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Jasmine Fancy from Peet's Coffee & Tea

Steepster Score 11 Ratings Rate This Tea

72/100

Jasmine Fancy

Green Tea by Peet's Coffee & Tea

A mellow China pouchong tea naturally scented with jasmine flowers. Also available in tea bags.

Jasmine is a native of the Persian Gulf area, and was brought to China sometime before the third century A.D. Jasmine-scented teas have been made for at least 800 years, with the finest produced in the province of Fujian. “Pouchong” tea is used as the base, a style of green tea that has slight oxidation, and the resulting cup of Jasmine Fancy has an amber hue. The scenting is a natural process, involving mixing the leaves with fresh jasmine flowers so that the tea absorbs the scent. Contrary to popular belief, the better grades of jasmine tea have the least amount of petals remaining in the finished tea. The dry petals lose their scent to the tea, and removing the spent petals results in a more concentrated flavor.

23 Tasting Notes

Serenity
95

Jasmine Fancy by Peet’s is a cup of amber, floral goodness. The Jasmine scent is natural and not overpowering. The green tea is that elusive blend of sweetness and astringency.

Anny Oxidant & the Tea Bullie
82

As a newbie to tea, I have to say this is one of my favorites so far. I am on my second steeping today!

Spencer
78
Spencer 15 tasting notes

Not that this tea is amazing in the first place, but this pot just tasted gross.

Another bottle of cold brew for an oddly warm day.

Mixed it up with some tie guan yin, and this improved things a lot.

Drinking it bagged, but carefully steeped so as to be decent.

Not really that fancy, and I am not terribly sorry to see it go.

Early afternoon tea time with a cheese roll!

Cold-brewed goodness!

Need antioxidants and caffeine!

MOOOOOOOOOOOOORE!

Experimenting by adding ginger…

Four cups later…

Had a cup of this, bagged. Meh. Loose was much better.

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Graciela
27

Dear Peet’s: WHAT. What is this poison you’re calling tea? Its undrinkable!

They can’t say I didn’t give them a chance. Trying this tea made me feel like I was drinking melted candy with cheap perfume. The jasmine aroma was completely overwhelming and the taste was worse than Peet’s Matcha Latte. I barely made it through half a cup! Maybe they over-steeped it? We’ll see… I got an extra tea bag so I’ll try making it at home tomorrow.

eiaeioiaae
65

Pronounced jasmine aroma in tin and in cup. Good, solid classic. Steeped at 175 for four min it retains that quality though with a hint of bitterness. Will try again at 175 for 3.5 or use water from cooler for 4.0…

But as it turns out I’m not really a fan of Jasmine tea. :/

Justin Tonarelli
67
JJ Adkisson
51

I brew it in my infuser for 2 minutes, delicious :)

Audrey C.
62

I actually do find the sweetness of the jasmine in this tea a little strong for my personal taste. Still, a nice tea.

little_lotte
85
little_lotte 2 tasting notes

Mmm, very good green tea. The jasmine isn’t too strong. Very nice.

Bought this on campus as I was heading to class. Sadly they scorched it…….

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Bill Trammel

Peet’s Jasmine rocks among tea-bagged Jasmine’s

Liz
Tea Drinkers at Caring.com
75

nothin’ fancy, just a quick cup in the morning at work when too busy to clean more than a cup.