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1. Flowering Teas ---- LOVE TEAS

2.  When negotiating the purchase of this tea with our Supplier, he
told me the legend that sits behind it. The story goes that around
150 years ago, a small tea farmer's daughter fell in love with a
young boy. She wanted to give him something very special as a
present, but couldn't think of what to give. One day, when hand
strewing tea with her parents, she thought about making a heart
shaped tea - the 'Love Tea' that we are talking about today. After
several failed attempts, she got the perfect heart shape.
 The boy loved the tea and they were soon married and lived
happily ever after. The legend lives on in the form of the Love Tea.
Today, the tea is very popular with young people in China,
particularly aroundValentine's Day.

5.  Flowering tea or blooming tea (Chinese: 香
片, 工艺茶, or 开花茶) consist each of a
bundle of dried tea leaves wrapped around
one or more dried flowers. These are made
by binding tea leaves and flowers together
into a bulb and are then set to dry.

6.  When steeped, the bundle expands and
unfurls in a process that emulates a blooming
flower, while the flowers inside emerge as
the centerpiece. Typically they are sourced
from the Yunnan province of China. Flowers
commonly used in flowering teas
include globeamaranth, chrysanthemum,jas
mine lily, hibiscus, and osmanthus

7.  It remains uncertain whether flowering tea
was a modern creation or was a much older
invention of China.
 Flowering tea is generally served in
containers made of glass, or other
transparent material, so that the flowering
effect can be seen. The bundles can usually be
reused two or three times without the tea
becoming bitter.

8.  InTrinidad the flowers are
boiled to make a tea which is
used for baby gripe, oliguria,
cough and diabetes;
cooling.[1]
 In Hawaii, it is commonly
used in long-lasting leis since
it retains its shape and color
after drying.
 This flower is used to make a
garland for Brother's Day
in Nepal. The garland is put
around the brother's neck by
their sister for Protection.

9.  Chrysanthemum tea has many
purported medicinal uses, including
an aid in recovery
from influenza, acne and as a
"cooling" herb. According
to traditional Chinese medicine the
tea can aid in the prevention of sore
throat and promote the reduction
of fever. In Korea, it is known well
for its medicinal use for making
people more alert and is often used
as a pick-me-up to render the
drinker more awake. In western
herbal medicine, Chrysanthemum
tea is drunk or used as a compress
to treat circulatory disorders such
as varicose
veins andatherosclerosis.

10.  Jasmine tea (Chinese: 茉
莉花茶; pinyin: mòlìhuā
chá) is tea scented with
aroma
from jasmine blossoms to
make a scented tea.
Typically, jasmine tea
has green tea as the tea
base; however, white
tea and black tea are also
used. The resulting flavour
of jasmine tea is subtly
sweet and highly fragrant.
It is the most famous
scented tea in China

11.  Lilium bulbs are starchy and edible as root
vegetables, although bulbs of some species may
be very bitter. The non-bitter bulbs of L.
lancifolium, L. pumilum, and especially L.
brownii(Chinese: 百合干; pinyin: bǎihé gān)
and Lilium davidii var unicolor are grown on a large
scale in China as a luxury or health food, and are
most often sold in dry form for herb, the fresh
form often appears with other vegetables. The
dried bulbs are commonly used in the south to
flavor soup. Lily flowers are also said to be
efficacious in pulmonary affections, and to have
tonic properties.[42] Lily flowers and bulbs are
eaten especially in the summer, for their
perceived ability to reduce internal heat.[43] They
may be reconstituted and stir-fried, grated and
used to thicken soup, or processed to extract
starch. Their texture and taste draw comparisons
with the potato, although the individual bulb
scales are much smaller. There are also species
which are meant to be suitable for culinary and/or
herb uses

12.  Preliminary study has shown that drinking
hibiscus tea may lower blood pressure in
people with type 2
diabetes,[3] prehypertension, or
mild hypertension.[7][8][9] However, there is
no reliable evidence to support
recommending hibiscus tea in the
treatment of primary
hypertension.[10][11] The average systolic
blood pressure for diabetics drinking
hibiscus tea decreased from 134.8 mmHg
(17.97 kPa) at the beginning of one study to
112.7 mmHg (15.03 kPa) at the end of the
study, one month later.[3] Drinking 3 cups of
hibiscus tea daily for 6 weeks reduced
systolic blood pressure by 7 mm Hg in
prehypertensive and mildly hypertensive
participants. In those with mean systolic
blood pressure over 129 mm Hg, the
reduction was nearly 14 mm Hg. Hibiscus
flowers contain anthocyanins, which are
believed to be active antihypertensive
compounds, acting as angiotensin-converting
enzyme(ACE) inhibitors.

