My wife’s boss recently returned from China, and gave her some odd little herbal tea balls that appear to be chrysanthemum buds. He said you drop them in hot water to make them bloom.
Pictures:
Dry buds
After soaking in hot water
Top of box
Side of box
Side of box
Are these just a decoarative novelty, or is this a tea meant to be drunk? I tasted it, and it is kind of bitter.
How pretty! Yes, it’s a very common beverage tea in Southern China. Next time you make it, try steeping it for less time - usually the bitter alkaloids are the last to leave the plant, and oversteeping nearly any plant will get you bitter tea. Or it may just not be your thing. Fun, nonetheless! Thanks for sharing it.
Chinese Flower Tea Balls sounds like the most horrendous thing you can catch in a wild night out in Shanghai.
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Completely off topic, but I have that glass in my cupboard too!
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Try to find out what’s in them besides hibiscus (if anything). If it is white or green tea, then the water needs to be significantly off the boil before you brew the tea–like 180 degrees.
I have been seeing these in catalogues for about a year now. Williams-Sonoma was selling them for a while. Adagio.com sells them, too.
I don’t think it has any true tea in it at all. It looks like a chrysanthemum flower after it opens.
What color is the tea after it’s brewed?
The picture you posted had green parts and yellow parts. The green parts look like white tea leaves to me.
Pale yellow.
They are attached to the yellow parts, I believe they are the sepals of the chrysanthemum.
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Jasmine is also available in this fashion, which just ain’t my cuppa.
Our Chinese friend from Shanghai says that this tea is for more to look at than to drink. It’s usually bought by foreigners since Chinese drink better tasting stuff.
p.s. The picture of the lid is upside down. It gives the name of the store.
