Flowering teas, also known as blooming teas, performance teas, and display teas, among other names, are hand-sewed individual tea leaves forming a ball, and designed to perform an action when steeped in hot water, usually unfurling into decorative flower-like arrangements. Flowering teas are usually prepared in glass or otherwise transparent cups or mugs so that the performance can be seen.^{[citation needed]} Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Tea leaves in a Chinese gaiwan. ...

Varieties

Varieties include small, silvery green tea balls with various flowers which open to release the flowers inside, and teas that are shaped into objects such as plants and animals which expand or change. ^{[citation needed]} Green tea (绿茶) is tea that has undergone minimal oxidation during processing. ... For other uses, see Flower (disambiguation). ...

Origin

Flowering tea was created recently in the past 20 years in China. Most if not all flowering tea comes from China, as other tea origins (such as India, Sri Lanka, etc) have not picked up this new trend. ^{[citation needed]}

Ingredients

Tea

Flowering tea primarily uses green and jasmine tea, but black tea is also used in some instances. ^{[citation needed]}

Flowers

Common flowers used in flowering teas include globe amaranth, carnation, chrysanthemum, jasmine, marigold, and rose. When added to water just off the boil, flower ball teas will slowly open, or "blossom", into the form of a chrysanthemum-like flower. ^{[citation needed]} Species See text. ... Binomial name L. The carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus) is a flowering plant native to the Near East and has been cultivated for the last 2,000 years. ... Species Chrysanthemum aphrodite Chrysanthemum arcticum Chrysanthemum argyrophyllum Chrysanthemum arisanense Chrysanthemum boreale Chrysanthemum chalchingolicum Chrysanthemum chanetii Chrysanthemum cinerariaefolium Chrysanthemum coronarium, Crown daisy Chrysanthemum crassum Chrysanthemum glabriusculum Chrysanthemum hypargyrum Chrysanthemum indicum Chrysanthemum japonense Chrysanthemum japonicum Chrysanthemum lavandulifolium Chrysanthemum mawii Chrysanthemum maximowiczii Chrysanthemum mongolicum Chrysanthemum morifolium Chrysanthemum morii Chrysanthemum okiense Chrysanthemum oreastrum Chrysanthemum... Jasminum. ... Marigold can mean: Flowering plants in the family Asteraceae in the following genera: Calendula (Marigold or Pot Marigold) Tagetes (Mexican marigold, African marigold or French marigold) Glebionis segetum (syn. ... For other uses, see Rose (disambiguation). ...

Preparation

These teas can be refreshed several times by adding more water as needed, from 5 to 15 times depending on the variety. Flowering teas are fragrant, aromatic teas that do not tend to get bitter with extended steeping. ^{[citation needed]}