One of my favorite Christmas presents this year was a gift box of blooming flower teas. I have loved tea for years, but never experienced blooming teas before. The blooming teas made drinking tea fun. My daughter and I shared amazement watching the tea pods unfold into beautiful flowering art displays.

If you’re thinking of getting some flowering teas, I would recommend you get a glass pot or glass teapot or you’ll miss half the fun. Many of the companies that sell the flowering teas also carry the glass tea pots. Having the glass teapot allows you to observe the flowering process as well as filter out most of the petals before you pour the tea into your cup. (There’s nothing worse than flower petals in your teeth.)

If you’ve not seen these flowering teas in action, I found a video from one of the tea companies that shows you what you’re missing.
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