Dried Chrysanthemum Flowers
お湯に咲く黄金の花！目の疲れと熱を癒やす台湾の「飲むクーラー」
Description
Dried small white/yellow chrysanthemum flowers grown for food. In Taiwan, a daily herb used not just as tea, but also for flavoring sweet syrups.
Classification: For Women,Dried/Floral Spice,Taiwan's Healing Flower
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How to use
Ingredients
- Edible chrysanthemum flowers(Dried)
Instructions
- [Usage Secret]
- [Chrysanthemum Tea (Taiwan Summer Staple)] Put Chrysanthemum, Goji, and rock sugar in a teapot, pour boiling water, steep
- mins. Flowers open beautifully in water, completing sweet, gorgeous 'Chrysanthemum Tea'. Taiwanese chill this ice-cold in fridges to drink like water.
- [Aiyu/Grass Jelly Syrup] Adding Chrysanthemum when boiling syrup for Taiwan sweets transfers a noble floral aroma, upgrading the dessert.
Learn more Substitutes, pairings, tips
Key spices
Cooling、sweet noble aroma unique to chrysanthemum flowers
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Chamomile (different aroma but relaxing sub)
Pairing
Goji berries, Rock sugar, Taiwan sweet syrups
Trivia
[For Women] In Chinese medicine, immensely effective at 'cooling body heat and relieving eye fatigue (Qing Re Ming Mu)', the ultimate recovery item for Taiwanese girls tired from smartphones/PCs. Beautiful visually with an unquirky aroma, highly accessible for medicinal beginners. An essential beauty spice bought cheaply in large bags at Taiwanese supers or Dihua St.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] After eating greasy food at a Taiwanese Re Chao, drink 'Ju Pu Cha' blending Chrysanthemum and Pu'er tea to perfectly wash away stomach oil!
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