Blooming Tea
What is blooming tea?
Blooming tea is called flower tea. It's a type of tea that is initially compressed into small pieces and when the hot water touches the pieces, they open up into full tea leaves. This process is also known as blooming.
Blooming tea was first made in China a long time ago, but this type of tea has recently become widely popularized by Taiwan—Taiwan started selling the first batch of blooming tea 10 years ago and since then, it has become an essential part of any good tea collection.
Taiwan's blooming tea is mostly known for its high quality due to the careful selection of tea leaves. The tea factory takes special care when drying out the leaves, so they can be used in higher moisture levels without causing any damage to the extract. This is why Taiwanese blooming teas are always packed full of flavors.
What makes these teas special is the way they are manufactured. Tea factories use machines that can compress 2,000 blooming tea pieces into one brick of tea that weighs only 3 pounds. This means that you get around five kilograms of fresh tea leaves packed into a single block. Although this sounds impressive—bloomed tea leaves tend to lose some of their flavors after a few months, which is why tea connoisseurs tend to store it in air-tight containers and only use this type of tea occasionally.
How to use blooming tea?
Blooming tea is a lot easier to store and maintain than other types of tea. The leaves are packed in a condensed manner, which means that they can be stored almost anywhere without any compaction problems occurring.
The only downside of the process is the fact that blooming tea is slightly more expensive than other types of tea—this is mostly due to increased production costs and increased shipping prices, but bloomed tea also tends to lose its flavors relatively fast.
However, you can prolong the use of blooming tea by storing it in an air-tight container and by making sure that you scoop out smaller amounts at a time—this is why most people choose this type of tea if they are looking for a quick flavor kick during their busy day. You should also note that blooming tea is considered to be a great type of tea if you want to add some flavors into your water due to the fact that the leaves will release their flavor slowly. This prevents too much flavor from being released at once and it allows you to gradually add more flavors until your water tastes exactly as you prefer.
Health benefits of Blooming tea
Although blooming tea is not that popular in the west, it has been a part of Chinese medicine for at least a thousand years. Some studies have even shown that this type of tea can be used to treat insomnia and slow down aging effects on the human body.
The reason why blooming teas are so healthy is due to the fact that they are packed full of catechins. These antioxidants help fight age and prevent cancer if taken regularly over an extended period of time.
However, blooming tea is not known for its high caffeine levels—it only contains small amounts of caffeine when compared to other types of tea. This makes it a great drink even during nighttime when you want something to help relax after a long day at work.
Blooming tea is known for its unique look and great taste, but it is also healthy—if you are looking for an alternative to coffee in the morning or at night, blooming tea may be just what you need!
Can you drink blooming tea?
Blooming tea has been around for years and it is known as a great drink that can help you wake up or relax at night.
However, blooming tea is not meant to be drunk on its own—blooming tea works best when used as an additive to other drinks such as coffee and cola. This means that you can add some flavors to your regular drink without having to worry about the taste—blooming tea can make almost any type of drink taste more interesting.
You should also note that blooming tea is not only meant for adults. This type of tea may have a higher caffeine content than most other types of teas.
How to make blooming tea?
To make blooming tea, you should put the tea leaves into a pre-warmed teapot. Then fill the pot with boiling water and let it brew for about 30 seconds. Afterward, pour away this water gently so that you can still see some of it at the bottom of the teapot. Pour the hot water again by 70% full, cover tightly to keep all heat, and let the tea leaves brew for another minute. After this, you should pour all of the water into a cup and enjoy your drink!
There is another method: just put the tea leaves into a pre-warmed teapot and fill it with boiling water. Then keep hot for 3 minutes without brewing or pouring away any water. This way usually has no effect on the taste and fragrance of tea, and it is also less time-consuming.
Brew Tips:
- The temperature of water: 95°C - 100°C.
- Brewing time: 3~5 minutes until full blooming.
- The amount of water: 70% full.
- Using glass teapot to enjoy and watch the blooming process.