Suggestions for flowering tea balls
My aunt recently experienced a flowering tea ball at my last tea party. She loved it and wants to maybe do a tea party for her daughter’s baby shower and would like to have flowering teas there. She is making noises about going to a Teavana store. Their peach momotaro has mixed but mostly good reviews here.
I got mine from The Tea Merchant and I’m not opposed to ordering her some from there since it is probably the best I’ve tasted. But… I thought I’d solicit input here as well.
I’ve had Adagio’s and Numi’s and I thought they were kind of bland.
Are there any other suggestions out there for flowering teas that don’t have just jasmine as a flavor? Flowering teas don’t seem to be a big thing among the Steepsterites I follow. :)
Teavivre had a few…of course i haven’t tried them but i like teavivre? hahaha
From my experience, flowering teas aren’t the most flavorful. More for show than flavor
I just logged The Persimmon Tree’s Sunshine. My wife and I actually not only finished the first pot, we wanted another. How often does that happen with blooming tea? Correct answer for me is never before.
I heard Verdant had a really good flowering tea, maybe a year or so back? Maybe it’ll come back?
When I was at the LA Tea Festival, Chado Tea Room had a huge display of flowering teas and I asked them how to brew them as they usually taste not so amazing, and they suggested using a lower temperature water compared to most sellers I see say use boiling so the tea blooms. Chado has a pretty big lineup of blooming tea too.
It’s not as pretty – but the best tasting blooming tea I’ve had was from Mandala http://shopmandalatea.com/black-tea/flowering-black-tea-cones.html
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