Jasmine Pearls

Our first flush jasmine honey pearls hail from Fuding, north of Fuzhou, China. The first flush leaves are picked in late March/early April, semi-dried, and have to be well stored until June, when the jasmine buds. These are then layered with the tea until it is around 10-15cm thick, the bio heat produced by these layers makes the flowers bloom, and the fragrance then released fragrances the tea leaves. The flowers are then removed by hand and taken away to dry (and not wasted – the dried flowers are then used for the mass market jasmine teas). This particular jasmine tea goes through 6 layers of this scenting process, meaning around twice the weight of flowers is used to tea. After this, the leaves are hand rolled into little pearl like balls.

This is undoubtedly the best Jasmine tea we have ever tasted. Ever.