That’s funny, do you know where I get this tea ? I almost have won it !
Last year, during the kermesse (this the name we use in France for a school party at the end of the year)at my daughter’s school, there was a lottery and I never play lottery.But my daughter’s best friend and her mother Karin do and they won this tea…I was just like ohhhhhh you have won tea ! how fantastic ! and it is a Mariage Frères Tea ! Karin told me she didn’t care for tea and never drink tea and she offered me her prize :)
I have forgotten it in my cupboard since but now I am trying to drink more and more straight teas, I decided to have it.
The dry leaves are made of mixed leaves and colours : white (silver tips), green, brown and I can see some jasmin flowers too. Very beautiful. The leaves are from different sizes as well, some are cut, other are full.
The colour of the liquor is really clear and very pale brown.
The taste is flowery but pure jasmin, without any essentiel oil around, the tea base is pleasant, present but I’m happy I have steeped the leaves 2 min only because it may become bitter with 3 min.
2 min are fine, no astringency but a real personnality : not smooth, not mellow but refined, medium bodied (low tannins to my opinion)
I love the way the jasmin flowers come here and how their taste lingers after drinking.
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Wonderful! That is a great story!
Lucky you! I love school fairs (I take it your daughter’s in primary school, then?) We’re lucky so many people don’t care much about tea around here :p Ihaven’t had jasmin in ages, this sounds really nice.
Sounds yummy!
yes it is really a very nice tea, no idea why I waited so long to have it !
@ Ruby Woo Scarlett : yes my daughter was in primary school until this year , now this is the big jump in junior high school…and she will learn properly English (she spent 3 years in paris learning Portuguese and just arrived in our new town in January with classroom mates learning English for 3 years ! what a shock for her)
Aw poor lamb. I wish her a good beginning of term! Portuguese is a lovely language though, I hope she can get back to it in the future.
Wonderful! That is a great story!
Lucky you! I love school fairs (I take it your daughter’s in primary school, then?) We’re lucky so many people don’t care much about tea around here :p Ihaven’t had jasmin in ages, this sounds really nice.
Sounds yummy!
yes it is really a very nice tea, no idea why I waited so long to have it !
@ Ruby Woo Scarlett : yes my daughter was in primary school until this year , now this is the big jump in junior high school…and she will learn properly English (she spent 3 years in paris learning Portuguese and just arrived in our new town in January with classroom mates learning English for 3 years ! what a shock for her)
Aw poor lamb. I wish her a good beginning of term! Portuguese is a lovely language though, I hope she can get back to it in the future.