Make Blooming Tea Your Next Gift
Camellia sinesis is a plant with its origins in southern Asia. While the name may not ring a bell it is the plant in which all teas are made. Whether black, white, green, or ooling the tea plant produces them all through specific processing. Tea is the most drunk man-made drink on the planet and makes a great tea gifts for friends. This beverage has traveled from Asia all over the world and across many cultures who have adopted it as an important part of society.
This amazing plant contains just over 700 components that can effect our internal systems, either from the naturally occurring caffeine or inherent vitamins. The health benefits of tea have been touted by cultures all over the world, especially within ancient Chinese medicine which prescribed it to help with blood pressure. This effect has been validated medically.
Throughout time, tea has been associated with higher classes in society and in fact there are a number of tea ceremonies across the world, the most notable of which is the Japanese tea ceremony. With a world of tea treatments and flavors available, a tea lover has hundreds of variations to taste in a variety of ways from bagged tea, to loose tea, to the more beautiful blooming tea.
Blooming tea creates a reproduction of a blooming flower when steeping in hot water and results in an exotic, almost bod flavor different from most other teas. Blooming teas are not made with oolong tea, but do use the green, white, and black varieties in conjunction with other elements.
Made from black, white, and green teas exclusively, these leaves are harvested and while still damp combined with flower blossoms and sewn together with thread. The most used flower is jasmine, but others are used like lilies. Regardless of the flower the flavor is more earthy and strong than tea by itself.
The construction of these bundles is short in time, about one minute for simpler designs. More elaborate blooms can take up to ten minutes to create. Once the right shape has been made be it a ball or cone, they are dried through the usual avenues.
Drinking blooming tea should involve a glass tea pot, acting as a window onto the show. The tea bundle begins to unfurl when boiling water is added. The effect is that of a suspended flower bloom. These tea creations can be re-used up to three times and due to their strong and exotic flavors should not be steeped very long.
Giving tea as a gift can be a thoughtful endeavor, taking into account the tastes of the person you are creating the gift for. In the future, if you’re making a variety basket of teas, throw in some blooming teas and watch your recipient react with joy and wonder.
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