This was originally purchased by my sister some years back (!) when she’d traveled to the Far East – the container held 8 oz of tea, though I only have half of that now. I’d thought it was jasmine tea, because that’s its taste, but I see no flowers among the green tea.
Here is where I sadly betray my lack of wider experience with authentic Chinese teas.
Someone else here had a different Golden Bridge Brand tea, and described its container to match this one: golden with a small red label near the top which read Golden Bridge Brand. There are also two green oval stickers, one on each side, right at the line where the lid meets the body. These show when the container has been opened, which is undoubtedly why they’re there.
Most of the label is in Chinese, though in the middle (sideways, so it visually matches the direction of the Chinese characters) the English words “GUAN YIN – WORLD SHARING TEA – The famous of China”. So at first I thought it was Guan Yin tea.
But then on the bottom of the container is a white label which says MO LI HUA TEA. So that’s what I’m calling it, since in trying to find it here at the Steepster database, I found other Mo Li Hua teas, which taste like jasmine.
Was it good? Yes, even though I don’t even know how old it is. Sadly, my sister passed away going on four years ago, so I cannot ask her when and where she got it. Since she was moving to a different state when she gave it to me, I wasn’t focused on finding out more at the time.
But it’s a very good quality. I chilled some of it because of the July 3rd Air Conditioning Appreciation Day sip down suggestion of drinking a tea cold, combined with another suggestion “your oldest green”. If you find it, or are gifted some, it’s worthy of your time. I do recommend it.
Flavors: Green, Herbaceous, Jasmine, Sweet, Warm Grass, Tea
Yeah, sometimes jasmine teas include the jasmine flowers, and sometimes it’s just an aroma-infusion. Both can be legit.