{"id":10335,"date":"2019-05-09T15:04:11","date_gmt":"2019-05-09T19:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/?p=10335"},"modified":"2026-01-14T13:06:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T18:06:37","slug":"tea-time-diy-floral-tea-blend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/2019\/05\/tea-time-diy-floral-tea-blend\/","title":{"rendered":"Tea Time &#8211; DIY Floral Tea Blend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today I have something a little different for you guys! You all know I love tea, and I love flowers, so this nifty <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ftd.com\/blog\/create\/diy-tea-bags\">DIY floral tea bag project<\/a> on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ftd.com\/blog\/\">FTD By Design blog<\/a> was right up my alley. This is a great way to make a custom tea blend that&#8217;s perfectly suited to your tastes. With Mother&#8217;s Day coming up here in North America, these would make a really unique gift!<\/p>\n<p>The post has some great selections of food-safe dried flowers to work with. I actually had a harder time finding some of them than I anticipated, oddly enough. I&#8217;d suggest hitting up bulk food stores and organic speciality stores.I chose to start with a base of the wonderful <a href=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/2018\/07\/tea-time-tea-forte\/\">organic sencha tea<\/a> the lovely folks over at Tea Forte sent me, and added dried rosebuds and hibiscus blossoms. I remembered we had some dried lavender from our garden and decided to add a little of that too.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-10335 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ftdtea.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ftdtea-300x201.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ftdtea-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ftdtea-600x402.jpg 600w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ftdtea-850x569.jpg 850w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ftdtea-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ftdtea-224x150.jpg 224w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ftdtea.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ftdtea-2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ftdtea-2-300x201.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ftdtea-2-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ftdtea-2-600x402.jpg 600w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ftdtea-2-850x569.jpg 850w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ftdtea-2-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ftdtea-2-224x150.jpg 224w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ftdtea-2.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ftdtea-3.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ftdtea-3-300x201.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ftdtea-3-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ftdtea-3-600x402.jpg 600w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ftdtea-3-850x569.jpg 850w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ftdtea-3-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ftdtea-3-224x150.jpg 224w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ftdtea-3.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The DIY includes incredibly thorough instructions on how to make your own tea bags using items you probably already have at home, and offers some super cute <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ftd.com\/blog\/content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/tea-bag-tags.pdf\">printable tags<\/a>. Personally, I&#8217;m in favour of loose tea, and prefer not to create more single-use waste, so I chose to print one of the adorable tags and package the tea in a mason jar. However, if you&#8217;re taking it to the office or offering it as gifts, the DIY bags would be a fantastic idea.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-10335 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ftdtea-8-2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ftdtea-8-2-300x201.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ftdtea-8-2-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ftdtea-8-2-600x402.jpg 600w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ftdtea-8-2-850x569.jpg 850w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ftdtea-8-2-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ftdtea-8-2-224x150.jpg 224w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ftdtea-8-2.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ftdtea-9-2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ftdtea-9-2-300x201.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ftdtea-9-2-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ftdtea-9-2-600x402.jpg 600w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ftdtea-9-2-850x569.jpg 850w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ftdtea-9-2-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ftdtea-9-2-224x150.jpg 224w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ftdtea-9-2.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The tea blend I made was really nice, the florals didn&#8217;t overpower the earthiness of the green tea but they were definitely noticeable. It also turned a really pretty pink colour. I&#8217;m glad I made a bunch of it, and I can&#8217;t wait to steep myself another cup.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-10335 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ftdtea-4.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ftdtea-4-300x201.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ftdtea-4-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ftdtea-4-600x402.jpg 600w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ftdtea-4-850x569.jpg 850w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ftdtea-4-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ftdtea-4-224x150.jpg 224w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ftdtea-4.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ftdtea-6.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ftdtea-6-300x201.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ftdtea-6-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ftdtea-6-600x402.jpg 600w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ftdtea-6-850x569.jpg 850w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ftdtea-6-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ftdtea-6-224x150.jpg 224w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ftdtea-6.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ftdtea-7.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ftdtea-7-300x201.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ftdtea-7-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ftdtea-7-600x402.jpg 600w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ftdtea-7-850x569.jpg 850w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ftdtea-7-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ftdtea-7-224x150.jpg 224w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ftdtea-7.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ftdtea-5.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ftdtea-5-300x201.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ftdtea-5-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ftdtea-5-600x402.jpg 600w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ftdtea-5-850x569.jpg 850w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ftdtea-5-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ftdtea-5-224x150.jpg 224w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ftdtea-5.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Thank you to FTD for sharing this tutorial. I hope you check it out and have fun as well!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today I have something a little different for you guys! You all know I love tea, and I love flowers, so this nifty DIY floral tea bag project on the FTD By Design blog was right up my alley. This is a great way to make a custom tea blend\u2026<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/2019\/05\/tea-time-diy-floral-tea-blend\/\"><span>Continue reading<\/span><i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10326,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1323,20,212],"tags":[1322,408,679,254,984,21,985,213,983,982],"class_list":["post-10335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-collaborations","category-diy","category-tea-time","tag-collaboration","tag-diy","tag-floral","tag-flower","tag-ftd","tag-fun","tag-project","tag-tea","tag-tea-bag","tag-tisane"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10335"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10338,"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10335\/revisions\/10338"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}