Butterfly Pea

Meet your new favorite tea with a party trick. 🦋 Butterfly Pea Flower brews a stunning indigo blue — then add a squeeze of lemon and watch it magically shift to pink or purple right before your eyes.

🌿 Farm to Cup — Grown on Our Big Island, Hawaiʻi Farm
Hand-picked, naturally grown, dried, and shipped at peak freshness.

✨ Health Benefits

Used in Ayurvedic and traditional Chinese medicine for centuries. Rich in antioxidants and known for memory-enhancing, brain-boosting, and stress-relieving properties. Naturally caffeine-free and traditionally enjoyed after meals.

☕ Steeping Instructions

• Flowers: 5–7 dried flowers per 8 oz water
• Temperature: Just below boiling (212°F)
• Steep time: 7–9 minutes
• Enjoy hot or over ice — add a squeeze of lemon for the color-changing wow factor!

Each bag makes 12–20 cups or ½ gallon of lemonade.

One Syrup. Endless Possibilities.

Make a butterfly pea simple syrup once and unlock stunning drinks all week. Add it to lemonade, sparkling water, matcha, cocktails, mocktails, desserts, smoothies, and more.

🌿 Butterfly Pea Simple Syrup

Makes about 1 cup · Keeps 2 weeks refrigerated

Ingredients

• 1 cup water
• 1 cup sugar
• ¼ to ⅓ cup Ancient Leaf Tea butterfly pea flowers

Directions

1. Combine water, sugar, and flowers in a small saucepan.
2. Heat gently, stirring until sugar dissolves.
3. Simmer for 5 minutes.
4. Remove from heat and steep 10–15 minutes.
5. Strain, cool completely, and refrigerate.

🍋 Color-Changing Butterfly Pea Lemonade

The easy way — ready in minutes!

Ingredients

• 1–2 tbsp butterfly pea simple syrup
• 1 glass premade lemonade
• Ice

Directions

1. Fill a glass with ice and lemonade.
2. Slowly drizzle in the syrup.
3. Watch the magic — brilliant blue shifts to vivid pink or purple. Stir and enjoy! 🎉

Making a pitcher? Use 3–4 tbsp syrup per full pitcher of lemonade.

🎁 Gift idea: Perfect for gender reveal parties — It's a Boy! or It's a Girl!

🍵 Butterfly Pea Matcha Latte

Ingredients

• 1–2 tsp butterfly pea simple syrup
• 8 oz milk of your choice
• 1 tsp ceremonial matcha
• 2 oz hot water
• Ice

Directions

1. Fill a glass with ice and milk.
2. Stir in syrup until brilliantly blue.
3. Whisk matcha with hot water until smooth and frothy.
4. Pour matcha slowly over milk to create beautiful natural layers.
5. Serve immediately.

✨ Color-Changing Butterfly Pea Sparkler

Ingredients

• 1–2 tsp butterfly pea simple syrup
• Sparkling water
• Fresh lemon or lime juice
• Ice & lemon slices

Directions

1. Add ice to a glass.
2. Pour in syrup and sparkling water.
3. Squeeze in fresh lemon or lime and watch it shift from blue to vivid purple.
4. Serve immediately.

🌺 More Ways to Enjoy

Your butterfly pea syrup is endlessly versatile. Try it in:

Italian sodas · Cocktails & mocktails · Smoothies · Iced tea · Fruit spritzers · Shave ice · Vanilla ice cream · Yogurt parfaits · Homemade popsicles

Grown on our Big Island Hawaiʻi farm using regenerative practices. Carefully harvested to preserve vibrant color and quality. Naturally caffeine-free and full of creative possibilities — bringing a little Hawaiʻi into your home, one cup at a time.

Naturally caffeine-free. Naturally colorful. Endless creativity in every cup.

🌊 Love blue drinks? Try our newest blend: SETTLE

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