Lotus tea is a very unique tea that is made in an old traditional way. To have the finest lotus tea, lotus flowers must be picked when they have just bloomed and keep fresh. They take a Lotus flower bud and, very, very carefully peel back the petals without a single rip or tear until they would put about 2 grams of the fresh green tea inside, then carefully take back up the petals until the bud is as it was before filling it with tea. After all the buds are full and rewoven they put them aside overnight and the next evening reverse the process and extract the wonderful smelling Lotus tea. To have one kilogram of lotus tea nearly one thousand lotus flowers are needed.