A green tea with surprising body and a captivating floral character accentuated by specially selected May Jasmine blossoms.
Grade: Jasmine Grade #1
Caffeine: Low
Antioxidant Level: High
Luxury Ingredients: Green tea, Jasmine flowers
Steeping Suggestions:
Hot Tea: Put 1 slightly heaping tsp. of loose tea for each 7-9oz/200-260ml of water in teapot. Pour freshly boiled water over tea. Steep 3-7 min. Milk & sugar are not recommended.
Iced Tea (1L/QT): Put 6 slightly heaping tsp loose tea into teapot. Pour 1 1/4 cup/315ml boiling water on tea. Steep 5 min. Quarter fill serving pitcher with cold water. Pour into pitcher straining tea. Add ice, top-up with cold water, garnish & sweeten to taste.
Fun Facts about Jasmine with Flowers: Jasmine tea is one of the most pleasant tasting green teas available on the market. On the nose the dry tea has a floral bouquet, which literally causes your senses to come alive with pleasant thoughts. The flavour is enhanced with the addition of jasmine blossoms which give the tea a visual appeal few other teas are capable of copying. There are many different grades of jasmine tea. This particular grade is the first grade below the exotic jasmines. It has all the flavour, aroma and good green tea qualities but not the exorbitant price.
The production of jasmine tea is quite interesting. It is important to begin with high quality green tea - tea that has been produced between the middle of March and the middle of May. Equally important for jasmine tea are fine jasmine blossoms - flowers that bloom between the 1st of May and the end of May (these have
the most intense aroma). Traditionally layers of jasmine blossoms were placed between fine green tea. In time the scent of the jasmine permeated the tea. Today, hot air is passed through the jasmine blossoms and then filtered through the tea so that the blossoms can be used more than once. The exhausted blossoms are then used to decorate the tea.