Appearance dry: rolled tea peas
Appearance blossomed: even after second brew of 3+ minutes some buds never fully opened
Fragrance: haunting, lovely, overwhelming
If I imagined decadent things to do with unlimited wealth, I’d bathe in this tea. The fragrance is pronounced and smooth and haunting. And that’s the problem also. It was too overwhelming as a drinking tea.
Have you ever finished a hard workout, gulping mouthfuls of air to recover when a perfumed person passes by? Ugh! Ack! You swallow an unwelcomed mouthful of overly scented body wash or shampoo. That was my fear while drinking this tea. Even though there was no perfume or alcohol flavor, still approached each sip with trepidation, expecting a mouthful of acrid, perfume-y backwash.
Despite that experience I’d recommend this tea and will try it again as an add-in for other teas. Maybe just 3-4 pearls to a pot of some other tea will give a light and less aggressive jasmine flavor. I used 2 grams of tea to about 12 oz of water and steeped same tea again in another 12 oz. Both times the jasmine scent was dominant.
Flavors: Jasmine
