Blooming or Display teas provide a delightful, colorful show

The Tea Detective
Uncovering and Exploring the Facts About Tea

Blooming Teas Provide a Delightful
Treat for the Senses

Blooming teas go by many names, including display teas, presentation teas, artisan, and
treasure teas and flower teas. In China they're known as "hui fa cha. Handmade by skilled
artisans, using supple black tea, green, white, or oolong tea leaves and silk thread, bundles of
buds are fashioned together to form fun, interesting, and elegant shapes.

Originating in China, blooming teas are now
available in most tea producing regions, using
high quality tea, making them refreshing and
delicious to drink, as well as entertaining to watch.

Using various flower buds, the silk-thread-tied
bundles transform into flowers, fruits, baskets, or
bird's nests when exposed to hot water.

As the tea steeps and absorbs water, the shape
begins to take form, gracefully emerging into
beautiful lilies, jasmine, and other fanciful shapes.

Presentation teas were banned during the cultural
revolution because they were thought of as being
wasteful and frivolous.

But today blooming teas are once again becoming part of the re-
newed interest and appreciation of the cultural and artistic enjoy-
ment of tea, stealing the hearts of tea drinkers everywhere, with
new flavors and forms being added frequently.

Blooming teas provide an interesting topic of conversation and a
tasteful and festive finish to dinner, baby or wedding showers, or
any get-together of friends or family.

                                         Brewed in a glass teapot, brandy snifter, or large wine glass, the
                                          fanciful shapes "blossom" right before your eyes.

                                         If you're looking for a unique form of entertainment for your guests,
                                          blooming teas will definitely fit the bill.

                                         Once brewed, they can be used as a small table arrangement in
                                          place of fresh flowers. Like fresh flowers, display teas will keep for
                                          up to a week if the water is kept fresh and changed daily. Enjoy.

For more information or to learn more about tea, visit our other
pages:

Specialty and Gourmet teas - a treat for the taste buds.
If you want to give your taste buds a unique treat, try one of the
many specialty or gourmet teas available. With a range of flavors,
from smoky to sweet, and everything in between, you'll never be
bored by your beverage.

Learn the story behind the creation of this smoke infused,
black tea.
Learn how a frightened village under siege, deep in the Wuyi Shan Mountains of
China, accidentally created a new tea that's now enjoyed by millions worldwide.

How can I tell if the tea I'm buying is fresh, quality tea, at a fair price?
Check out these handy tips for buying loose leaf tea before shopping online, by mail
order, or from your local specialty tea shop.

Producing Lapsang Souchong tea - a closely guarded secret for centuries.
For over 300 years the Chinese government kept the production method and location
in China's northern Fujian Province, deep in the Wuyi Shan mountain forests, a closely
guarded secret.

Do you have questions about tea?
If you've read through our pages and still have a question about tea we haven't
covered, please feel free to visit our questions and contact page and ask away and
we'll try our best to find the answer.

Organic teas aren't just good for you, but Mother Earth, too.
Learn more about how organic teas are grown and how to ensure the tea you're
buying is certified organic by the country it was grown in.

Learn where and how the beloved teapot began.
Nearly every home has a teapot - some that are used daily, and some that are purely decorative. Learn
where and how the beloved teapot of today began its journey centuries ago.

A cup of hot tea - just what you needed.
Nothing is more soothing, relaxing, or revitalizing than a cup of hot tea. If you've had one of "those"
days and need to wind down, or just need a quick pick-me-up, check out these great recipes for hot tea.

How is jasmine tea made?
Scented teas have been around since the third century, a process perfected by the Chinese. Take a close
up look at the manufacturing process for Jasmine and other quality scented teas. (Try Jasmine Monkey
King Tea from Silver Leaf Tea Co.,-A true "King" of jasmine teas, this green tea scented w/delicate white
jasmine blossoms is wonderfully sweet w/a divine aroma.

Can tea really help me lose weight?
Learn how drinking just three cups of tea a day can help you shed those unwanted pounds, as well as
provide a powerhouse of other health benefits, too. (Try SLT Weight Loss Tea from Silver Leaf Tea Co.,-
Check out the testimonials for this weight loss tea-it really works!)

Herbal teas-bringing together tea and herbs, two of nature's powerhouses.
Tea and herbs together form a powerful healing and nutritional element to your everyday diet. Find out
why herbal teas are so beneficial to your health.

How is sheng pu-erh tea made?
Learn how sheng pu-erh is manufactured and the difference between the two styles of pu-erh tea; sheng
pu-erh, the traditional, long aging tea, and shou pu-erh, a quick aging version.

Visit The Tea Detective sitemap for a listing of all site pages

For a great selection of quality teas, gifts, and
accessories, visit:
The Tea Detective's Gift of Tea Store

Receive A Guide To Tea, an 88-page book on the history and enjoyment of tea free with your first Adagio Teas order of $19 or more.

Gifts for lovers of tea with free wrapping of all items.

An easy-to-use ingenuiTEA teapot, whose ingenious design has been featured in The New York Times, Time Magazine and HGTV.