Dragon Pearls

I had this last weekend at a friend’s home. I have to say I was quite disappointed considering how much I love the Silk Road Dragon Tears. The leaves didn’t appear to be as long and whole as in the Silk Road pearls.

More importantly, though, I didn’t find it very jasmine-y and it was quite bitter. However, I am guessing it was steeped with boiling water, and it was definitely over-steeped. I will refrain from rating it until I try it properly steeped.

This is my favorite green tea, hands down! I love that you get a little show while you wait for the tea to steep as the pearls unroll and get cosy at the bottom of your mug. And as the leaves are so long you really don’t need a filter of any kind, they just sink to the bottom. This does, however lead to some very strong tea by the time you get to the bottom of the cup, but I just use fewer pearls per cup and give it more time to steep.

So I decided to crack these guys open today. It was my first tea at school for the new year. While it tastes good, I prefer the Camellia Sinensis pearls way better. These gewt bitter if steeped too long. Still a pretty good dragon pearl. I would classify the pearls as Camellia Sinensis ( as #1), Teopia/Teavana as #2 and DT as my third choice.

I feel like I’m drinking flowers. Haha
I don’t drink much plain green tea. It’s just not my thing, especially after a few times of having it and making it bitter. Bleck.

So, for this one, I very carefully followed the instructions. Realistically, this tea did turn out nice. It is not bitter or too strong. That jasmine flavour is definitely there. I’m not too sure if the green tea part is there or not, but the jasmine is. And I think it’s the jasmine being so strong that is making me feel as though I’m drinking flowers.

I’m enjoying this one as a change, but I know I wouldn’t stock up on this one. It’s nothing against the tea itself, it’s just not my cup of tea as they say.

Pretty much what I expected from this. I love jasmine green tea, so it is no surprise that I love this too.

The price for 50g is a bit much, but considering I use half a teaspoon per cup it’s not a bad value.

I’ve tried this, butterfly jasmine, and silk dragon jasmine. Between butterfly jasmine and dragon pearls, I don’t have much of a preference (although dragon pearls IS cheaper). Silk dragon jasmine is the cheapest option but it’s not whole leaf. So it needs a shorter steep time to be enjoyable and not too strong or bitter. If I were hard pressed for money, I’d get silk dragon jasmine. However I think the quality that dragon pearls offers is worth the extra money.

I didn’t know what to expect with this tea, it definitely smells like jasmine in the bag, and as it steeps the smell is surrounding me, i like it! i made this in a glass tea bottle and though the process is very slow it’s very pretty to watch the balls unravel almost like a blooming tea.

This stuff is high quality! i Love the scent and taste of this, like i’m drinking flowers! It’s what I imagine being a bee is like.

This is lovely.

I can find floral and especially jasmine flavours very overbearing. I tend to avoid jasmine. This is a beautiful flavour, though, and gorgeous scent. I also love big leaves and watching them in my cup, and this definitely humours this part of me. I didn’t need many pearls to make a nice cup of tea.

Love this tea!

Light, floral and with the perfect amount of jasmine flavour. So perfect.

Hands down the best jasmine green tea I’ve tasted. Beautiful green tea with just the right amount of jasmine. Smells more strongly of jasmine than it tastes, which is how I like my jasmine green. I like to drop a few pearls into a cup of water, slightly cooler than suggested, and let it continue to brew as I drink it. I have found this method to bring out the richness while keeping the astringency down, but it also allows me to re-steep the pearls up to 3 times, giving me a bit more bang for my buck. I really enjoy the progression of the flavour in each cup when brewed this way, every sip is like a slightly different tea, and it smells like bliss.

great tea
its a nice relaxing tea¸smells amazing
in all one i would buy

Somehow when I got this one I missed the jasmine part. But okay, every tea is different so I gave it a go. And it is really pretty to watch brew! Light and delicate, I even enjoyed my first few sips. As the tea cooled, the jasmine became more prominent, however it never became overbearing for me. Since I do like to know what teas taste like sweetened I added some sugar, and that’s when the jasmine dominated, and not before. Certainly not the tea I was expecting, but not one that I dumped the cup of, either.

