Color Changing Blue Butterfly Pea Tea made with Mint and sweetened is a butterfly pea tea recipe that tastes delicious and can be used in many ways!
Course Drinks
Cuisine American
Prep Time 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time 5 minutesminutes
Total Time 15 minutesminutes
Servings 8servings
Calories 50kcal
Author Tristin Rieken
Ingredients
2tablespoonsdried butterfly pea flowers or 4 butterfly pea tea bags
2tablespoonsfresh mint leaves washed, and stripped off stems. Or 2 spearmint tea bags
½cupgranulated sugar
4cupswater
4cupsice
Instructions
Bring water to boil on the stovetop or in the microwave.
Meanwhile, place butterfly pea flowers, mint leaves and sugar in a large heatproof bowl.
Once water is boiling carefully pour over butterfly pea flower mixture and allow to steep uncovered for 5 minutes.
Meanwhile, fill a large heat proof pitcher with ice and set a mesh strainer over the top.
After butterfly pea tea mixture has steeped for five minutes carefully pour through the mesh strainer into the pitcher of ice to cool and remove the mint and butterfly pea flowers.
Store butterfly pea tea refrigerated until ready to use.
Serve over ice.
Optionally add lemon or lime juice to change the color. Or add a splash of cream to make an iced tea latte.