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Reeves' Inspection Report
Direct from a farming friend in Thailand, we bring you this butterfly pea flower that brews into a deep, dark blue. If desired, you can impress your friends by creating beverages that transform from blue to purple simply by adding lemon and other acidic liquids.
Reeves' Tasting Notes
A slightly earthy taste, but this will not change the flavor of anything mixed with it.
Reeves' Recommended Uses
Add 3-4 flowers to hot water for blue effect. The deep blue color takes 5 minutes to brew, stirring occasionally will speed the process. Honey is often added to this as a beverage. Add lemon to change liquid to violet.
It is possible to cold-brew this tea directly into liquids. Add 6-7 flowers per liter bottle. Leave overnight. Try it in clear alcohols (like gin or vodka) as an ingredient for color-changing cocktails.
Natural coloring for food and beverages, such as frosting, ice cream, cocktails and tea drinks.
Can be used as a natural clothing dye.
Reeves' Spec Sheet
Check out this video of this product's color changing properties:
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Dr. Lin
Founder
Hello!
Welcome to Marulin!
Originally, I started Marulin in London to share the teas from my family farm, our co-operative and our farming friends in Taiwan with the world. After four generations of tea farming, we have become specialists in Taiwanese Oolong tea and have developed relationships lasting generations with other farmers. Some of our teas come directly from my uncle, who is a artisanal tea maker and manages tea orchards in our village. Other teas have been curated by my aunt, who teaches tea ceremony in Kaohsiung and grew up on a tea farm in the high mountains of Alishan. I grew up drinking Four Seasons and Chin Shin Oolong tea from our farms. A recent favourite tea of mine are black teas made from the Red Ruby cultivar. I now teach for the Taiwanese Mastercourse for the UK Tea Academy under the direction of Jane Pettigrew, BEM.
Our most recent development for the company has been blending oolong teas in tea bags and creating new tea powders that go beyond matcha. mr. tim and I are avid collectors of rare craft teas, oolongs, and teapots. The rest of our team are UK Tea Academy Tea Sommeliers.
We hope you enjoy our tea!