Numi Tea

Have you heard about Numi Tea, the flowering tea that blooms when you pour hot water over it?

My mother mentioned it to me today all nonchalantly, and said she’s been drinking this luxurious tea at home for years.

FOR YEARS?! All this time you’ve been sipping this delectable, interesting tea and you’re just NOW getting around to telling me about it?

You can’t keep this type of stuff from me, Mom! :mad:

Oh well, better late than not at all. I’m not a big tea drinker, but I’ll LEARN to be!

So here’s more on Numi Tea:

Flowering Teas are handsewn rosettes of fine tea leaves that elegantly bloom into a work of art when steeped in hot water. Hand-crafted premium white, green, and black teas are included in the Flowering Tea line. Numi’s foodservice program contains over 20 Flowering Teas, presented in a clear-topped velvet tea chest and glass teapot that shows off the blooming petals. Numi also offers 10 Flowering Teas in Bamboo Bins, which will win the heart of any tea drinker.

FLOWERING LOOSE WHITE TEAS
While most teas are picked as the top two leaves and bud of the tea plant, white teas are picked in the early spring before the buds open and are exclusively the top leaf and bud. White tea is the least processed form of tea undergoing almost no transformation. Leaves are simply picked, air-dried, and rarely shaped like other teas. Tea leaves are heated to stop the oxidation (exposure to oxygen) process therefore slightly oxidized. White tea leaves are easily identified by their silky, white downy hairs. Flavors range from sweet and delicate, to savory, velvety, smooth, and orchid-like.

FLOWERING LOOSE GREEN TEAS
All tea leaves are picked green. When the leaves are immediately steamed or pan-fried, the heat stops the oxidation process (exposure to oxygen) and keeps the tea leaves green. Green tea leaves are also flattened or curled. Green teas usually have a grassy, vegetal, nutty and savory taste. Green tea is often scented with jasmine flowers for a floral taste.

FLOWERING LOOSE BLACK TEAS
Black teas are withered and fully oxidized (exposed to oxygen). Black tea leaves are also broken or bruised which breaks the enzymes. Both these processes turn the leaves dark. Black teas have a rich, bold, malty, and sometimes floral taste.

Mom, you have my address. You better send me a shipment!