I love drinking this tea. I love that it’s good to brew several times. I love that it blends with other teas and tisanes so well. I love watching the pearls unfurl. I love the way it smells dry. I don’t love the smell of it wet though. For whatever reason when I pour the hot water onto the leaves the jasmine becomes so strong and cloying, it sticks to the back of my nose and throat which really sucks because I don’t really brew my tea according to time, I do it by scent (unless I’m sick). The tea sitting in my cup, sans leaves smells good, it’s the actual leaves when they are wet that I do not enjoy, other than that this is a divine tea to smell and taste. Jasmine green tea in general was my first introduction to actual tea, loose leaf tea (I used to drink Lipton as a kid) and it’s still my favorite (the jasmine tea not the Lipton) and these pearls have a permanent place on my shelf, I just love them!
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This tea was too floral for my taste, do you have any suggestions on how to make it stronger? I was thinking about blending it with a black tea?
If you want a stronger tea base and less jasmine flavor I would suggest getting Jasmine tea with a pouchong base. Pouchong is inbetween a green tea and an oolong. Teavana doesn’t sell it, a lot of other companies do, my favorite so far is from Harney and Sons. If you want a stronger base tea H&S even has a jasmine black tea. Here is the link to H&S jasmine tea with the pouchong base. I hop this helps you.
http://www.harney.com/Details.cfm?ProdID=3892&category=44&secondary=0
This tea was too floral for my taste, do you have any suggestions on how to make it stronger? I was thinking about blending it with a black tea?
If you want a stronger tea base and less jasmine flavor I would suggest getting Jasmine tea with a pouchong base. Pouchong is inbetween a green tea and an oolong. Teavana doesn’t sell it, a lot of other companies do, my favorite so far is from Harney and Sons. If you want a stronger base tea H&S even has a jasmine black tea. Here is the link to H&S jasmine tea with the pouchong base. I hop this helps you.
http://www.harney.com/Details.cfm?ProdID=3892&category=44&secondary=0