Balinese Rainbow Jasmine Green Tea

Country of Origin: China
Region: Fujian Province
Grade: Jasmine Grade 1
Altitude: 1500’ ft. above sea level
Manuf. Type: Orthodox
Infusion: Pale yellow to bright and green
Ingredients: Luxury green tea, Natural dried jasmine blossoms + buds, Osmanthus petals, Calendula + Sunflower petals, Cornflower petals, Safflower petals.
Character: Exotic full floral Jasmine. Smooth green tea flavor. Long delicate floral finish.

A luxury Jasmine green tea with cornflower, safflower, osmanthus, calendula and sunflower petals. The cup is a heavenly mixture of sweet floral notes and grassy undertones. A fabulous blend befitting the island that gives it its name.

Hot Tea: This tea is best enjoyed by pouring 180F or 90C water over the leaves (1 teaspoon per cup) for 3 minutes (longer=stronger). Don’t remove the leaves. Can be infused repeatedly 2-3 times using higher temperatures & shorter infusions until flavor is exhausted.

Iced Tea: Pour 1 1/4 cups of hot water over 6 teaspoons of tea and steep for 5 minutes. Pour into pitcher while straining leaves, add ice and top up with cold water to make a quart of iced tea. Garnish and sweeten to taste. Produced under ISO 14001 Certified Environmental Management Standards.

2 Tasting Notes

LiberTEAS

Thank you to TeaEqualsBliss for sending me some of this tea.

This is really nice. The jasmine is a smooth, gentle jasmine flavor. The osmanthus offers very subtle peach-like tones to the cup. A hint of sharpness from the sunflower. I like the way these different florals come together in one cup. The green tea is light and grassy, but not too grassy. It’s a very pleasant jasmine, one I’d recommend to someone who generally finds jasmines to be too aggressively floral, this one has such a gentle demeanor, I think they’ll find it quite agreeable.

2012-02-01 20:04:02 -0500

In conjunction with today’s challenge (see discussion board) I have chosen this song to go with this tea…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjKe0DFwSZM
Jason Mraz’s cover of Seals/Croft’s Summer Breeze because of the emphasis on JASMINE.

As for this tea…
it’s gorgeous! I was assuming it was just going to be green tea with flavoring but you can see all the different floral ingredients within. It’s pretty! The Jasmine (and other flowers) are wonderfully done…noticeable but not overly intense.

There is a nice sweeter side of the green tea coming out and it shine thru with the floral notes!

This is REALLY nice…I wish more Jasmine Teas could be this nice!

2011-01-11 12:27:16 -0500

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