Get Butterfly Pea Flower Tea Calories Background. The butterfly pea (clitoria ternatea) and lemongrass (cymbopogon citratus). The drink imparts a deep blue.
The latest ingredient to make a splash in the world, the butterfly pea flower gives a delicate flavour and a stunning indigo colour.
Here comes the old age hero blue pea flower tea. This blue butterfly pea tea is also called anchan tea, color changing tea, clitoria tea, thai blue tea, blue tea, blue chai (india) and aparajita tea in. Butterfly pea tea is naturally blue and made by collecting butterfly pea flowers, also known as asian pigeon wing, in bloom during the early morning hours which are then immediately sun dried. Made from the leaves of the butterfly pea flower, blue tea is actually a tisane, meaning it isn't composed of the leaves of the camellia sinensis plant required for a drink to be called tea.