There is another tea in my life, a very recent find on Amazon. I am now drinking (besides my two cups of lemon juice and ginger tea with honey) a cup or two of Butterfly Pea Flower tea, which if you've never seen it, is bluer than blue. You'll love it if you're into peacock colored drinks. I know I am.
I do like to be a little extra from time to time. I have reading glasses that look as if they came out of the 60s psychedelic times, and I love them. I work from home, wear my pajamas all day, and most of the day I find myself drinking something hot; beginning with coffee in the morning and then switching to tea sometimes around 10:00 a.m., this lasts until around 5:00 p.m. when I switch again, this time to straight water, always bottled. I fear the tap.
My tea and coffee water comes from the tap, but it's topped with a great filter and I end up boiling the tea water and putting the other through the hot coffee maker, so again, I'm scorching the heck out of any and all bad bacteria. At least, that's what I tell myself. I tend to believe myself most of the time.
I found the Butterfly Pea Flower tea online while searching for something by Harney & Sons that wouldn't put my wallet into a frenzied fit. I can run up to the Asian market and get their brands as well, and I love them, but I do find that the flavor in the brand of Harney & Sons to be good - I wanted something different; blue is certainly different.
The tea is quite blue. It's not too strong, and it has been around for centuries apparently. The tea does have another name, but it sounds a little too sexual to say; well, I mean, I can say it, but I'm not going to. Here's a fun fact about it (to get your mind off the sexual nature of its other name): when you add lemon to the tea, it turns purple. It's fun, right? Let's go over some of its known benefits. You knew there had to be a few, right?
As are most teas, it's an antioxidant. It helps neutralize pesky free radicals that run rampant in our bodies at any time. This keeps us all looking so young -- so very young. It also helps to boost the brain cells, making us more likely to think clearly -- we all need that from time to time, don't we? It also has been credited with stabilizing one's blood sugar - and if that isn't exciting, I don't know what is!
It's a stress reliever, helps with inflammation, and enhances the collagen in our skin, hair, and nails, making us so much more beautiful than we were before we began drinking it. If you think I'm wrong, just give it a try - and see for yourself. Even if you disagree with the benefits I've thrown out at you from what I read on the internet, you can't argue that the color is glorious.
Somewhere in all the research I did about its benefits, I found that Butterfly Pea Flower tea assists with improving one's eyesight and night vision. Who knew? It also supports heart health, and your gut will love you after drinking it, because it also (yes, if you can believe it) helps with your digestion. One would think that all one must do is sit around drinking this tea to be healthy and gorgeous, but I wouldn't put that much stock into it...but it is blue.
I can't lie. I bought the tea because it is pretty - I do things like that. I may buy myself a clear tea glass just so I can really enjoy it.
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