  |
|||
|
|
|
||
|
Posted by Barbara M. Martin Aug 13, 2007 |
Another twist on tea with flowers. In Pursuit of Tea offers a One Minute Tea Tip complete with photos of blooming display teas. A display tea shows the beauty of steeping tea leaves hand tied together so they open outward like the fingers of a hand at the bottom of your cup. And nestled at the center of the painstakingly arranged tea are … secret chrysanthemum flowers.
Here you can examine how it looks to add flowers to the brocade (Jing Shang Tian Hua) or embellish a green tea anemone. The photos are vivid with sparkle and surprisingly appealing. I wonder how the tea tastes!
I have had tea infused with flowers or containing bits of flowers – I love jasmine tea and orange blossom tea and tea with hibiscus flowers for example, and tea made with chamomile flowers is an old stand-by in the herb repertoire, but this is something else and quite extraordinary.
Stop and see the flowers, or consider this as one reason why you should drink tea from a glass instead of using a bone china cup.
See them up close on your own monitor (you can also order some although I have not) at In Pursuit of Tea. If you need a glass cup or glass gaiwan for your tea, they offer those, too. For over 30 different blossom display teas, check out the photos at Blossoming Leaf!
more FLOWER GARDENS ARTICLES and FLOWER GARDENS BLOGS Copyright August 13, 2007 Barbara Martin All Rights Reserved