How to make Iced Butterfly Pea Flower Tea
Iced Butterfly Pea Flower Tea is Thailand’s magical blue drink. Add a squeeze of lime and watch it turn purple! Refreshing, colorful, and fun—it’s summer in a glass.
Ingredients
- 100 ml hot water
- 4-6 dried butterfly pea flowers
- 1-2 tsp sugar or honey (to taste)
- 1 tbsp of lime or lemon juice (optional, for purple color)
- Ice cubes (1glass)
Instructions
- Brew – Steep the butterfly pea flowers in 100 ml hot water for 5 minutes until deep blue.
- Strain – Remove flowers.
- Sweeten – Stir in sugar or honey while still warm.
- Cool – Let it reach room temperature.
- Serve – Pour over ice cubes in a glass.
- Optional – Add a lime/lemon juice for a blue → purple color change.