Lotus lamp is one of our newly selected craft teas. Its stout base holds one piece of marigold and one piece of amaranth. This tea flower is rather powerful. The Lotus lantern is an object in a Chinese legendary love story.

Raw materials are sprouts with one leaf or two leaves processed into green tea. 1 piece of globe
amaranth sits on top of 1 piece of marigold. Flowers are held in top of three parts.

Appearance: Dry tea is pointed ball shape on a round column. Dry amaranth and marigold might appear in the pointed ball.

Tea leaves on surface of pointed ball unfolds and slowly reveal the amaranth and marigold inside. The whole tea will sink to the bottom of teaware.

Harvest: Octoberl, 2009

Check out the unfolding and brewing of this tea flower on youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2wZ-Ux9nWg&feature=channel