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Jasmine Dragon Pearls

Jasmine Dragon Pearls

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Style

Downy tea leaves and buds infused with jasmine flowers and hand rolled into delicate pearls. They unfurl over multiple infusions, yielding an exquisitely aromatic experience.

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Tea Details

Region

Green tea from Fujian Provence, China

Flavor Profile

Delicate, floral, bright, freeing

Impact

We partner with a Chinese company where tea gardens are interspersed with old growth forest. Farmers enjoy increased economic benefits as the region's industry blossoms and they gain access to the global market.

Steeping Instructions

Steep 1/3 tablespoon per 8 ounces of 175 degree water for 3 minutes. Enjoy many resteeps

Caffeine Level

30-50 mg/cup when brewed according to Steeping Instructions

Ingredients

Organic green tea, organic jasmine

Process

The tea leaves are harvested and processed into a green tea base during the early spring months (April-May) when the highest quality teas are made. The freshly made tea is then stored in ambient conditions until June when they are finished into the “pearl” shape by gently hand-rolling each leaf-set (bud, primary leaf and some stem) until it is “kneaded” into a tiny ball-shape resembling a pearl.

Once the jasmine petals are blooming in August-September, the fresh jasmine petals are purchased in the open-air jasmine markets in Fujian during peak quality season. The fresh jasmine petals are laid out in direct contact with the hand-rolled pearls, and the jasmine scent is absorbed by the tea (the extreme heat and humidity in the region also helps to promote the scenting process). The higher quality jasmine pearls are scented up to 3-5 times to increase the depth and complexity of the jasmine character.

Once the scenting is completed, all of the jasmine petals are removed (hand-sorted) from the tea, and the finished tea is dried one final time to remove any residual moisture content, and to fix the flavor of the tea before final packing.

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    LESLIE COX
    Lovely, real jasmine, not "flavored"

    Love this tea. Good for several steeps. Now if I can only figure out how I keep getting only 4 oz pkgs when I could swear I was ordering a pound? Second time that has happened.

    Hello Leslie! Thank you for the lovely review of Jasmine Dragon Pearls, one of our most beautiful teas. You are right, it can be steeped several times without losing its earthy base and floral notes. I checked your order history to confirm you were receiving exactly what you ordered and you have ordered the 4 oz bags that last two times. When you order you can select a 4 oz bag or 1 lb bag and you will know by seeing the price difference at checkout. I do see you have ordered 1 lb of Black and Gold in the past. You certainly have excellent taste in teas! We appreciate you Leslie and thank you for choosing Metolius!

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    Melody Long

    Wonderful tea!! Love it!

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    Nancy Byers-Teague
    My husband's favorite green tea

    My husband was born year of the Dragon. The Jasmine Dragon Pearl tea is what he drinks each morning and it guides him into each new day. He loves it!

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    Karen Westersund
    Jasmine Dragon Pearls

    I love jasmine tea, and this is my new favorite. The flavor of the jasmine really comes through and is perfectly balanced, Delicious!