Blooming Tea In A Stem Glass

Wow! You have simply got to watch this video I stumbled on. It’s about blooming tea and the best way to brew it. Well, a lot of people already know how to properly brew a good cup of flowering tea but wait till you see this video, you’ll just be amazed.

Have you ever seen a stem glass that is so sturdy, you could use it to hammer a piece of nail into a wood and not only can it do the job successfully, but the glass remains intact? Whew, I’ve never encountered this type o stem before and the glass looks absolutely romantic with a ball of blooming tea inside, slowly and exquisitely unfurling. Read the rest of this entry »

Blooming Tea With A Taste Of Ginger

There is much beauty to behold when you brew blooming tea, not to mention all those great benefits you have drinking it. But what happens when you’re done drinking and there’s some tea left in the pot?

Reheating the leftover pot of flowering tea is not advisable because it can turn bitter.  Instead, why not add some ice and make yourself a nice glass of iced tea – sounds delicious right? How about adding some ginger for more zest and flavor. Yes, ginger iced tea not only has a great flavor, it has some added benefits too. Read the rest of this entry »

What’s in a Gift? a Blooming Tea?

Well, it can tell a lot about the giver as well as the receiver. And if the giver is celebrity Kourtney Kardashian, you are sure to be indulged and loved with the amazing gifts she gave away for her guests. I came across a blog of Kourtney’s baby shower where, as part of her carefully planned gift to guests, was a hand blown glass personal tea maker and flowering tea set complete with blooming tea balls. How great is that? You would never have thought that this busy celebrity could take the time to pamper her guests’ senses, body and soul, with delicious and pretty flowering or blooming tea. Next time you want to be as considerate as this ultra chic, thoughtful mom-to-be try giving

gift of blooming tea.

8 Piece Blooming Tea Gift Set with Traditional Teapot

Blooming Tea Knowledge – For Your Holistic Well Being

“Bread feeds the body, indeed, but flowers also feed the soul” The Koran. When you think about flowers, you probably just marvel at its beauty and its sweet scent but do you know that a flower not only feeds your senses but your whole body and soul as well? Yes, indeed it does all that. A fine example of this is the blooming tea that’s becoming popular as the years go by. You may already know the great health benefits you can derive from tea, but when combined with extracts from your favorite blossom like jasmine or lavender, then what you get is a holistic well being that you simply can’t get out of your regular cup of coffee or tea. Read the rest of this entry »

Blooming Tea Review – Hear It Direct From The Taster!

Review: Teavana Strawberry Misaki Blooming Tea

Both Teavana and blooming tea tend to be a bit on the high side on the price scale, so I assumed these would be rather pricey. At first glance they seem to be, yet the website says you get 8-10 blooms for the two-ounce cost, so they’re rather set in the realm of reasonable if the taste holds up.

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Green tea with Blooming Tea Ball

Green tea keeps getting great accolades as a really healthy and beneficial product.  Here’s an excerpt from my health insurance provider’s (HFC) latest members’ newsletter on why lovely loose green tea is good for our eyes.  And the eye catching part was the glass teapot with a blooming tea ball.  And of course blooming tea balls can have loose green tea , as well flowers tea, and many others types of tea. Read the rest of this entry »

Blooming Tea at Hong Kong Airport

Red Blooming Tea at Hong Kong Airport

Flew over the home of tea recently – China – and managed to see the night sky, the night lights of all the vessels on the Hong Kong harbour and the airport.  That was it.  We were on our way to London from Sydney via Hong Kong.   Although I would have loved to visit some tea gardens and find out first hand how blooming tea balls are made, this trip was not the time to do that.

The stopover at Hong Kong was uneventful except for the lightening storm nearby which we obviously managed to get through safely! Read the rest of this entry »

Brewing Blooming Tea

How many articles are there on how to brew Flowering Tea?  Too many, I say!  It’s not difficult, is it, to put a Blooming Tea Ball in a glass container, throw hot water over it and watch it blossom?  Yet, there are countless articles on how to do this very thing.

What’s not explained is how easy it is to mess up blooming tea.  Because it’s made up of white tea, black tea, loose green tea, flowers tea and petals from pretty (occasionally not so pretty) flowers, this tea is easily over-steeped and therefore bitter, or under-steeped and therefore tasteless. Read the rest of this entry »

Is Blooming Tea a Healthy Drink or Just a Gimmick?

There are many websites, blogs, articles and various pieces of information about how beneficial tea is to our health.  And most of these sources talk about white tea, loose green tea, jasmine green tea and all sorts of other teas, some exotic, some very ordinary, some organic.  But very, very few talk about blooming tea, or flowering tea as it is sometimes called, and the health benefits in drinking this type of tea. Read the rest of this entry »

Blooming Tea Serenely Unfurling

Blooming tea in all its glory!