BÓ JÚHUĀ CHRYSANTHEMUM TEA 亳菊花茶
2025 Harvest · Certified Organic · No-Spray · Estate Grown Sebastopol, California
0.5oz · $12 · Approximately 10–14 servings

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We are one of the few farms in the United States growing certified organic Bó Júhuā — the superior Bo variety of chrysanthemum that Traditional Chinese Medicine has prized above all others for over a thousand years.

Not all chrysanthemum tea is the same. In China three main varieties are cultivated for tea and medicine — Háng Júhuā 杭菊花 from Hangzhou, Gòng Júhuā 贡菊花 from Huizhou, and Bó Júhuā 亳菊花 from Bozhou in Anhui Province. Among practitioners and connoisseurs, Bó Júhuā is considered the most fragrant, the most medicinally potent, and the most prized. It is the variety traditionally reserved for the finest teas and the most serious therapeutic use.

We grow it here in Sebastopol, California. USA.

Our certified organic, no-spray Bó Júhuā is harvested four times per week at the precise moment of peak bloom — September through November each year. Timing is everything. Flowers harvested a day too early or too late lose the volatile aromatic oils that carry both the flavor and the therapeutic properties that make this variety worth seeking out. After harvest the flowers are dried carefully and packaged by hand in small batches into kraft bags.

The 2025 harvest is gone. We sell out every year without exception.

The flavor:

Naturally sweet, floral and delicate with none of the bitterness that inferior chrysanthemum teas carry. Bó Júhuā at proper ripeness and careful drying is clean and fragrant — a cooling, calming cup that works as beautifully hot in winter as it does cold-brewed over ice in summer. The flowers open fully in your cup as they steep. This is part of the experience.

Traditional Chinese Medicine uses 亳菊花:

Bó Júhuā is one of the most important herbs in the Chinese pharmacopeia — classified as a herb that releases the exterior and clears heat. Traditional uses include:

• Blood pressure and cardiovascular health — dilates blood vessels, supports arterial flexibility, used in treating hypertension and heart pain

• Liver health — clears liver heat and wind, supports detoxification

• Eye health — red, dry, swollen or tired eyes; blurry vision; excessive tearing

• Headache and migraine — especially associated with heat, rising liver yang, or hypertension

• Cold and flu, fever and heatstroke — releases exterior heat

• Dizziness, tinnitus and hearing loss — calms rising yang energy

• Atherosclerosis — cardiovascular protective properties

Caffeine-free. Safe to drink throughout the day. Traditionally paired with green tea for compounding cardiovascular and antioxidant benefit. Add dried goji berries for sweetness and additional eye health support.

How to brew:

• Hot: 3–4 grams of flowers — approximately one rounded tablespoon — per 6–8 ounces of water just under boiling (175–185°F). Steep 3–5 minutes. Re-steep 2–3 times — later steeps reveal different floral notes.

• Cold brew: Place flowers in cold filtered water overnight in the refrigerator. A delicate, naturally sweet summer drink.

• With green tea: Add a pinch of loose leaf green tea to the same cup. A classic Chinese pairing that compounds the cardiovascular benefits of both.

• With rock sugar: A small piece of Chinese rock sugar (冰糖) is the traditional sweetener — adds gentle sweetness without overpowering the floral character.

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Sebastopol Certified Farmers Market every Sunday 9am–1:30pm · Yun Hai Shop · radicalfamilyfarms.com

Certified Organic · No-Spray · Non-GMO · No-Till · Regenerative Agriculture
Estate Grown in Sebastopol, California, USA · Radical Family Farms
CCOF Certified · USDA Organic