KOMPAS.com – Butterfly pea flowers have long been known for their function as a natural blue dye, which is bright and sharp. One form of processed telang flower is blue telang flower tea.
Reported from the page Bonappetit.comWednesday (18/12/2024), butterfly pea flower tea is generally not sweet. The taste of this drink tends to be earthy And woodymore like green tea.
For this reason, butterfly pea flower tea is often added with other ingredients to make the taste more varied, including lemon juice, lime juice, sugar, honey, ginger or lemongrass.
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Illustration of butterfly pea flower tea.If you have made butterfly pea flower tea, try adding a little lemon juice. Observe the color change from blue to purple.
Butterfly flower tea can act as an acid-base indicator, according to the website of McGill University in Quebec, Canada.
The color change that occurs is a response of butterfly pea flower tea to changes in pH (potential hydrogen). Reported by Kompas.comThursday (16/12/2021), pH is simply known as the degree of acidity.
The natural compounds in butterfly pea flower tea are blue at a neutral pH, but change color to purple when added to acidic lemon juice.
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Butterfly flower tea can change color to red
Illustration of various colored teas.Did you know that butterfly pea flower tea can not only change color to purple?
Quoted from Bonappetit, If butterfly pea flower tea is mixed with roselle flowers, the color will change to bright red.
When butterfly pea flower tea is mixed with seltzer (a type of soda) then the color will turn gray.
This color change is possible because the butterfly pea flower tea will adjust to the pH of the mixture.
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