Jasmine Dragon Pearl - 50g Loose Leaf Green Tea

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Tea Origin - Fuijan & Guangxi, Mainland China

Food Paring - Spicy Chicken, noddle soups, creamy desserts

Taste Profile - Soft and fruity with a sweetly balanced perfume

Our invigorating and aromatic first flush. A first-harvest tea with a sweet, fragrant taste from one of the best jasmine masters in Mainland China. It is delicate and alluring, balancing the fruity tones of Fujian green tea with the floral scent of jasmine to leave you feeling both invigorated and calmed.

A true labour of love is involved in making traditional jasmine tea. Over hundreds of years, not much has changed in the arduous procedure used to produce exquisite grade teas like this one. Our Dragon Pearl starts as a single-estate green tea from the Fujian province's Bailin village in Fuding. Harvested in early spring, when the native bushes produce their best, freshest leaves, this delicate tea is called Fuding Da Bai. After being hand-rolled and let to wither, the leaves are slowly dried. The curled leaf is expertly enveloped by the silvery bud of each pea-sized pearl, creating a small artwork. However, this is only the beginning.

The dried tea is shipped to a 34-year-old, award-winning jasmine tea master in Hengxian, Guangxi province, in the late summer. The Arabian jasmine plants in the area are now fully blossoming and producing their most fragrant blossoms. Mr. Huang infuses the tea with new jasmine buds. Then, during the course of the night, the buds bloom and give the pearls their unique scent. For the next five nights, repeat this process, sifting out the blossoms and re-drying the tea every morning.