Jasmine Flower Craft
Jasmine Flower Craft
Tasting notes
- sweet
- aromatic
- floral
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This classic Chinese display tea is handmade from spring-picked plants in Fujian Province. After pan-firing the delicate leaves into a light green tea, they are carefully sorted by size and individually tied together around an arc of fresh jasmine and other decorative blossoms, forming a single large sphere.
Treated as an art form in China, display or blossoming teas are traditionally crafted in many different shapes. Using one per serving, prepare in a glass infuser or wineglass, and marvel at the show as it slowly opens to reveal the fragrant flowers hidden within—some white, some pink. Keep the tea in the glass, adding more hot water to savor its sweet, soft flavor throughout a meal.
Ingredients: Camellia sinensis, jasmine flowers
Country: China
Region: Fujian Province
Tasting Notes: sweet, aromatic, floral
Harvest Season: Spring 2025
4 oz
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200º F
1 piece, 8-10 minute steep
How jasmine tea is made
Traditional flower scenting is a painstaking process of layering tea leaves with fragrant blossoms until they're suffused with pleasing aroma. This method—which takes longer and is more costly than using scented oils—yields an aroma that truly bonds with the inherent flavor of the tea.
Naturally scented jasmine pearls are priced according to how many nights of scenting they receive; lower budget versions may just be scented once or twice, while higher value lots like ours could be scented up to seven times. On the first night, 100 pounds of tea will be scented with 200 pounds of jasmine flowers; the next scenting night, 100 pounds of jasmine flowers will be used, then 50 the following, and so on, to more fully fix the fragrance. Workers turn over the pile every few hours to evenly distribute the flowers. The next morning, the mix is run through a sorting machine to remove the spent jasmine blossoms and let the tea dry off for the day.