Blue Ternate Tea Preparation
- naturalwellnessvitto
- Oct 16
- 2 min read
Blue Ternate, also known as Butterfly Pea or Clitoria ternatea, is a fast-growing, flowering vine native to tropical Asia. It features striking deep blue or purplish flowers with a unique shape, making it popular in ornamental gardens. The plant thrives in warm climates and is easy to cultivate, often grown in home gardens and herbal plots.
Uses:
Natural Food Coloring: The vibrant blue pigment from the flowers is used to naturally color rice, desserts, drinks, and even cocktails. When mixed with acidic ingredients like lemon, the color changes to purple.
Herbal Tea: Dried butterfly pea flowers are commonly steeped to make a soothing, caffeine-free herbal tea.
Cosmetics & Skincare: Extracts are used in natural beauty products for their antioxidant content.
Traditional Medicine: Used in Ayurveda and traditional Asian medicine for various health remedies.
Blue Ternate Tea with Lemongrass and Mint Tea
Ingredients:
15-20 Butterfly Pea flower
1 liter warm water
1 Lemongrass Tea
1 Mint Tea
2 tbs honey
1 lemon (squeezed)
Direction of use:
Put 500ml of warm water in a pitcher. Add Butterfly pea flower and let it settle. Notice that there will be a color change.
In a separate container or jar put 500ml hot and 1 tea bag each of Lemongrass and Mint Tea.
Mix the tea with the butterfly pea mixture.
Add honey
Add lemon juice (you will notice that the color will change from blue to pink or violet.
May serve warm or cold
Blue Ternate Tea
Ingredients:
1 cup warm water
5-7 blue ternate flower (or 1 tea bag)
May add lemon or honey to taste
Direction of use:
Put 5-7 blue ternate flower or 1 tea bag in 1 cup warm water.
Steep for 3 minutes.
May add honey or lemon to taste.
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