Flower Tea
Flower tea was a much older invention of China, also known as smoked tea, sweet tea, scented tea. Tea leave absorbs odors easy, so tea farmers put the new tea scented some flowers and stuffy together, after dry, the tea absorbs the flavor of dried flowers screening, made of strong tea fragrance.
Green tea commonly used in flowering teas with globe amaranth, chrysanthemum, jasmine, lily, hibiscus, and osmanthus, but also used black tea and white tea for the production of flowering tea. Jasmine tea is the very famous and popular flowering tea, with the promotion of brain function, protect nerve cells; its sedative analgesic effect has a certain effect on women “dysmenorrhea”. Jasmine tea contains Jasmone, it also has a preventive effect to men prostatitis, prostate enlargement.
In some places of China, people cook rice with Jasmine tea, the rice is fragrant and delicious. People do it for purposes, such as health care, illnesses and sickness. They learned from the old generations that Jasmine tea can soften blood vessels, reduce blood fat and cholesterol, anti-stroke and aging. Aromatic substances in tea can increase the white blood cells, enhance immunity. They will get fluoride from that kind of rice and tea which can prevent tooth decay. And in summer and fall, they can also expelling heat, prevention of dysentery by cooking rice with Jasmine tea and drink Jasmine tea.