GREEN TEA
China’s most famous scented tea. Naturally scented with fresh Jasmine blossoms, these night-blooming flowers are picked early each morning before the petals open. When they finally open in the early evening, they do so with an audible popping sound!
The freshly picked jasmine flowers are mixed with the dried green tea and left to sit for about five hours, ensuring that each pearl fully absorbs the flavour and aroma of the jasmine. For this grade of Jasmine Dragon Pearl, this process is done a total of five times with fresh batches of jasmine each time. Then the flowers are removed and the tea is allowed to carefully dry for a few more days.
This is a beautiful jasmine tea to watch infuse as the pearls slowly uncurl in the water. It has a strong jasmine flavour and aroma that persists over many infusions. Its taste is refreshing, soft and sweet,
never becoming bitter even if it is brewed at high temperatures. The fact that the jasmine aroma lasts over so many infusions is a way of proving that our Jasmine Dragon Pearl is infused with real jasmine flowers and not artificially scented.
Hand rolling the pearls is a tradition that began over 1,300 years ago when a Chinese emperor wanted to give an original gift of love.
Our perfectly balanced, rare and organic Jasmine Dragon Pearl tea imparts an intense floral flavour and a beautiful fragrance. The infusion has an elegant champagne colour which looks stunning when served in glass tea ware.
Jasmine Dragon Pearl Organic Green Tea
35g (1.23oz)
How we like our tea
2.5g in 200ml water
80 degrees for 2 - 3 minutes.