Jasmine Silver Needle

Tea type
White Tea
Ingredients
White Tea
Flavors
Floral, Jasmine, Grass, Straw, Cream, Hot Hay, Flowers, Fruity, Lychee
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Loose Leaf, Sachet
Caffeine
Low
Certification
Not available
Edit tea info Last updated by Michael
Average preparation
180 °F / 82 °C 4 min, 15 sec 3 g 9 oz / 266 ml

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From Adagio Teas

Jasmine Silver Needle white tea is made up of young and elegant tea leaf buds with a whisper of jasmine aura. All the appeal and softly sweet nuances of a classic Silver Needle tea, enhanced with the graceful aroma of night-blooming jasmine flowers. Airy flavor, delicate mouthfeel and pleasantly dry finish. The quiet nature of this Jasmine Silver Needle white tea ensures it will make a gentle companion for your special moments.

Ingredients: Jasmine-scented white tea

Steeping Instructions: Steep at 180° for 3 minutes.

About Adagio Teas View company

Adagio Teas has become one of the most popular destinations for tea online. Its products are available online at www.adagio.com and in many gourmet and health food stores.

73 Tasting Notes

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15575 tasting notes

Lazy morning cuppa, to ease into the day, from yesterday morning.

Amazingly, this tasted like jasmine to me and not grapes! I feel like, if you’ve not seen any of my “why am I the only person in the world who thinks jasmine tastes like grapes!” rants in tasting notes before then that statement will make zero sense to you – but for me it was a very jarring experience just tasting the unadulterated, smooth, and floral notes of jasmine without getting those grape-y comparisons.

Regardless, I like this as a more casual/every day sort of jasmine tea. It’s not the highest quality jasmine silver needle I’ve ever had – but it’s solid enough for just an average cup you could make daily and not feel disappointed in having.

tea-sipper

Does Teavivre’s jasmine taste like grapes to you?

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But only sometimes with Teavivre.. hmm, very odd.

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1789 tasting notes

Such a perfect jasmine tea. So light and floral and gorgeous and wonderful. I made it iced and mixed it with lychee juice. Damn.

Flavors: Floral, Jasmine

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65 tasting notes

This is my new favorite jasmine anything. I used slightly more water than usual (on accident) and a little bit of sugar (on purpose) and basically cried into my cup because it was so good.

Flavors: Flowers, Jasmine

Preparation
170 °F / 76 °C 4 min, 0 sec 2 tsp 12 OZ / 354 ML

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22 tasting notes

First time trying a jasmine white tea and I have to say I LOVE IT! It tastes a lot sweeter than green tea and I feel like I almost taste a fruity finish on it. There’s less bitterness with this tea and you still get that great jasmine flavor. Yummm would definitely recommend this tea to others!

Flavors: Fruity, Jasmine, Lychee

Preparation
195 °F / 90 °C 5 min, 0 sec 2 tsp 8 OZ / 236 ML

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127 tasting notes

Thanks Allie for sending this one to me in a swap.

It was a nice Jasmine Silver Needle. I think it definitely sits right along with the Teavana Jasmine Silver Needle. This one is a bit less perfumey than the Teavana one, which is nice. This one is also now a Sipdown! Woot!

I am making slow headway on my sipping down of my tea cupboard. And now that I’m on an actual tea buying ban, I should be able to actually make some space. Instead of making space and immediately filling it back up with new tea. Though my Just Organic Tea order from the Kickstarter should be arriving relatively soon… and there’s so much tea in that order. XD

Preparation
195 °F / 90 °C 3 min, 0 sec

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93
123 tasting notes

Backlog: I made a pot of this a week or two ago from a sample I pilfered from the first round of the European Traveling Tea Box. The dry leaf smelled amazing, but my expectations weren’t all that high based on what I’ve heard about & tried from Adagio.

I had taken more from the box than the brewing instructions recommended for a cup, so I used what looked like proportionately more water (didn’t bother measuring, though) and followed the parameters on Adagio’s website. The first infusion was rather heavy, resinous, and almost piney – interesting, but not really what I was hoping for. Probably too hot & long a steep.

From the second infusion on, I decided to just go with what I thought was the right amount of water/temperature/time. That’s when rainbows appeared and birds started singing. Gorgeous perfect jasmine flavor! As if that weren’t enough, these lovely little leaves gave me another five delicious steeps. SEVEN steeps from a white tea brewed western style! Super impressive. I’m definitely grabbing some more of this next time I place an Adagio order. Thanks for sharing, KittyLovesTea!

Preparation
195 °F / 90 °C 3 min, 0 sec 3 g 12 OZ / 354 ML
Anna

<3!!!

Anna

I seriously love this review. And this tea is the best.

(Also I am so envious that you can just, you know, ORDER some, just like that.)

adagio breeze

They have an EU site! Do they not ship to where you live?

Anna

I JUST SAW THAT when I remembered, ‘wait, adagio is in Europe, too!’. I don’t know whether to feel exceptionally dorky or very excited. I think both, right?

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53 tasting notes

Heaven. Not too heavy on the Jasmine, so you can brew it strong. Perfectly subtle and demure white, just the way it should be. Significantly diminished aroma on resteepings, unfortunately, and the aroma that remains overpowers the especially subtle flavors that normally come out of a silver needle after the first cup. A bit pricey, though, I want to find a cheaper Jasmine.

Preparation
180 °F / 82 °C 4 min, 0 sec

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8 tasting notes

This tea is loaded with Jasmine. The floral notes overwhelm everything else. I’m really not sure what to make of it. It’s definitely bitter, in a way that reminds me of hoppy beer, so not all bad. I’ll probably be a bit better able to judge this tea after trying some other white teas.

Preparation
175 °F / 79 °C 4 min, 0 sec

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108 tasting notes

A friend gifted me with loose-leaf teas and accessories just last March, so I’m very new to tea, and that might have affected my reaction. This was part of a sample pack of White Teas. The plain Silver Needle, often described as “subtle” was far too subtle for my tastes—could barely tell the difference between it and hot water. Combining that with Jasmine was a shock. To me it tasted like perfume. I found it undrinkable and gave it away to a friend.

Preparation
165 °F / 73 °C 2 min, 15 sec

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