Clitoria ternatea is also known as butterfly-pea, blue-pea, Aprajita, Cordofan pea, Blue Tea Flowers or Asian pigeonwings, common to Southeast Asia. The flowers are used for their many #medicinal properties in #Ayurveda. Traditionally, the plant and tea have been used to treat general #pain, reduce #inflammation, help with common #eye issues like #conjunctivitis, fight against certain types of #cancers, induce #brain #health, and increase #vitality. The tea changes #colour based on the #pH level of the substance added to it, such that adding #lemon juice to the tea will turn it #purple!

Order 1 whole bag (normally 1 lb) and receive 20% off while supplies last! I'll apply the discount when you order 454g of a single herb, and refund or add bonus product as applicable.

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Sold by the gram. Please bring or order a bag.

MINIMUM ORDER IS 100g OR $5 WORTH

You can bring your own container if you are picking up. Please make sure that you bring bottles for liquids and wide-mouthed jars or bags for solids and herbs. Please make sure that the containers you bring are the right size. To use your container for oils, the bottle must be exactly the right size because I will be filling your order by volume. A 1000mL J jar, not a quart jar. In case of shorting due to metric versus imperial measures, I may fill your container right to the top, your measure might be short, or I may ask you to buy an extra container.

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Sourced from Blue Monkey Apothecary, butterfly-pea flowers have exquisite deep indigo-blue petals with a delightful green base.

AS A TEA: Butterfly-pea flower tea commonly known as Blue Tea is a caffeine-free herbal tea, or tisane, a traditional beverage made from a decoction or infusion of the flower petals or even whole flower of the Clitoria ternatea plant. The flavour of the tea has been described as #earthy and #woody, similar to a fine green tea.

AS A DYE: Butterfly pea flower tea gains its distinctive tint from the deep blue colour of the petals that have made the plant a popular dye for centuries.

Photo of dried flowers thanks to Krista on Flickr. Creative Commons licensed.

Photo of tea cups thanks to Mx. Granger, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

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