Thursday 13 April 2017

Drinking Green Chrysanthemum Buds Tea On A Warm Day.

As usual we started this particular day with our early morning walk at the recreational park in our area. 
Sometimes I feel like taking some pictures after the walking rounds.
I usually walk 4 rounds around the lake.
Most of us will walk but there are some who jogs.
When we are early, the walking path will not be so crowded. As you can see, the walking path is not wide and sometimes, we need to overtake those who are walking on a slower pace. Most are considerate and will make way for those who are faster.
I took a picture of these weeds found along the path.
These tiny flowers, seeds and leaves look something like those of the Cleome Spider plants growing in my garden.
This is the Cleome flower.
I harvested these Okra or ladies fingers from my garden. The easiest way is to blanch or steam them and drizzle with some garlic or onion oil. And add some oyster sauce or soy sauce to taste.
For lunch, I cut a big papaya for hubby and I. When I cut the papaya, I found this white thing inside the papaya. It looks like a tiny white papaya and it is hard.
I remembered these Green Chrysanthemum Buds which my friend gave me.
Took some of the buds and pour hot boiling water over it to make tea.
I let it steep in the glass teapot for a few minutes.
Just enough for 2 mugs. We drank it plain by itself without adding any sugar. Nice to drink on a warm day while visiting blogs.
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The following photos are for joining Good Fences.
These were taken in Cameron Highlands.
Photo #1 - Can roadside guard rail be consider as fence?
Photo #2 - can you see the green fence and the tiny insect on the flower?
Photo #3 - Lady Slipper Vine flowers (Thunbergia myosrensis) and fence.

Linking to Good Fences.

Take care to live in me, and let me live in you.
For a branch can't produce fruit when severed from the vine.
Nor can you be fruitful apart from me.
(John 15:4, The Living Bible-TLB)

50 comments:

  1. The green chrysanthemum buds tea must be quite fragrant.

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    1. It is quite fragrant and the taste quite mild. Have a beautiful day!

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  2. Chrysanthemum is good on warm day.

    Wow! That a very good harvest of okra. I sometime do like that too. Just blanch or boil and drizzle oil and oyster sauce on then.

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    1. Rose, our freshly harvested okra taste sweeter than those we buy from market or stores. Have a good day!

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  3. Lovely fences love from Poland

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  4. what a nice path to walk on for exercise in the morning.

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    1. It is a nice place to walk and we appreciated the people who continue to maintain and keep the place clean for us.

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  5. Lovely clicks of lake! Have never seen those green chrysanthemum buds...wish I could taste some of yours!

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    1. Thank you, Angie. I was told that these buds is more expensive than the normal dried chrysanthemum flowers.

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  6. See the papaya reminds me, I didn't eat it for a while, hehe...

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    1. We have been eating papaya quite often these days. Quick, go and buy some papaya!

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  7. Wonderful fences ~ love the Lady Slipper photo with all the colors in the background ~

    Wishing you a Happy Day ~ ^_^

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  8. The lake looks like a very peaceful place to enjoy a morning walk!
    Those lady slippers are just gorgeous!

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    1. Thank you, Christine. The walking path goes round the lake. Have a good day!

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  9. I've never tried this type of tea. I'm not a big tea drinker though. I do like green tea and that's about all I ever drink.

    Have a fabulous day, Nancy. ☺

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    1. Thank you, Sandee. This is something like green tea. Have a wonderful day!

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  10. Interesting post my dear, thank you for sharing :-)

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  11. what a lovely title and post

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  12. Beautiful photos, and I love tea!

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  13. Beautiful photos. I love papaya and especially the peppery pips. I have never heard of this type of tea, a new one on me. Keep well Diane

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    1. Thank you, Diane. We usually drink the dried chrysanthemum flowers tea but this green buds is our first time. Have a great day!

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    1. Thank you, Francisco. Have a happy Easter weekend!

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  15. Really know how to enjoy life, drinking tea and visiting blogs, I like! Hee hee

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    1. Thank you, Libby. This is now my past time when I am free...great life for a pensioner. Ha ha!

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  16. Nancy this was such an interesting post. I've never heard of making tea from Chrysanthemum Buds before. Does it have a tea flavor or is it bitter? - Enjoyed the pretty flowers. The ones you said looked like weeds remind me of Fuschia's. The flowers here were gorgeous. Great shots of the fences and man the last one with the Lady Slipper Vine flower and those colorful houses in the background was super cool looking.

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    1. Thank you, Ida. The tea is nice to drink without sugar. It has a nice aroma of the chrysanthemum and it is milder than normal tea. It is not bitter. Have a great Easter weekend!

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  17. Healthy and cooling drinks, Nancy!

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    1. Thank you, Claire. Nice to drink while blogging! Hehehe!

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  18. It looks like a pleasant area for a stroll.

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    1. Very thankful to those who make this place available for us to use.

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  19. You have a lovely place to take your exercise, the tea does look good, and i've never seen anything like that in a papaya!

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    1. I have come across similar thing in some papayas that I have cut. Some have more than one, sometime 2 or 3 white babies inside. Lol!

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  20. Lovely photos. They look very peaceful.

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    1. Very peaceful until some loud ones join in the walk. Lol!

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  21. Lovely photos, I am not a fan of tea in any form

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    1. Thank you, Jo-Anne. I am not a great fan of tea but I do drink tea. Have a great Easter weekend!

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  22. Nancy, there's nothing better than harvesting food from your own garden. I love okra and your way of cooking it is definitely worth a try...I'll keep that in mind, hopefully I'll remember it because it will be a good while before we are able to get some okra from our garden. Keep happy and healthy:)

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    1. Thank you, Annie. I am now looking forward to harvest my first eggplant. Have a happy Easter weekend!

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  23. I have a similar looking pot, Nancy which I regularly use to make tea. ^.^ How lovely to harvest fruits and vegs from one own's garden.

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    1. This pot came with a tea product I bought few years ago. The harvest from our garden is the best and taste better than store bought ones.

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  24. Do you have quite a number of okra plants? When I had them before, each time there will only be 1 or 2 ready for harvest.

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    1. I have altogether 8 plants in 4 pots. 2 plants in 1 big pot. Each time I get to harvest about 4 or 6. Sometimes more, sometimes less.

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