Tea Information:
Leaf Type: Green & White
Where to Buy: Byron Bay Tea Company
Product Description:
Buddha’s tears roll tenderly from the tea plant; made with the bud and first two leaves. Carefully plucked and hand-crafted into tiny pearls, they are then scented with fresh jasmine blossoms. Once removed from their floral cocoon, the tiny pearls are ready to be brewed. With a pale liquor and delicate taste, Buddha’s tears provide a soul-soothing treat at any time of day.
Ingredients- Green and White tea scented with Jasmine Flowers
Taster’s Review:
What a lovely jasmine tea!
The ingredients confuse me just a little – this is a “pearl” jasmine tea, and so I don’t know where the white tea comes in to play, unless they are considering the bud attached to the two leaves the white tea. But, it hardly seems necessary to fuss over such details.
These little “tears” unfurl slowly, releasing their intense flavor… which means many happy infusions for this jasmine enthusiast! The flavor is sweet and silky. Sometimes jasmine can come off as slightly bitter or soapy, but not this time. The jasmine simply tastes lightly floral. It is very soothing and restorative – and to get full effect of the relaxing effects of this tea I strongly recommend inhaling deeply – taking in the fragrance – before you sip.
The green tea/white tea is delicate and very soft … like clean air and crisp spring leaves! It has a very comforting feel to it as it washes over the palate. A delightful tea any time of the day, I find it most welcome later in the afternoon to help calm frazzled nerves.
I do not recommend sweetening this tea as it would overwhelm the gentle flavors of this tea. I prefer it hot, but it makes a nice iced tea as well (and when I ice jasmine tea, I do add a little sweetener just to perk up the flavors). It is a refreshing and beautiful tea, no matter how you choose to serve it!
Jasmine Pearl from Objective Tea
Tea Information:
Leaf Type: Green
Where to Buy: At the time of writing this review, the website for Objective Tea appeared to be closed.
Product Description:
Origin: Yih Ling Yih, Taiwan (3900 ft)
Cultivar: Moli Lu Xiang Pian
Cultivated: 2009Breathing in the rosy aroma of jasmine never seems to get old. This green tea, flavored with young jasmine flowers will have you brewing tea all day long. Jasmine is used as a stress
reliever in traditional chinese medicine, and taking in the sweet scents of jasmine pearl you will know why.
Taster’s Review:
While doing my basic research for this review, I could not find the website for Objective Tea, and it would appear that they are no longer in business. However, this is such a delightful jasmine tea that I felt it needed to be celebrated in this review!
I love jasmine pearls. For the longest time, they were probably my favorite tea. Since that time, I have discovered many “favorites” but jasmine pearls still remains right there at the top – probably within the top five.
This is one of the finest jasmine pearl teas I’ve encountered in recent memory. It has a very pleasing jasmine essence that is fragrant and delicious. The green tea is soft with light vegetative tones. It has a light sweetness to it that compliments the floral notes of the jasmine very well.
The jasmine is vibrant. It has a slight sharpness that borders on being slightly bitter, but, it is nothing that I would consider overwhelming. Instead, I am finding it to be an agreeable contrast to the sweetness of the cup.
I steeped this in my gaiwan using short steep times, and then I filled my special Jasmine Yixing mug with the first five infusions. The combination of these multiple infusions delivers a smooth, supple mouthfeel with buttery background notes and a beautiful jasmine flavor that lingers in the aftertaste.
I love this jasmine tea, and even though I am so enjoying this, it is almost bittersweet, since this will be the first and last time I’ll be able to enjoy it.
Jasmine Pearl Scented Green Tea from Teahouse Kuan Yin
Tea Type: Jasmine (Green Tea)
Where To Buy: Teahouse Kuan Yin
Product Description:
These hand-rolled pearls contain pure tips of silvery spring tea scented with jasmine. Our Jasmine Pearl brews a more fragrant and complex cup than our Yin Hao, and it is beautiful to watch the pearls unfurl during the steeping process. Ours is IMO-certified organic.
Our Jasmine Pearl is produced in the Chinese province of Fujian. Each pearl consists of tender shoots of tea leaves and buds, and is naturally scented with fresh jasmine flowers. Up to six layers of jasmine blossoms are applied to the leaves, creating a beautifully strong jasmine aroma. Once the jasmine scent is fully merged with the leaves, the petals are removed and the tea is carefully dried again.
Tasters Review:
A Jasmine Tea is a Jasmine Tea is a Jasmine Tea! OR IS IT? I have to be honest…I usually don’t get overly jazzed about Jasmine Tea. BUT…this one is a nice, solid Jasmine Pearl – and it’s ORGANIC! AND…it doesn’t leave a funky aftertaste! It’s highly scented, too! AND it’s a natural Jasmine aroma – very beautiful – not an artificial aroma, which I always appreciate!
Teahouse Kuan Yin made this tea a WIN in my house!
