Gardenia Flower (Gardenia jasminoides) — Dried Herbal Flower Tea, 500g

Gardenia Flower (Gardenia jasminoides), known in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) as Zhī Zi Huā (栀子花), is the dried blossom of the fragrant gardenia shrub, a beloved food-herb flower prized for centuries as a cooling, heat-clearing botanical. Its nature is bitter and cold, entering the Heart, Lung, and Liver channels, making it a gentle yet refreshing herb traditionally used to clear heat, calm the spirit, and brighten the complexion. This 500g batch is sourced from Jiangxi and offered as a food agricultural product for daily tea and culinary use.

Key Selling Points

• Traditional heat-clearing food-herb flower
• Dried Gardenia jasminoides blossoms
• Known in TCM as Zhi Zi Hua
• Sourced from Jiangxi, China
• 500g value pack for daily tea

Quality & Sensory

Each batch is carefully dried to preserve the flower's pale cream-to-golden hue, delicate petal structure, and soft, papery texture. The dried blossoms carry a light, sweet floral aroma reminiscent of fresh gardenia. When steeped in hot water, they release a pale golden infusion with a mild, subtly sweet and slightly bitter floral taste, clean and refreshing on the palate.

Technical Specifications

Usage Scenarios

• Daily herbal flower tea
• Blended tea with chrysanthemum or honeysuckle
• Cooling summer infusion
• Aromatic addition to congee or dessert soups
• Seasonal wellness tea ritual

Traditional Uses

In folk herbal practice, Zhi Zi Hua is brewed as a light floral tea to clear heat and refresh the spirit, especially during warm seasons. It is often combined with chrysanthemum, honeysuckle, or mint in cooling tea blends, and in some regional traditions the blossoms are added to congee, sweet soups, or herbal decoctions for their gentle aroma and cooling nature. As a daily tea, it is steeped alone or blended for a soothing, fragrant cup.

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