Brewing Blooming Tea

Posted under Blooming Tea by Jenna

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.

White tea requires seven minutes to get the full flavor, black tea requires two to three minutes of steeping to get the full flavor.  Flower petals can become fairly drab if left to soak too long, especially lily leaves which can look fairly dull when soaked for a while.

So it’s a tricky business getting the right look and taste for your tea.  In all honesty though, I personally think you really do need to compromise on the taste to get the full visual value of blooming tea.  After all, most of us get the flowering tea balls because we like to see the blossoming effect of the water on these gorgeous items which are made by Chinese artisans.  In truth,  and of course in my view, the flavor is definitely a second consideration.

So, maybe that’s why there are so many articles on how to properly brew tea?   I guess we need a bit of direction in this area to get the full benefit out of our costly little flowering tea ball.

Tags: Blooming Tea, Flowering Tea, Flowers Tea, Loose Green Tea, tea supplies