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If you’re not intimate with the whole culture surrounding tea, then you’re in all likelihood unfamiliar with the term, “blooming art tea”. It’s a gorgeous neat conception and is something that may amaze your party guests of all ages. You’ll never grow tired of serving blooming teas. Most likely, it was the Chinese that came up with the idea of a flowering or a blooming tea because the flowers applied in these teas are ordinarily found in China and shipped around the world. So What is a Blooming Art Tea? A flowering or blooming tea is precisely as it sounds. It is a bundle of dried flowers and tea leaves that exaggerate and “bloom” in the hot water in your personal teapot. When the bundle blooms, it looks like a little bouquet. For this reason, it’s good to have a glass teapot whereby the blooming may be “experienced” in real time right at the table you’re sitting at. The amount of size divergence of the finished bloom may be five or six times that of the dried flowering tea ball. It takes when it comes to 5 minutes to bloom. The flowers applied in flowering blooms include jasmine, chrysanthemum, amaranth, hibiscus, lily and osmanthus. They smell outstanding and lend a little aromatherapy to the tea party. Flowering teas don’t get bitter even even though they may steep for extended periods of time. (Remember, the intermediate green tea only steeps for 5 minutes.) The mild flavor of the flowers neutralizes any bitter taste of the steeped green or black infusions. How are Flowering Blooms Made? There’s a special art to the making of flowering teas. They are hand sewn by women in tea gardens far away from civilization in the southwestern Yunnan province of China. This area is near Laos and Vietnam. The types of tea leaves in general employed in flowering teas are white, green and black. While the leaves are still somewhat wet, it’s easy to flatten them and sew them together into a bundle. Each one is handcrafted and galore may take up to 10 minutes to craft. Some are sewed together in long garlands that may look utterly pretty in the teapot. Making Artisan Teas Part of Your Memories Blooming teas actually is worthy of their own glass teapot. You may buy blooming tea sets that include a blooming tea pot, hand painted little cups and assorted blooms. Blooming teas make magnificent gifts! You may continually add water to the teapot, increasing the steeping time to get more flavor with each cup of tea. The aroma smells best when you drink the basi cup. One way to present a blooming tea at your party is to give everyone their own big glass with a wide base. This will concede the tea ball to completely bloom. Imagine a party where every one has their own flowering tea with a wholly dissimilar flower, aroma and taste. It’s the foundation for one of the most unforgettable tea parties your friends will ever experience; guaranteed! |
Most helpful customer reviews
28 of 30 people found the following review helpful.
Drinking tea is fun!
By Di
These flowering teas are a wonder to behold and fun to watch. The tea ball, right out of the package, looks like a funny colored nut with the scent of tea and jasemin. Place it in the bottom of a tea cup or tea pot (the best show happens in an all glass one), and add hot, but not boiling water, sit back and watch. It’s amazing to see it open up into a beautiful bouquet. The green leaves are the tea (green scented with jasmin) and the flower are one a 12 different selections. As one person said to me, “tea flowers make you sit and relax in a go-go-go world.” I would recomend this to anyone who loves tea.
16 of 16 people found the following review helpful.
Assorted Green Tea Flowers but Same Flavor
By L. R. Bowers
We got this for my mom and she really likes it. While the tea flowers vary in presentation, they are all “Green Tea with Fresh Jasmine.” It would have been nice to mix up the flavor of the tea. I would recommend this more for presentation than flavor.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful.Title is a little misrepresentative
By Laura Smith
Assorted Green Tea Flowers should be called Assorted Jasmine Green Tea Flowers. It’s the blooms that are assorted not the tea flavor. They are all Jasmine. Having said that, it’s a wonderful surprise when you put in the bud and don’t know what kind of flower you’re going to be getting next!
Usually when I buy Jasmine Tea I get the finest- A small 4 ounce bag that runs me $20 and although this tea isn’t as good as what I regularly buy it’s still very nice tasting. The best part is that it’s practically impossible to overbrew. Jasmine Tea in particular can get really bitter easily if it is overbrewed even a bit and I was afraid I would have to take the flower out after a couple of minutes to stop the brewing process. But NO! The makers thought ahead and made it so that you can leave the flower in and it won’t overbrew. The only bad thing about this is that if you like your Jasmine Tea really strong then you won’t like the way this works for you. But strong Jasmine Tea is always bitter so you might want to try a lighter brew like this.
Hint: If you never liked the way Jasmine Tea tasted because of it’s bitterness here’s a trick. Standard instructions for Jasmine include having your water at around 180 degrees and brewing for aprox 2 minutes. Instead of this, try using a lower temperature instead- say 130ish and brew for 7 minutes. What you’ll get is a tea with all the Jasmine and none of the bitterness. With these flowers however you don’t have to worry about brewing time (unless you like your tea VERY weak) and are free to enjoy the flower until your tea is gone.
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Awesome Tea
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
This tea is fun to watch as the flower expands in the water. Very smooth taste and can be used again and again in the same day. If you love tea, you gotta try these “flowering teas”
Tea time!
