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Jasmine tea (Chinese pin yin name Mo Li Hua Cha) is known throughout the world for its refreshing and fragrant character. The tea favoured in China is a melange of green tea with the fragrances of jasmine flower (although black tea and oolong jasmines are also manufactured). The quality of all such perfumed teas depends on the grade of the base tea as well as the quality of the scenting. The finest jasmine teas are manufactured in the south of China (in particular in Fujian Province), although today considerable production of high quality jasmine teas occurs in Zhejiang Province to the north, and in Hunan and Anhui Provinces. Methods of production vary considerably with region, but basically involve blending of pan-fried green teas with flowers of jasmine. Sometimes blossom is directly mixed with the tea, other techniques require the use of scenting stacks. To get the perfuming right, blending occurs at night, using specific proportions of tea to blossom. It's a highly skilled operation!

Gray & Seddon have secured stocks of two exceptionally fine Mo Li Hua Cha, each with its own distinctive characteristics. A Hunan tea called Jasmine Bloom and an Anhui Jasmine, Long Xu. Ideal introductions to the better Jasmine green teas.

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JASMINE BLOOM
A most pleasant introduction
to better quality Jasmine tea

Origin: Hunan Province, Jasmine Bloom is a fine blossom-mixed leaf with a medium green tea flavour and sweet jasmine flower perfume. This is a generous tea that will readily give multiple, aromatic infusions. As with other good green teas, the Jasmine Bloom should only be infused for a very short time for each infusion, and made with water which has been allowed to cool from boiling temperature.

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JASMINE PEARLS
One of Yunnan's premium Green Jasmines

This wonderfully fragrant green jasmine tea is from Yunnan Province. The name reflects the fact that the tea is rolled into small "pearls" of about 1/4 inch diameter. The beverage is quite delicate, being superbly complemented by an unusually sweet jasmine fragrance, which is not the least cloying or overpowering. This is a jasmine tea on a par with our Anhui Dragon's Beard. Highly recommended.

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JASMINE TIPS GREEN TEA
Origin: Yunnan Province, Jasmine Tips is a long leafed green tea carefully blended with high quality jasmine blossoms. This is a "mid strength" flavoursome tea that will produce several aromatic infusions. As with other good green teas, the Jasmine Tips should only be infused for a very short time, although it is more forgiving of over over-brewing than the Jasmine Bloom (see below). It should be prepared with water which has been allowed to cool from boiling temperature. This is a most pleasant introduction to better quality Jasmine tea, without the hefty price tag.

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BLACK JASMINE
Gray & Seddon's Black Jasmine is a rich black tea from Fujian Province, infused with jasmine blossoms. The teamen in Fujian Province are famed for their ability to make quality flower-scented teas. And Black Jasmine is a fine example of their tea producing skills. Most "jasmine" teas are made using a green tea base, but this tea caters to the black tea drinker who would like to try the combination of jasmine with a quality black tea. The jasmine influence is quite subdued here, so this tea would suit the black tea drinker looking for a more subtle scented tea.

JASMINE BLOOM OFFER
Our Jasmine Bloom is a blossom mixed tea from Hunan Province. The tea has been heavily perfumed and it delivers a medium green tea with a sweet strong jasmine perfume. This is a generous tea that will readily give multiple, aromatic infusions. As with other good green teas, the Jasmine Bloom should only be infused for a very short time for each infusion, and made with water which has been allowed to cool from boiling temperature. A superior Jasmine Tea to challenge the palate. Jasmine Bloom OFFER 1kg 2.2lb.

JASMINE BLOOM
Origin: Hunan Province, Jasmine Bloom is a fine blossom-mixed leaf with a medium green tea flavour and sweet jasmine flower perfume. This is a generous tea that will readily give multiple, aromatic infusions. As with other good green teas, the Jasmine Bloom should only be infused for a very short time for each infusion, and made with water which has been allowed to cool from boiling temperature.

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