Picture this. You're enjoying a well-deserved break and about to sip on some Darjeeling when a beautiful butterfly flutters in and alights on the lip of your teacup, resting its wings for a moment and providing a natural, colorful accent to your leisurely teatime.

Although you may not be able to count on a real butterfly visiting you every time you want a cuppa, we'd like to propose the next best thing!

These brightly colored butterflies appear in the guise of paper tags attached to tea bags in this unique and delightful Japanese tea series.

With butterflies gracefully perched on your tea lid, they're perfect for your tea break.

Butterflies perched on your teacup!

This Japanese teabag series is called "Butterfly Tea."

All you need to do is place the butterfly tag on the lid of your mug or cup.

The sight of a butterfly gracefully resting its wings will surely put you in a peaceful mood.

As you'd expect, the butterfly featured in the tea is also depicted on the package.

But that's not all. You can pull out the butterfly's wings, to create this three-dimensional effect:

It looks like the butterfly has just opened its wings to take flight or has just alighted on the box and is about to fold its wings to rest.

Five types of teas with a rich aroma

Butterfly Tea is a collection of five fragrant teas, each with a different butterfly tag. Each box contains five tea bags, and two boxes are sold as a set.

Butterfly Tea: Darjeeling 2-Box Set

Butterfly Tea: Darjeeling comes with a tag of a swallowtail butterfly with a beautiful emerald green gradation.

We recommend drinking Darjeeling straight, as it is smooth and offers an elegant aroma and taste.

Butterfly Tea: Caramel 2-Box Set

Butterfly Tea: Caramel comes with an elegant white butterfly tag.

The Caramel tea has a mildly sweet and creamy flavor, so we recommend adding milk (and sugar or honey, to taste) to make it caramel milk tea.

Butterfly Tea: Royal Blend 2-Box Set

Butterfly Tea: Royal Blend comes with a bright orange and yellow butterfly tag.

The Royal Blend tea has a strong rich taste, so you may want to add milk.

Butterfly Tea: Loving 2-Box Set

Butterfly Tea: Loving comes with a turquoise blue butterfly tag.

Loving is a harmonious blend of flowers and fruits. We recommend drinking it straight to enjoy its more sophisticated aroma.

Butterfly Tea: Assam 2-Box Set

Butterfly Tea: Assam comes with a yellow swallowtail butterfly tag.

Deep, rich Assam tea is best enjoyed with milk.

If you can't just decide on one Butterfly Tea, how about an assortment of all five?

Butterfly Tea: 5 Flavors, 2-box set

With the Butterfly Tea: 5 Flavors set, you can enjoy your favorite tea according to your mood.

Only this assorted set of five teas comes in a box, making it a great gift idea.

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Tea time at home with "Butterfly Tea"

A writer at our sister site Grape brought home the Butterfly Tea: 5 Flavors and decided to enjoy a cup of tea with her family.

After much deliberation on which tea leaves to choose, she decided on Caramel and Loving!

When she opened both bags, she could smell the nice fragrance of the tea leaves.

She prepared a flower-patterned mug to match the butterfly tag and attached it to the rim...

"There's something very elegant about it!"

The butterfly tag and the floral pattern of the mug went perfectly together. It would be interesting to try out different combinations of tags and mugs and cup patterns, she imagined.

When she poured hot water, the sweet aroma of Caramel and the gorgeous scent of Loving spread through the room.

She added sugar and milk to the Caramel tea and served Loving straight.

"Loving surprised me with the gorgeous aroma of flowers and fruits that I had never experienced before," she told us.

"Combined with the turquoise blue butterfly tag, it's really graceful and enjoyable."

Caramel, on the other hand, had the perfect amount of sweetness and deep aroma. Adding a bit of sugar and milk made it even richer.

"My family gave it high marks. Not only did it taste great, but it was also fun deciding which butterflies to use and what pattern of mugs to go with them. It might be a good idea to use them for entertaining guests," the writer said.

So why not enjoy a little moment of luxury and leisure when you enjoy your tea time with "Butterfly Tea?

You'll feel refreshed with the delicious tea and the beautiful butterfly tags will soothe you as well.