Making tea is usually nothing special. We soak a tea bag or a net for loose tea in the water, and the water turns a characteristic dark or light color. However, if you use the dried flowers of the medicinal plant Clitoria ternatea, which is used in Asia to treat epilepsy, and Ayurvedic medicine attributes memory enhancement, anti-stress, anti-inflammatory and calming effects to the tea, the tea will turn an indigo blue color. But tea can also change color. Find out how below.
Have you heard of tea that changes color? Tea prepared from Clitoris ternatea, a plant that has many medicinal effects (increases mental processes, is calming, reduces stress and anxiety, has an anti-inflammatory effect, etc.), and its dry flowers they turn the water blue.
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It owes its blue color to the color of its flowers, and it turns purple if added to it lemon juice. Namely, it changes color according to pH value. If you add hibiscus flowers to it, it turns bright red.
How tea changing color?
