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Supreme Jasmine Pekoe Green Tea from Bird Pick Tea & Herb

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79/100

Supreme Jasmine Pekoe Green Tea

Green Tea by Bird Pick Tea & Herb

Pekoe is the term used for describing leaves that are less fine and lacking a tip. The gathered pekoe tea leaves undergo the green tea processing methods. Additionally they are tossed with jasmine flowers to imbue the green tea with the flowers’ wonderful aroma.

ORIGIN: Fujian
BREW: Yellow Emerald
FLAVOR: Sweet jasmine flower and crisp earthiness

$15/4 oz

2 Tasting Notes

Oolonga
80

I’ve been looking for a perfect Jasmine for a long time and tried a lot of teas. Most of them left me disappointed, they were either too sweet or too heavy or too perfumy. This one is as close to perfection as it gets. I’ll refrain from giving it 100 for now because I might find a better tasting tea but I seriously doubt it.

This is how Jasmine should be done. It’s a bliss in a cup. It smells absolutely natural – fresh jasmine flowers that haven’t been picked yet and are blooming on a bush surrounded by lush green leaves. I definitely get some bitterness but it is light and blends well with the flowery aroma.

The brew is very refreshing, it feels thirst-quenching and at the same time leaves my mouth dry and I’m craving for more. The description is right to the point saying that the taste is crisp, it is very accurate. It’s green, crisp and fresh. I’m not getting much sweetness though, maybe just a tiny bit on the background which is a good thing for me because I didn’t find it to work well with jasmine flavor in other teas and discarded them for this same reason.

Mark B
90

I purchased this from Wing Hop Fung, the parent company of Bird Pick. I’m pretty sure from reading the SKU numbers on both sites & their descriptions that this is the same tea.

This is a lovely Jasmine, and as the previous reviewer stated quite a few years back, neither "…too sweet or too heavy or too perfumy.” So there’s something to be said for their consistency! It’s a lovely balance and just what I look for in a Jasmine.