Steeped in Gratitude: Teas to Love on Mother’s Day
Let’s all honor moms on Sunday. If you’re lucky enough to enjoy the company of a grand mom, then warm her heart. Serve her tea and treats! If mom is gone, cherish her memory, honor the tenure of her warm presence on this mysterious planet. If a mother has never figured into your life, or if your maternal experience lacked qualities worth celebrating, perhaps consider all that maternal excellence delivers to life on Earth. She’s awfully important.
Her big celebration, Mother’s Day, invites quite a bit of tea enjoyment. Tea shops fill up. Places that serve proper English High Teas enjoy their busiest day of the year. We craft a number of teas specific to Mother’s Day, and even devote a gift box, Mom’s Favorite Tea Box, to the holiday.
Mother’s Day is the third most popular holiday for sending cards, after Christmas and Valentine’s Day. More phone calls are made on Mother’s Day—122 million!—than any other day of the year. It’s also extremely busy in restaurants. Nobody wants mom to cook, or to clean dishes!
Carnations serve as the holiday’s flower, with pink symbolizing gratitude, and white, remembrance of all that mothers have given us, as well as mothers who have passed.
Mother’s Day at Ku Cha House of Tea
The holiday, of course, is extremely important to us at Ku Cha House of Tea. For 20 years we’ve helped thousands of people savor Mother’s Day. They come seeking advice about our vast range of special whole-leaf teas. Some visit looking for exquisite tea pots from China and Japan. Others seek whimsical tea cups, or “tea pigs”—clay porcine figurines that Chinese people traditionally invite to join them while sipping tea.
One common theme with Mother’s Day teas, based on our 20 years of experience? Floral blends! Flowers, of course, play a large role in this grand holiday. And many teas incorporate flowers—and not just new blends. Chinese people have been mixing jasmine blossoms and green tea for more than 1,000 years!
We cannot wait to take care of you for Mother’s Day 2025! Read on for details about some favorite Mother’s Day teas, as well as a spectacular tea latte recipe.
Happy Mother’s Day!
Mother’s Day Teas: Lady Earl Grey Black Tea
Within the culinary arts, few flowers have achieved as much prominence as lavender blossoms. Roses probably stand as the only flowers with more kitchen versatility than roses—much of the Middle East and India, too, lean heavily into rose.
Many of our teas incorporate lavender—when added in the right proportions, it adds flavors that we think of as utterly beguiling. Enchanting, even. When combined with bergamot, the citrus oil behind Earl Grey’s unique flavor? Prepare thyself for ensorcelment! This is a stunning, and favorite, tea. The final kicks of cornflower and lemon peel take it over the edge. It’s just fantastic—a perfect Mother’s Day tea.
Mother’s Day Teas: Blue Butterfly Green Tea
Moms wield magic. No wands, no spells, no pointy hats. The mystery, instead, issues from the biggest hearts on the planet. So this flower-punctuated blend aligns perfectly with the mom in your life. Brew the green tea. Add a few drops of lemon juice to the elixir. Abracadabra—it turns blue!
The sorcery comes from blue butterly pea flowers, blossoms native to Asia that contains the compound anthocyanin. This flavonoid pigment is pH-sensitive—when touched by an acid, it transforms into blue. This is a gorgeous tea.
The blend also contains jasmine (another glorious blossom, one quite common in tea), strawberry and papaya. Together—tea grandeur! Mom will adore this beauty.
Mother’s Day Teas: Lady Titania White Tea
The flower here, echinacea, decorates wild and cultivate landscapes around the world. But it’s native to North America, where it enlivens prairies, open woods, grasslands and mountain foothills with striking purple petals and rust-colored centers. Echinacea broadcasts a spicy bitterness, and it’s widely used as a health tonic by practitioners of natural medicine.
But this staggering white tea blend contains plenty more—all of it excellent for bolstering mom’s health, while tasting wonderful. Orange peel and lemon balm add citrus notes. Marshmallow root contributes a succulent mouthfeel, as well as strong health advantages. This might become mom’s next favorite tea—and yours too, as it could help bolster mom’s vigor!
