A Good Jasmine Tea...

would be?

I'm hoping to do some purposeful purchases soon (vs just what ever has come into the house.*)

So, is there the stuff to avoid that is tea with Jasmine perfume sprayed on it and some other stuff thats actually worth imbibing?

berk

*It's funny, living with roommates, how stuff just kind of shows up.
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TBerk
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My Jasmine is what has snuck into the house over the years ie I never finish it off. Look at the recent posts by Dominic on Jasmine which was ones of his favorites. He left and started a blog so probably something there. I recommend buying dried Jasmine and adding your own. Or if commercial make sure you can see the flowers. Another bet is US Magnolia(most recent addition) which is in my opinion is a better Jasmine than the Chinese magnolia. The Chinese view Jasmine as medicinal so the aroma and taste overpowering. Try other dried flowers like lavender, honeysuckle, rose, orange blossom, peony, orchid, and many more you can find in a herbal shoppe.

Jim

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Space Cowboy

I'm not dead! :) I didn't really start a blog either, I've had that for quite a few years and unfortunately I haven't had time recently to update it. If you want a decent Jasmine go with a Jasmine Pearl type. They range from decent to exceptional, but rarely if ever are they poor and compared to the crap shoot with many loose jasmine greens it's always a safe bet.

I've been doing a lot of artwork lately and just enjoying tea again, not worrying about writing about it.

- Dominic

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Dominic T.

In the stores you will find Jasmine Yin Hao which are the pearls. Even better the Yin Hao without the Jasmine if you can find it which is one of my absolute favorites. My biggest change no more monthly puer tasting at the local Chinese tea shoppe. Its too bad tea shoppes are a business first and a pleasure second. When I say something about tea it comes from the part of me that is the brush on the canvas. I am also under no illusion nobody will notice when I am gone. My only criticism about blogs people drink the same tea and say the same thing. There are a couple of moderated Chinese tea websites where I can pick up new ideas and learn some Chinese tea terms along the way. Tea drinking makes you a warrior in mind and body. That just got scrolled on the canvas.

Jim

...I should start an incense shoppe...

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Space Cowboy

Well, the baseline jasmine tea is the yellow box stuff... used to be marked Fujian National Exports Co but I think the same factory is badging it under the Foojoy name. Available at your local chinatown for maybe five bucks a pound.

There are far better jasmine teas out there, and there are worse ones too, but this is what you'll normally get served in a restaurant if you ask for jasmine tea. It's green tea with jasmine petals in it, nothing else.

--scott

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Scott Dorsey

Thx folks. I was thinking of trying some of those other dried aromatics as suggested too.

As a matter of fact, the best teas I've had to date have turned out to have been what I think are the pearl kind mentioned; tiny rolled up balls of leaves that expand when steeped. (Kind of fun watching the before and after.)

TBerk

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TBerk

I wished by local tea shoppe would use glass instead of earthenware so people could witness 'the agony of the leaves'. The owner just came back from the Lost Wages Tea Convention with some DaHongPao. Its the newer style of light roast which is going through the same evolution of TGY from dark to light. Its not a grease cutter but could handle sugary dessert. He also brought back Fujian Silver Sprouts. Its is the green version of Silver Needles. Both sexy dry and infused leaf.

Jim

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Space Cowboy

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