13.  The drink is called roselle (a name
for the flower)
or rosella (Australia), agua de
Jamaica and/or flor de Jamaica in
Latin America, Arhul ka
phool in India, karkadé in Levant,
Egypt, Sudan, Italy and Russia, Chai
Kujarat in Iraq, Chai
Torsh in Iran, gumamela in
thePhilippines, bissap, tsoborodo o
r wonjo in West
Africa, sorrel in Jamaica, Barbados a
nd Trinidad and Tobago, red
sorrel in the widerCaribbean, and
other names in other regions,
including the U.S., where it is
sometimes known as
simply Jamaica.

14.  In Thailand, most commonly, roselle
is prepared as a cold beverage,
heavily sweetened and poured over
ice, similar to sweetened fruit juices.
Plastic bags filled with ice and
sweetened 'grajeab' can be found
outside of most schools and in local
markets. Roselle is also drunk as a
tea, believed to reduce cholesterol.
 It is less commonly made into
a wine, sometimes combined
with Chinese tea leaves, in the ratio
of 4:1 by weight (1/5 Chinese tea).
The beverage is popular
in Malaysia and Indonesia as well.
 In China, candied flower petals are
occasionally available. In Mandarin
Chinese, it is called luòshénhuā (洛
神花).

15.  Osmanthus /ɒzˈmænθəs/[2] is
a genus of about
30 species of flowering
plants in the family Oleaceae.
Most of the species are native
to
eastern Asia (China, Japan, In
dochina, the Himalayas, etc.)
with a few species from
the Caucasus, New
Caledonia, Sumatra,
and North
America (Mexico, Central
America,
southeastern United States)

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18.  Twinings Love Teas
 http://twinings.co.uk/about-our-tea/love-tea-twinings-
flowering-teas
 Love Tea is a fascinating tea that comes fromthe
Fujian province of China. It's a hugely famous
tea growing region, the largest in China and is
the producer of a fifth of all teas in China. As
well as being China's largest tea producing
region, Fujian is home to an amazing range of
white, black and green teas.

19.  The 'Love Tea' is an extension of the Treasure Teas of
China, also referred to as the Blooming teas. These
teas are almost 100% handmade, using a very
bespoke production process which involves a huge
amount of manual dexterity. Because it is so time
intensive to produce, it is done so in very nominal
quantities, making it a real work of art.
 The tea is made using only the finest quality teas
picked in springtime and it takes 2 to 3 days to make
just a couple of cubes of this beautiful tea. The
speciality of this production of this tea is amazing and
in a year, we'll be lucky if more than 20-30kgs of this
tea is produced.

20.  The first aroma you get from this tea is slightly herbaceous followed by a
slightly toasty note - a really soothing smell; really light and soft.
 On first taste, again you will get that herbaceous not but as you let it
linger on the palette, it has a slight honey note to it; some people even
like to enhance this sweetness with the addition of a little honey or sugar.
 This is one of the few teas that doesn't become bitter. Even after 4 or
more minutes of brewing, it becomes almost sweeter in flavour as the
flavanoids from the flowers such as the Jasmine start to come out.
 The beauty of this tea is that you can use the flower 3-4 times, continuing
to brew more of this decadent tea.
 It is absolutely perfect with something sweet to compliment it; perhaps a
couple of chocolates - ideal on Valentine's Day. It is also such an beautiful
sight to watch this tea brew that it is a great experience to share with
your loved one

21. Few cafés in Omotesando can rival the atmosphere at this
verdant tea shop, which sits inside the Aoyama Flower Market
shop on the corner of Aoyama-dori. Flowers and plants crowd
the greenhouse-like interior, where customers can sample herbal
teas alongside a menu of food including open sandwiches,
parfaits and French toast.

22.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flowering_tea
 Gold, Cynthia; Stern, Lisë (2010). Culinary tea: More than 150
recipes steeped in tradition from around the world. Philadelphia:
Running Press. p. 274. ISBN 978-0-7624-3773-3.
 ^ Jump up to:a b c "On Food: Stop and savor the flowering teas",
Hsiao-Ching Chou, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, May 1, 2007.
 Jump up^ Richardson, Lisa Boalt (2009). Tea with a twist:
Entertaining and cooking with tea. Eugene, OR: Harvest House
Publishers. p. 12. ISBN 978-0-7369-2579-2.
 Jump up^ "The Cup that Still Cheers", Caterer and Hotelkeeper, 20
October 2005.
 ^ Jump up to:a b "What is Flowering Tea?", WiseGEEK.
 http://www.timeout.jp/en/tokyo/venue/11832/Aoyama-Flower-
Market-Tea-House