Blue Tea / Butterfly Pea Flower Tea

Butterfly pea flower tea also known as blue tea with butterfly pea flower is a herbal medicine rich in natural antioxidants. Drinking blue tea is very good for hair and skin and also good for weight loss.Blue tea is made using butterfly pea flowers (shankupushpam), lemon juice and honey. Butterfly pea flower commonly known as shankupushpam which is considered to be a sacred flower and it's scientific name is clitoria ternatea.

The following ingredients are needed to prepare Blue tea / Butterfly Pea Flower Tea

Ingredients:-

Butterfly pea flowers. - 10
Lemon juice.               -1tbsp
Honey.                         - 2tbsp
Ice cubes.                     - few
Water.                           -1 cup

Instruction:-

Pluck 10 fresh butterfly pea flowers from the butterfly pea plant.

Butterfly Pea Plant with flowers.

Method:-

1). Boil 1cup of water in a vessel. Add butterfly pea flowers into the boiling water and switch off the flame. After few minutes the water becomes blue in colour.

2). Remove the butterfly pea flower from water.

3). Transfer the boiled water in a serving glass.

4). Add 2 tbsp of lemon juice into the water and mix well. The blue water turns into pink in colour.

5). Add 2 tbsp of honey in the serving glass and mix well.

6). Add few ice cubes on the top of the blue tea in the serving glass and sip the healthy blue tea chilled one hour before or after meal.