Butterfly Pea Flower Tea Recipe

Due to the popularity of my recent Hibiscus Tea Recipe, I want to share another delicious and healthy tea with you and this one’s made from dried butterfly pea flowers.

Like my hibiscus tea recipe, this tea is also beautiful and it’s also packed full of good-for-you anthocyanins, which are found especially in foods and beverages that are naturally blue, purple, and deep red. Anthocyanins fight free radicals that are attacking your body every day which is why it’s always good to include a variety of purple, blue, and dark red foods into your diet.

Butterfly pea flowers produce a beautiful dark blue tea. I like mine with fresh lemon juice and, when you add lemon to the blue tea, it instantly turns purple. I’ve seen this beverage called a lot of things, including unicorn tea, rainbow tea, and magic tea. There’s really no magic to its color change though, it’s simply just the lemon changing the ph of the beverage.

Just check out the colors of this tea!

How to Make Butterfly Pea Flower Tea

• 4 cups water
• 1/2 cup dried butterfly pea flowers
• Fresh lemon juice and lemon slices for serving, optional (I like mine lemony so I use about 1 tablespoon per 8 oz. glass, plus 1 lemon slice per glass)

Directions

• In a medium saucepan, bring water barely to the boiling point and remove from heat
• Stir in dried butterfly pea flowers
• If making for hot tea, let steep 20 minutes, strain, and serve
• If making cold tea, let sit until cool, strain, and chill
• If desired stir in fresh lemon juice and/or serve with lemon slices right before serving
• If you prefer your tea sweet, add sweetener of your choice

I took these photos during one of our annual heatwaves so I was quite glad to enjoy a glass when I was finished! If you’re interested in where to find butterfly pea flowers, I buy them on Amazon. I hope if you get the chance, you’ll give this a try. Stay cool out there and enjoy!