GREEN TEA | Loose Leaf Jasmine with Flowers
Jasmine Green Tea at a Glance
Our loose leaf jasmine green tea is Jasmine Grade #1 from Fujian, China, made with just two ingredients: green tea and jasmine flowers. It’s naturally low in caffeine, with a sweet, floral, aromatic flavour that suits slow afternoons, an after-dinner cup, or a pot shared with friends. Each 50 g bag makes about 25 cups, or about 50 if you steep the leaves a second time. It’s vegan and vegetarian.
Jasmine Green Tea Tasting Notes
The first thing you’ll notice is the aroma of fresh white jasmine, sweet and floral. It brews into a pale green cup of smooth green tea with real body, lightly grassy, with a natural floral sweetness. The finish is clean and soft, with no bitterness when you brew at the right temperature.
Pairs With
Shortbread, fresh berries and light desserts.
How Many Cups of Jasmine Green Tea?
Based on 2 g of loose leaf tea per 8oz / 240 ml cup. Re-steep the same leaves for the second cup.
Size | Cups with One Steep | Cups with Two Steeps |
|---|---|---|
50 g | 25 | 50 |
100 g | 50 | 100 |
150 g | 75 | 150 |
200 g | 100 | 200 |
How Jasmine Tea Gets Its Scent
Good jasmine tea starts with a fine spring green tea, picked between mid-March and mid-May. It meets jasmine blossoms from May, when the flowers bloom with their strongest aroma. Traditionally, layers of blossoms were stacked between layers of tea so the scent soaked in. Today, warm air carries the fragrance of the blossoms through the tea, giving them the sweet Jasmine aroma. That is why you see real jasmine flowers mixed in with the tea. The Jasmine flowers add more flavor as you steep your loose leaf tea.
About the Fujian Region
Fujian is a coastal province in southeast China, and its capital, Fuzhou, is the heart of the country's jasmine tea. The city sits in a river basin ringed by hills, with a mild climate and plentiful rain that suit both tea bushes and jasmine flowers. Jasmine has been grown there since the Han dynasty, more than 2,000 years ago, and in 2014 the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization named Fuzhou's jasmine and tea culture a Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System. Jasmine tea from Fujian has one of the best reputations in China. This tea is grown at 450 to 1,500 m (1,500 to 4,900 ft) above sea level.
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How to Brew Jasmine Green Tea
- Tea: 1 teaspoon (about 2 g) of loose leaf tea per 250 ml cup (use half the amount of water if making iced).
- Water temperature: 75°C / 167°F. Boiling water scorches green tea and turns it bitter, so let it cool for a few minutes after boiling.
- Steep time: 3 to 4 minutes.
- Second steep: Re-use the same leaves and add about 30 seconds. Many people get a third, lighter cup too.
- Serving: Enjoy it plain. Skip the milk, sugar and lemon so the jasmine comes through.
- Iced: Use half the water (125 ml) when brewing. Pour the hot tea directly over a large cup filled with ice. As the ice melts, it will dilute the tea to the perfect strength.
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