Butterfly Pea Tea
Ibuk- my mother probably say that butterfly pea flowers or in Bahasa “Bunga Telang” are a good medicine for eye health. So, she grows butterfly pea at home. She loves watering them and remind me to give some compost in the tree “Kadek, jangan lupa telang nya Ibuk juga dikasi kompos.” Oh what can I do, everybody?
As long as this tree can grow healthier and keep producing flower, I’ll happily do it. Besides, I absolutely love their beautiful blue colour. The flower was known as natural food colorant, although I’ve never actually experimented with them.
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Today, out of nowhere, I suddenly became curious about the taste of butterfly pea flower tea. Let’s pick some flowers and make sure I do not forget to ask permission for picking some of them from Ibuk’s beloved plant wkwkwkwk
Here they are. Beautiful aren’t they? After picking them, washed with clean water. Put into a glass and added hot water. Wait for about 15 minutes, until most of the colour had been extracted from the flowers. Bob’s your uncle, a cuppa butterfly pea tea is ready. Ahhh don’t forget to take the flowers out before drinking, pardon the picture
The taste? It’s basically like water with a hint of raw spinach. Overall, v v good. Please have a try and taste it for yourself
