I love it as ice tea, with Lil sweetner and lemon as it turns into a magical color purple 🟣
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Pure butterfly pea flower powder for electric-blue drinks, baking and desserts. Add citrus and watch the colour move through violet towards pink.
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Butterfly Pea Flower Powder (Blue Matcha)
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Butterfly Pea
Clitoria ternatea
Cognition · Vision
A striking indigo flower used in Ayurveda to support memory, eyesight, and cognitive function.
Energy & FocusVitality & Strength
Benefits, preparation, pairings, and how to use, all in one place.
A striking indigo flower used in Ayurveda to support memory, eyesight, and cognitive function.
Energy & Focus
Traditionally used to sharpen the intellect and improve memory.
Vitality & Strength
Its blue comes from anthocyanins, the pigment class it shares with blackcurrant and red cabbage.
Traditional & Modern Context
Famous for its color-changing properties when mixed with citrus.
A favorite for natural food coloring and antioxidant support.
“The botanical name 'Clitoria' comes from the flower's resemblance to the female anatomy, honoring the feminine creative force.”
Common Pairings
Full plant profileOriginSoutheast Asia
EnergeticsCognition · Vision
TimeDaytime
IntensityGentle
Considerations
Very safe. The flavor is subtle and earthy, best enhanced with honey or citrus.
How to use
Blue tea (changes to purple with lemon).
Ingredients
Butterfly Pea Flower Powder (Clitoria ternatea).
Suggested use
For a stunning blue hue, add the powder directly to your recipes. - To reveal its magical transformation, introduce acidity from lemons, limes, or other citrusy ingredients. - Experiment with smoothies, baked goods, cocktails, desserts, and more.
The product, in detail
The colour-changing flower
Blue now. Violet when the lemon lands.
Pure butterfly pea flower powder for electric-blue drinks, baking and desserts. Add citrus and watch the colour move through violet towards pink.
Pure flower
50g jar
Blue → violet → pink
Butterfly pea is a climbing plant native to tropical Asia. Its deep violet-blue flowers are dried, then milled into the fine powder in this jar.
Inside
One flower. Nothing else.
Dried Clitoria ternatea flower, finely milled. It is also known as blue matcha, though it contains no tea leaf.
The trick
Citrus changes everything.
The powder begins blue. Lemon, lime or another acidic ingredient turns the same drink violet, then pink.
Use it in
Anything pale enough to play.
Lemonade, smoothies, yoghurt, oats, icing, cocktails, desserts and baking all give the colour room to show.
Citrus does the finale.
Start with the powder in your food or drink. Add lemon, lime or another acidic ingredient last. The blue shifts through violet towards pink, with no added colouring required.
Blue changes to violet, then pink.
Put it where colour can play.
Stir it straight into a pale drink, smoothie, yoghurt, icing or batter. Keep it blue, or bring in lemon or lime at the end and watch violet arrive.
- PourLemonade, sparkling water, smoothies and cocktails.
- SpoonYoghurt, oats, chia pudding and desserts.
- BakeIcing, batter and other pale mixtures where blue can stay bright.
Anything to know first?
If you are allergic to flowers or legumes, start with a small amount and watch for a reaction. Research during pregnancy and breastfeeding is limited, so speak with a healthcare professional before using it.
About the brand
Cosmic Bazaar
Cosmic Bazaar is our own house apothecary, a curated shelf of adaptogenic herbs, tonic powders, capsules, and ceremonial botanicals. From shilajit and ashwagandha to sacred lotus, these are the plant allies we reach for most.
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