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Osmanthus flowers in Chinese desserts
In China, osmanthus flowers are used in numerous desserts due to its beautiful golden appearance and unique aromatic qualities. The most famous desserts are osmanthus jelly and osmanthus rice cake. Fans of this Southern Chinese flower also love to make osmanthus sugar out of it.
Osmanthus tea recipes
Besides making desserts and drinking pure osmanthus tea. These delicate little flowers blend very well with teas.
Osmanthus flowers are particularly popular to steep with light oolong teas such as Tieguanyin. You may follow our osmanthus oolong tea recipe or osmanthus green tea recipe to make your own cup at home.
Besides the above to recipes, we also recommend to experiment steeping osmanthus flowers with ripe pu erh tea or black tea. What many tea enthusiasts don’t know is that osmanthus flowers can be used as an aroma enhancer in the later steeps. When you feel the flavour starting to fade, you can add a little bit of osmanthus flowers to your brew to reactivate the aroma and continue to then the tea for a few more rounds. For this, we recommend either loose leaf ripe pu erh tea or keemun black tea.
Osmanthus tea benefits
In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), osmanthus is known as a herb that can improve skin, detoxify the body, reduce thick saliva in the throat and boost lung health. In practice, osmanthus tea is often consumed when one suffers from a dry skin or hoarseness. At last, this national flower is also popular among Chinese seniors with a weak digestive function.
Some of the most desired benefits of osmanthus tea include its ability to improve skin and detoxify the body. At last, as it’s caffeine free, a pure cup of osmanthus flower tea can be enjoyed at any time of the day.
