SevenTeaOne teas are made from herbs and flowers sourced from local urban gardens. Photo: The Star/Yap Chee Hong
A doubled-walled tea glass holds a gorgeous teal liquid; social entrepreneur Majidah Hashim holds a wedge of lemon. As the steaming Thai basil and butterfly pea flower (bunga telang) tea meets a squeeze of citrus, it magically changes colour, taking on a pinkish-purplish hue.
“It’s a great party trick!” says bubbly Majidah, 36. The pH of the citrus juice reacts with the pigments of the butterfly pea flowers, resulting in the colour change.
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