Herbal Butterfly Tea Recipe

Butterfly tea is one of the herbal teas the Food Forest Kitchen serves for free to our guests. Butterfly Pea Tea is a simple drink to make. In Thailand it is called Nahm Dok Anchan. It has a lot of health benefits and can be made from fresh flowers or from dried flowers. You can find the butterfly pea vines growing near the restaurant of Eco-Logic and near the school of the Thai Child Development Foundation. More information about the butterfly pea flower and plant can be found here.

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HERBAL BUTTERFLY TEA RECIPE

Prep time: 5 minutes Cook time: 5 minutes Total time: 10 minutes Serves: 6 glasses

INGREDIENTS

• 1 Cup Butterfly Pea Flowers (Dry or Fresh)

• 1 Liter Drinking Water

FOR SERVING:

• Honey

• 2 Limes

EQUIPMENT

• A pan with lid

• Jug or teapot

PREPARATION

• If using fresh flowers: cut the green bottoms off. If using dried flowers you can use as they come.

• Boil the water in the pan

METHOD

• When the water has boiled turn off the heat and add the flowers to the hot water. Place the lid on the pan

• Allow to sit for 5 minutes without further heating (to prevent a bitter taste)

• Strain the tea concentrate into a jug or teapot.

SERVING: 

• Add a teaspoon honey per glass.

• Add the tea.

• You can also serve some lime at the side. When lime juice is added to the tea the blue color will turn to purple. 

NOTE:

This tea can also be served as a cold drink or ice tea.

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This recipe is made at the @THEFOODFORESTKITCHEN, the slow food restaurant of @ECOLOGICTHAILAND.

Come and taste the wonderful homemade, fresh, organic food and drinks, while you enjoy the view over the rain forest and valley!

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