Blooming tea is a true visual treat. Tea leaves are bundled together by hand with a flower bud, when steeped in water the flower unfurls to reveal a beautiful flower. Sit back and relax while you wait for the flavor to spread and your flower to appear.

The Oolong tea and bud are tied together using cotton, all done by hand in China. These are becoming very popular around the world. You can purchase a variety of tea with flowering buds including jasmine, lavender, lily, chrysanthemum.

You no longer have to bring tea in bags to your table, now you can take a small tea ball, place it in a glass and watch the flower slowly appear. This can placed in the center of your table to let everyone delight in the beauty and then enjoy the flavor or the tea. You can come back when the glass is empty, add more hot water and enjoy the display again. With some tea, this can be done up to 15 times.

Some teas are made to show beautiful scenes when the flower unfurls. You may be surprised as your tea steeps, your flower bud opens and you see dragons facing head to head, or a basket complete with handle. The display is wondrous and relaxing.

The tea is bundled together with the flower bud so that the leaves will not come out into your cup or your mouth. Because the bundle stays in the bowl you create it in, when you pour hot water over it again you see the beautiful flower appear more than once. The flavor will also last as long as the display does.

From an area in China that is well known for the wonderful green tea it grows, these tea leaves and the flowers bud are picked by hand in early spring. After being separated for the perfect leaves and buds, they are presented to a tea artist. The artist must follow strict directions for tying these bundles together.

These flowering teas have been made in China for decades. This is considered an art that may date back to the Ming Dynasty. In China this tea is called the art flowering tea. Outside of china people call them flowering tea, hand tied tea or art tea.

Blooming Tea is available for purchase together with glass bowls or teapots. You can buy the tea alone also. The blooming display is beautiful when viewed in any clear wine glass or bowl. When you do pour the hot water over the tea take the time to relax and watch the beauty unfurl.

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