I have Dragon Pearls delivered from China and I will need to make some of that tea tonight to compare to this one. I also usually drink jasmine green tea when going for dim sum. Most of the time the dim sum tea is burnt, leaving a bitter taste. It is unfortunate that this is what I thought of tea my whole life…bitter and floral.

EDIT: I’ve tried the Dragon Pearls from China and it isn’t the same. It was too light that it tasted of only water, could not pick up on any of the jasmine. I guess DAVIDsTEA knows their stuff!

First off, I really love jasmine. It’s the flavour that I generally enjoy about green tea. The tea in the bag gives off a nice sweet floral scent and when steeped, it becomes more toned down, more delicate. First few sips were delightful. It’s not the same bitter dim sum tea that I am used to. You can definitely taste the jasmine and its delicious :)

The smell initially bothered me as I haven’t smelt teas like that before. The taste is excellent however – but I may be biased as I primarily drink green tea. And the ‘pearls’ are beautiful and I got so excited to take out the leaves and see them so pretty and unraveled. Really gives a nice nature feel.

My go-to tea for sushi, or something to save for special occasions. Bought 25 grams of this. I wish I would have bought more. Delicious, beautiful, and aromatic. Can’t say enough good about this tea.

This tea requires a fairly low temperature and a quick steep time. Otherwise it becomes bitter and overbearing. I quite love my temperature-controlled kettle for this reason.

Amazing. The smell blew me away in the store, and I bought my first full tin right then and there. I tried it earlier today and have already enjoyed four cups of the stuff. The smell is intoxicating, and the taste lives up to the smell. It’s like drinking a jasmine flower, which is very much up my alley.

My favourite green tea.
Amazing, you can taste the quality, and admire the beauty as the pearls unfold.
It has a somewhat salty, and earthy taste to it.
Very smooth and balanced.
It was somewhat bitter, but very interesting for a green tea.

Interesting = Dragon Pearls = Amazing.

Day 56 of my 101 days of DAVIDsTEA challenge.

My dad calls these “dragon balls,” to which I can’t help but giggle and think of tea leaves with little stars inside…. perhaps I should brew seven and make a wish on them sometime!

Geekiness aside, it was an interesting experience. I brewed around 1tsp in a clear cup, mostly in a tea ball, but I put three in the cup itself so I could watch them unfurl. It was a nice little show, I must say, though not as colourful as a blooming tea.

The taste… I’m not a fan of jasmine, but this was a lot better than I thought it would be. Not at all bitter when a shorter steep time is stuck to, and it’s still rebrewing quite nicely a few cups later (I save the tealeaves in the ball and have had a couple cups since). I plan to milk this teaball-full as long as I can before getting rid of them!

OK so this tea looks pretty scary when its steeping – like a bunch of dead spiders in the bottom of your cup…BUT give it a chance because it’s a really solid jasmine green tea!

I splurged and bought some dragon pears as jasmine is my favourite tea of all time. I was a bit disappointed. I found it wonderfully sweet and very light, which I’m sure would please a lot of people. I tend to like my teas on the bitter side, so the sweetness was just not to my liking. However, it was probably one of the best cups of tea I’ve ever had, just not one for everyday drinking.

I also bought some rose petals and added them to the pearls….was lovely.

This was a really nice cup of tea; I just let 4 pearls sink to the bottom of my cup and unfurl – that was certainly a show. The tea tasted a lot like it smelled – sort of an fresh, earthy clover. It was very aromatic I drank the tea while it was still quite hot, so I decided to steep the leaves a second time later on.

The second steep wasn’t great – it was a lot less aromatic and tasted bland, with a tart finish. Definitely worth the price for the first cup, but I wouldn’t re-steep again.