Free sample provided by Teavivre for review
I don’t have Jasmine tea often, but when I do, I want good stuff. This, my friends, is the good stuff. After putting up with lousy bags in Asian restaurants, I bought some loose leaf from Ten Ren tea-which was okay, but it went very bitter in just a couple of months. I had a good experience with Imperial Republic pearls from RoT and I was hoping to build on that with this tea.
The pearls are very tightly rolled and a little bigger than RoT’s (which are BB-sized), but smaller than say, Fenqing Dragon Pearls (which are closer to marble-sized). The aroma is a wonderful and natural jasmine. The liquor is very pale with more yellow than green hues. The jasmine is pronounced, but it does not seem like you are smelling or drinking perfume. The tea and the jasmine fuse very well together in the flavor. I have had two delicious steeps so far and may go for a third.
I know that I will never compromise with inferior Jasmine tea again and I consider Teavivre’s Jasmine Pearls one of my very top choices for quality Jasmine tea.
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It’s funny that I don’t really care for floral notes in FF Darjeeling, but I like the floral in jasmine and you really enjoy the floral notes in FF but don’t care too much for jasmine.
I don’t really care a lot for jasmine tea, but cheap jasmine tea is the WORST!
It’s funny that I don’t really care for floral notes in FF Darjeeling, but I like the floral in jasmine and you really enjoy the floral notes in FF but don’t care too much for jasmine.
I like the way jasmine smells, but it can have a bitter, almost soapy quality that messes up my stomach. I did like this one from Teavivre though.