Chrysanthemum Flower For Tea. The Chinese traditions hold that drinking chrysanthemum tea can- Cool the body during a fever or hot weather by helping the body to sweat Soothe a sore throat. Lower the heat and allow to boil for one more minute.
Do not dry for long as the antioxidant activity is maximum when the flower is in the very initial stages of drying. Often rock sugar or cane sugar is also added and occasionally also. There are two kinds of chrysanthemum tea.
Allow the flowers to steep for several minutes until the tea turns a golden yellow color.
These Chrysanthemum flowers called ju hua in Chinese have been used for centuries in Traditional Chinese Medicine. To make chrysanthemum tea in either a pot or a tea cup water is boiled and chrysanthemum flowers are put into the pot. Actually chrysanthemum tea is made from chrysanthemum flowers. The temperature is kept at 90 to 95 degree Celsius.