Production
The tea is made by allowing the green tea to absorb the flower's natural scent. This is done through several methods, either by:
- Stuffing green tea leaves into a flower and leaving them overnight
- Pulling the entire stamen from the flower or just their anthers and then either
- Jar them overnight with the tea leaves with them
- Bake the tea leaves with them
These steps can be repeated multiple times to increase the floral scent in the tea leaves. In the case of higher quality teas, one thousand lotus flowers per kilogram of tea are needed to complete this ancient process. Many modern production tend towards flavoring or perfumes to scent the tea.
Read more about this topic: Vietnamese Lotus Tea
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