalt blue color
.
This is why Butterfly Pea Tea is not only drunk as a hot tea*, but is also becoming increasingly popular worldwide as an iced tea variant or in cocktails.
This is what Butterfly Pea Tea tastes like
People who have tasted the tea describe its taste as mild
herbal tea
with woody, earthy notes.
It is said to be reminiscent of black or green tea.
In addition, the Clitoria tea is caffeine-free and contains healthy ingredients such as antioxidants.
In Ayurvedic medicine, the tea is recommended for sleep disorders, to increase the intellect and mental performance because of the anxiolytic and calming effect attributed to it.
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How to prepare Butterfly Pea Tea
Simply place
five to ten Butterfly Pea Flower Tea blossoms
in a cup and top up with hot water.
Let the tea steep for five to eight minutes.
The beautiful cobalt blue tea is ready.
In Ayurvedic medicine, it is traditionally served
with honey and lemon on ice
.
In this respect, you can enjoy it hot or cold as you wish, and you can also use it to prepare an iced tea or Blue Butterfly Pea Latte, for example.
Here you can get Butterfly Pea Tea blossoms
You can get the flowers for infusing the tea in some organic markets and health food stores, but also online.
For example, at Amazon (advertising link) there are 100 g of the blue flowers from natural cultivation in northern Thailand.
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Special Effects: This is how the blue tea changes its colour
The special thing about Butterfly Pea Tea is not only its blue color - depending on the combination with other ingredients, it can also change it!
This is due to the changed
pH
.
This is how the tea becomes a real eye-catcher:
With a few drops of lemon juice, the blue tea turns purple to pink.
If you add hibiscus flower or rosehip tea, it will turn bright red.
Incidentally, you should not mix the blue tea with mineral water: it will then turn light gray and therefore rather unsightly.
Have fun preparing this blue wonder!
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