Blue Butterfly Pea Flower (Clitoria ternatea) — Dried Yunnan Butterfly Pea Herbal Tea, 500g

Blue Butterfly Pea Flower (Clitoria ternatea), known in Chinese as Lán Hú Dié (蓝蝴蝶) or Dié Dòu Huā (蝶豆花), is the sun-dried blossom of a beloved food-herb botanical treasured across Yunnan and Southeast Asia. Long prized as a vivid, calming flower tea, Butterfly Pea has been used to soothe the spirit, brighten the complexion, and lend its striking indigo hue to daily infusions. Its nature is sweet, neutral, and gently cooling, making it a soft yet expressive herb for everyday tea rituals and cooling seasonal refreshment.

Key Selling Points

• Sun-dried Yunnan butterfly pea blossoms
• Clitoria ternatea food-herb flower
• Naturally caffeine-free and unsweetened
• Vivid indigo color for teas and blends
• 500g bulk loose flower supply

Quality & Sensory

Each batch is shade-dried to preserve the blossom's deep sapphire-to-indigo tone, delicate papery texture, and faint sweet hay aroma. When steeped in hot water, the petals release a brilliant blue infusion with a mild, softly floral taste and a clean, slightly grassy finish. A few drops of lemon turn the liquor toward violet and pink, a favorite visual ritual among tea drinkers.

Technical Specifications

Usage Scenarios

• Hot or iced butterfly pea flower tea
• Color-changing lemonade and mocktails
• Herbal tea blends and floral infusions
• Natural blue coloring for desserts and rice
• Daily caffeine-free tea ritual

Traditional Uses

In folk herbal practice across Yunnan and Southeast Asia, Butterfly Pea Flower is brewed as a daily tea to calm the spirit, cool the body in warm seasons, and support clear, radiant skin. It is steeped alone as a soothing evening infusion, blended with chrysanthemum, mint, or lemongrass for a refreshing summer drink, and used as a natural blue tint in rice, desserts, and festive beverages. In traditional wellness culture it is often paired with goji berry, rose bud, or honey to soften its character and round out the cup.

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