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Price: $ 1.60


Other Names:	Chinese Chrysanthemum Tea, Yellow Mountain Tribute Chrysanthemum
Flavor:	Light, sweet, and floral
Growing Region:	Yellow Mountain, Anhui Province, wild flowers
Harvesting Period:	November, 2011
Health Benefits:	Detoxification, good for your skin, reduction of blood pressure
Basic Brewing:	About 5 flowers to a tall glass for viewing the full buds. Water temperature should be boiling.

Chinese chrysanthemum tea has long been used in chinese medicine due its inherent chrysanthemum health benefits, learn more about these chrysanthemum tea benefits here.

Tribute chrysanthemum buds are the top selection of wild flowers that grow naturally on the legendary Yellow Mountain. Specifically, the flowers are picked on Qingliang Peak，which in English means "clear and cool". Tribute quality has everything one would look for in a tea – exceptional color, aroma, and flavor.

Chinese chrysanthemum tea is prized, in chinese culture, for its medicinal value as a sort of "cure-all". According to legend, in the time of Emperor Qing Guangxu, a case of pinkeye was going through the Forbidden City. He sent messengers throughout the nearby territories to search for a medicine to cure the royal court. The contribution from Huizhou prefecture was chinese chrysanthemum tea. After drinking the tea, the condition of the inner court improved greatly, and thus the best tea from the area became a tribute tea, to be sent as a gift to the Emperor.

Among the many chrysanthemum tea benefits attributed to this tea, in Chinese medicine, are: reducing blood pressure, preventing arteriosclerosis, detoxifying the body, ocular and vision health, and preventing common colds. In fact, several major Chinese companies incorporate these chrysanthemum health benefits into cold medicines.

As for how to best enjoy chinese chrysanthemum tea, typically a small handful of buds are placed in a glass, which allows the drinker to view the beautiful buds rehydrate and return to their original form. For those who prefer sweeter tea, this is one of the few teas in China that is sometimes enjoyed by adding sugar. Cubes of translucent rock sugar are added to the glass before brewing, and slowly release their flavor over several glasses. Also important to note, refilling the glass is usually done with about 1/3 of the water remaining, instead of drinking all the way to the bottom.