Additional notes: Finishing this one. I don’t know why this second steep session was so different from the first. Maybe it’s a few months older now, maybe the packaging wasn’t good enough, maybe the leaves crumbled. But there was little raspberry here and a ton of seaish green tea flavor. Also, I have since the last time had a water test done and the results were way too much chlorine was being added by the water authority…. so maybe that is why this tea is a very bright blue without adding lemon: acidity from the ridiculous chlorine. The chlorine better not be ruining my good teas!
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Butterfly Peaflower tea should be blue if you don’t add something acidic to the blend. If you put lemon in it, it turns purple. The more lemon juice you add, the darker the shade of purple it will turn (looking dark indigo if enough if added).
Alright, thanks for explaining… I just SEE the purple of the peaflower and think the tea should be that color until I add the lemon. haha
I’ve never really experimented with butterfly pea flower… I think I have at least one tea with it, though – I want to see the colour change!
Butterfly Peaflower tea should be blue if you don’t add something acidic to the blend. If you put lemon in it, it turns purple. The more lemon juice you add, the darker the shade of purple it will turn (looking dark indigo if enough if added).
Alright, thanks for explaining… I just SEE the purple of the peaflower and think the tea should be that color until I add the lemon. haha
I’ve never really experimented with butterfly pea flower… I think I have at least one tea with it, though – I want to see the colour change!