How it's made

         Thanks for the comments! It's nice to see people reading these posts! I know I have some catching up to do on them. One of the things you have asked about was the blooming teas! I love blooming tea! They are really fun and all of the different kinds that I have tried are really good. Sadly, I found it is very difficult to make them on your own. And they are rather expensive to buy. I found how the process works in the making of blooming tea and it is very interesting.
        All blooming tea is hand made. Manufacturing is not yet possible. Basically a group of people will take certain varietals of tea leaves and sow them onto the leaves of different kind of flowers, typically they are herbal flowers, and then after hand sowing the leaves to the flowers they are placed in a netting of some kind. After that they are vacuum sealed and the air is sucked out of them forming a tight ball. Sometimes a little piece of twine is used to hold them in place till they can retain their round shape. Then they are ready to go. Once they are placed in liquid, within 30 seconds they are re-hydrated and the flower will bloom releasing all of the tea tannin's and the flavors into the liquid.

       Blooming tea is somewhat of a new trend in the tea industry and they are trying to find ways to make it a machine made kind but I personally like the fact they are made by hand. Makes them much more enjoyable and feels more fresh as you drink the tea.