Butterfly Pea Flower (Clitoria ternatea) — Dried Blue Butterfly Flower Tea, 30g Jar

Butterfly Pea Flower (Clitoria ternatea) is the dried blossom of a beloved traditional botanical known in Chinese wellness culture as Dié Dòu Huā (蝶豆花), also called Blue Butterfly Flower. Long treasured as a color-changing, spirit-lifting flower, Butterfly Pea has been prized for its vivid azure petals and its gentle role in cooling, calming, and beautifying herbal traditions. Its nature is sweet and slightly cool, making it a soft yet expressive flower for daily tea rituals and herbal blending.

Key Selling Points

• Vivid blue Butterfly Pea dried flowers
• Clitoria ternatea botanical identity
• Traditional cooling flower tea
• Color-changing infusion for blending
• New-crop, jar-packed 30g

Quality & Sensory

Each batch is gently dried to preserve the deep indigo-blue hue, delicate papery texture, and faint floral aroma of the petals. When steeped, the flowers release a brilliant sapphire-blue infusion with a mild, smooth, subtly sweet taste and a soft vegetal finish. A few drops of lemon turn the liquor toward violet and pink, a signature of true Butterfly Pea.

Technical Specifications

Usage Scenarios

• Hot or iced herbal tea
• Color-changing lemonade and mocktails
• Herbal tea blending and layering
• Natural blue food and dessert coloring
• Daily floral tea ritual

Traditional Uses

In folk herbal practice, Butterfly Pea Flower is brewed as a daily tea and blended with ingredients like lemongrass, mint, chrysanthemum, and honey. It is also steeped into cooling summer drinks, layered into festive beverages, and used in Southeast Asian and Chinese wellness traditions as a gentle flower for calming the spirit, refreshing the eyes, and supporting a clear, bright complexion. Its color-changing nature makes it a favorite in celebratory teas and herbal gift blends.

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