Have you ever been to a tea house or Asian restaurant and had a flowering tea? The tea unfolds before your eyes and is exciting to experience. It is best to brew this style of tea in a glass tea pot or device, so that you can watch the tea blossom. 

Flowering, or blooming, tea consists of a bundle of tea leaves wrapped and bound around dried flowers. It is considered an art of folding tea in some circles. The flowering tea is often purposefully unlabeled, so that people will not know what to expect when the tea leaves unfurl.

Some teas are assembled and hand sewn by artisans, and are referred to as performance or decorative tea. Blooming teas are often made in Yunnan, China. Flowers commonly used are globe amaranth, chrysanthemum, jasmine, lily, hibiscus, and osmanthus. The possibilities are endless.

Our Double Happiness tea has a two chrysanthemum, one amaranth globe, and jasmine flowers hand wrapped in Chinese green tea.  If you order this at the tea bar, the Double Happiness is brewed in a glass pot so you can watch it blossom.

written by Lauren Donat