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You’ve just warmed your glass tea pot and favorite tea cup with hot water in preparation. Into the pot goes an object that looks a little bit like a straw mock-up of a dried mission fig, or perhaps one that looks like a vegetal version of something used to swab out the innerds of a saxophone if only it were on the end of a long cord. You just bought these things at Rainbow Foods, so you know it has to be good for you whatever happens....

You pour water that has just come off boiling into the pot, over the strange mass, and a miraculous transformation occurs! The lump blossoms into something beautiful and fragrant. Behold, your tea flower, the latest addition to the growing selection of fine loose teas at Rainbow Foods. When the bloom has reached its peak, your tea is ready to pour and sip. Aromatic, delicious! You can refill your pot up to three times for continued wonder and high quality beverage.

Rainbow Foods is proud to carry a selection of four varieties of handsewn flowering artisan teas from Numi. These teas are rosettes of fine white, green and black tea varieties that are handcrafted to become works of art when steeped in hot water. White teas are the least processed of tea varieties, picked early in spring before buds open, air-dried, and some say orchid-like in their delicate flavors. Green tea leaves are typically picked upon budding, immediately steamed or fried to halt oxidation and preserve color, and then flattened or curled. Green tea is known for grassy or nutty tones, and is sometimes also scented with jasmine flower. Black teas are allowed to wither and fully oxidize after picking. Their leaves are also bruised or broken, blackening them while altering their enzyme content. Their taste is the strongest.

Come to Rainbow Foods bulk food section to learn more about the many health benefits enjoyed by tea-drinkers, choose your favorite handcrafted tea flowers, and find your favorite tea accessories including the lovely glass pots perfect for watching your flowers bloom.