he Butterfly Pea Flower is a flower from the Southeast Asian area. Simply soak the flowers in hot water and you will get an infusion of wonderful bright blue color.
Its splendid color, in fact, is used as a natural food coloring: it dyes rice, desserts or smoothies in a smart and healthy way.
Try Butterfly Pea Flower also in powder: an amazing blue matcha!
Sight and smell
Butterfly Pea Flower consists of beautiful, elongated, whole flower buds: its electric blue petals with indigo hues end in a light green, bell-shaped calyx. Once infused, the flowers give off sweet, vegetal notes reminiscent of fresh fava beans and creamed peas. In the cup, the liquor is deep blue, transparent and bright: just add a few drops of lemon and you can admire it as it changes color from blue to violet and then to pink.
Tasting Notes
The liquor made from Butterfly Pea Flower flowers has a sweet flavor of mashed fava beans and creamed peas, very refreshing and completely free of astringency despite the slightly herbaceous finish. The body is of medium density and leaves a pleasant vegetal aftertaste on the palate.
BENEFITS: DOES NOT CONTAIN THEINE
Blue Matcha or Butterfly Pea Flowerhas many benefits that you will love!
Anti-stress: proanthocyanidin is antioxidant, increases blood flow in capillaries, and has sedative and tranquilizing properties;
Hair: Bioflavonoids thicken the hair structure and prevent the appearance of gray hair
Skin: Antioxidants stimulate the synthesis of collagen and elastin, helping to regenerate the skin
Aphrodisiac: Traditionally used in Thailand as an aphrodisiac flower, it is also used to relieve symptoms of menstrual pain
Aesthetic component: blue matcha has a very light floral-herbaceous taste. It is an excellent natural dye, it will be perfect for your drinks or your culinary preparations. When you add lemon to matcha, the color changes from azure blue to deep purple!
Our Blue Matcha contains no tea, no artificial colors or other additives.
The plant of the Butterfly Pea Flower, Clitoria Ternatea
Anchan, as this blue flower is called in Thailand, has many different names around the world: papilionaceous pea, “Butterfly pea,” blue Matcha-or in Latin: Clitoria Ternatea. This plant, which belongs to the genus Vicia, is a persistent element of natural medicine in Asia. The positive effects are attributed to its flowers and roots. In Ayurvedic medicine, the infusion obtained from this blue flower is used for memory improvement, against stress, and as a mood enhancer.
But Anchan is also simply fun: the deep blue color emerges best by infusing it in boiling water inside a glass vessel. It only takes a few flowers to color a cup deep blue – children love it as a refreshing drink with a bright blue color! A squeeze of lemon (or other acid ph beverage) colors the tea purple, while alkaline additives make it glow green.