Butterfly Pea Flower Powder | 100% Organic, Authentic Thai Origin, Premium Culinary Grade | Caffeine-free Natural Energy & Focus Booster Anti-oxidant for Beverages, Smoothies, Baked Goods 8 oz

It’s no secret the butterfly pea flower (clitoria ternatea) or “dok anchan” plays a role in the Thai culinary world. At home on one of our permaculture farms in Thailand, we’ve always picked the wild-growing flowers and tossed a few fresh petals into the rice cooker to make blue rice to complement a savory orange-ish young papaya and garlic stir-fry. Imagine how satisfying the flavors of coconut milk drizzled over blue sweet sticky rice and succulent mango matches the eye-popping colors of this popular dessert. Or you can simply enjoy it as hot or cold beverage, which is often provided after a relaxing massage or spa treatment in Thailand.

Long used as a food and beverage ingredient, Thai mothers will also use freshly picked butterfly pea flowers to paint their babies’, or even their own, eyebrows to thicken them. Full of anti-inflammatory properties that support skin, hair, and eye health, it’s the anthocyanins, or pigments that give the flower its deep blue/purple color. You can now stay healthy and have fun experimenting with this naturally grown and organic blue ingredient.