[Review] Teabloom - Premium blooming teas

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No matter how colorful a loose leaf tea blend or shiny the tin, there are only so many ways to repackage tea to change up the look. So if you’re in the mood for a very, very pretty tea, blooming tea (also known as flowering tea) is just as much a lovely treat for your eyes as for your tastebuds!

Teabloom is a specialty tea company that prides itself on aesthetically pleasing tea gifts like blooming tea and premium glass teaware. This combination makes for the most photogenic cup of tea you’ve ever had.

Here’s my review of one of Teabloom’s blooming teas!

• Jasmine Flowering Tea Canister - Contains 12 balls ($21.95)

About Teabloom

Teabloom got its start in 2016 when John Romano founded the company to address a small but growing segment of tea drinkers that were “well-educated” and “well-traveled” but until then largely looked over by more conventional tea companies.

As a result, Teabloom first launched with premium teas and a line of health-conscious and safe teaware like its popular glass teapots to showcase blooming tea. The goal was to create a memorable experience around tea drinking for all sorts of customers.

What to love about Teabloom:

• Leader in blooming tea - Teabloom introduced flowering tea to the U.S. market.

• Commitment to sustainability - Teabloom’s goal is to have a zero-waste supply chain and is currently transitioning to all compostable or recyclable packaging.

• Safer, healthier teaware - Glass teaware is made of borosilicate glassware, “considered to be the healthiest choice for brewing tea and ensuring your tea tastes as pure as possible.”

About Teabloom’s teas

Each flowering tea ball blossoms into a tea “bouquet” after steeping for a few minutes.

Teabloom has undoubtedly made a name for itself thanks to its large selection of borosilicate glass teaware and blooming tea gift sets. But they also sell a large selection of organic whole-leaf teas that use tea sachets made of renewable PLA—a plant based material—that can be composted at home.

Teabloom’s commitment to sustainability starts as early on as the tea leaves it sources. According to Teabloom, raw ingredients are selected from growers and farms that use sustainable growing practices. And the team is currently in the process of switching over to compostable and recyclable packaging.

How is blooming tea made?

With a mesmerizing burst of color, there’s a ton of detail and texture to admire in blooming tea. So, how does a heap of leaves turn into the delicate bouquet?

As Teabloom shared with me in an interview, “flowering teas are a combination of edible flowers and green or black tea leaves that have been formed into a bulb. The tea leaves and flowers are dried and shaped into balls and then sealed for freshness.”

Teabloom also takes the credit for bringing some of the best quality blooming tea to American tea drinkers, a type of tea that is thought to have been invented in China in the 1980s.

Teabloom blooming tea review

Each blooming tea ball comes individually wrapped and is around half the size of a golf ball.

My introduction to Teabloom’s tea was through the Jasmine Flowering Tea Canister, which contains 6 varieties and 12 total individually wrapped balls. Each of the 6 varieties is a different floral combination for a fresh look. So even though I just sampled the jasmine tea canister, I was still able to experience an exciting new “bouquet” with each ball.

The tea itself tastes like standard jasmine tea, although very fragrant and crisp. I appreciated that the taste of the other flowers and herbs weren’t very noticeable, because it creates a consistent flavor and standard of quality without any botanical surprises.

The first few seconds after adding boiling water to the tea ball.

Teabloom’s website states that “each tea flower can be steeped up to 3 times”, bringing the total number of cups per canister to 250. That’s quite the claim, so I tried steeping a ball three times myself!

Sure enough the first and second pots were just as fragrant and flavorful, with the hint of jasmine being very noticeable. The third steep was also pretty good with little signs of the tea losing its robust taste.

After a few minutes, the flowering tea ball unfurls to reveal flowers inside.

Finally, Teabloom’s site states that after steeping you can even use the bouquet as a decorative centerpiece in a clear container for a few days. I tried this after the third and final steep, but unfortunately the little bouquet took its last breath and the tea fell apart after sitting in room temperature water for a few hours.

Overall, Teabloom makes for a great gift or treat for yourself if you’re looking to spice up your tea routine!

Learn more about Teabloom on their website: https://teabloom.com

Jasmine blooming tea provided by Teablooom for review.

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