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
A fine item once only for emperors. We enjoy sharing with visitors to our estate. Very smooth and calming effects.
Cathy Willingham
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
I sent this to my Mother for Mothers Day and the tea pot for for her birthday. They are very close together. I wanted to send her something that would remind her of one of her trips to Seattle – one that she and I had shared. She loved it, not only the tea and tea pot but also the sentiment.
Tea Flower
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
This was a gift for my Daughter. She was truely excited and has nothing but good things to say about the tea and the flowers.
She purchase a couple of pod from the local Tea Shop and was a little disappoint with the flowering.
Thank you. She really liked this gift
Good looking, but the tea taste is too weak
Rating:3 out of 5 stars
The tea flower looks amazing, so I would give it a 5-star for looking. However, the taste is a disappointment. It is extremely light, and there is hardly any tea flavor.
I know 3-star is probably a little hash, but when paying 75 cents per tea flower/bag, I would expect tea tastes good, in addition to good looking.
perfect gift
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I just love the flowering teas from Primula, they are not only delicious, they are absolutely beautiful. Especially when you use a clear glass cup.
The price can’t be beat either. Normally they cost as much as $25 for a can of 12, At under $15, it’s the best deal on the net
Positively Perfect Primula Flowering Tea
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Have tasted only one out of 12 teas, but it was wonderful— green tea jsmine lotus blossom. Great flavor, light and delicate but with lots of flavor. The flower that unfolded was beautiful. A definite baragain for the price. Other places were at least double the cost. I highly reccommend Primula flowering tea.
Tea-rrific
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Not only is this tea beautiful as it brews, it is also delicious and refreshing.
Title is a little misrepresentative
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Assorted Green Tea Flowers should be called Assorted Jasmine Green Tea Flowers. It’s the blooms that are assorted not the tea flavor. They are all Jasmine. Having said that, it’s a wonderful surprise when you put in the bud and don’t know what kind of flower you’re going to be getting next!
Usually when I buy Jasmine Tea I get the finest- A small 4 ounce bag that runs me $20 and although this tea isn’t as good as what I regularly buy it’s still very nice tasting. The best part is that it’s practically impossible to overbrew. Jasmine Tea in particular can get really bitter easily if it is overbrewed even a bit and I was afraid I would have to take the flower out after a couple of minutes to stop the brewing process. But NO! The makers thought ahead and made it so that you can leave the flower in and it won’t overbrew. The only bad thing about this is that if you like your Jasmine Tea really strong then you won’t like the way this works for you. But strong Jasmine Tea is always bitter so you might want to try a lighter brew like this.
Hint: If you never liked the way Jasmine Tea tasted because of it’s bitterness here’s a trick. Standard instructions for Jasmine include having your water at around 180 degrees and brewing for aprox 2 minutes. Instead of this, try using a lower temperature instead- say 115-120ish and brew for 7 minutes. What you’ll get is a tea with all the Jasmine and none of the bitterness. With these flowers however you don’t have to worry about brewing time (unless you like your tea VERY weak) and are free to enjoy the flower until your tea is gone.
Nice Gift
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
This was a perfect house gift for my 92-year-old aunt. She loved sharing it with her friends.
ITS FANTASTIC TEAS FLOWERS
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I REALLY LOVE THIS TEA. I LIKE THE WAY THEY FLOWER AND THE TASTE OF THE TEA AND THATS THE TEAS CAN BE BREWED 3 TIMES.
Wonderful gift. I’m now a lifetime fan of this tea.
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I disagree with the person who said the teas look nothing like the package. I wonder if they got a bad batch. I also received the Numi set and it never showed a flower. But the Primula Gift set is wonderful. The green leaves unfurled and revealed flowers with red and sometimes white blooms. Not sure how they accomplished that, but the display has got my children begging to drink tea.
The flavors are nice, similar to what I am served in asian restaurants. I like the taste better than name brand boxed teas. I also like that the flavor is maintained even after adding hot water for a third steep.
I received the Primula set as a gift and I’m addicted to the flavor and the appearance! Highly recommend this product.
Love these teas!
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I bought these teas to give as gifts – because a friend had given me a set of 12 and they are wonderful! The ‘blooming’ flowers are beautiful, very aromatic, taste fantastic – and you really can make several pots of tea with each one. The second pot gets darker than the first and I think we’ve made as many as four pots of tea from one flower. Price is pretty good too!
tea tea
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Grows delightfully and it is a pleasure to watch it, either by yourself or with the person you share the cup of tea.
Colorful
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I bought this set of tea for my aunt, for a Hanukkah present. I had already sent her the Numi teapot and tea, so this was to replenish her supply of blooming tea.
This set was more colorful. She shared it with some of her neighbors who come to her house to visit. They were amazed by the flowering aspect.
My aunt loves that I always come up with unique, thoughtful gifts for her. This one as no exception.