The Tao of Tea, Handrolled Jasmine Pearls Green Tea, Loose Leaf, 3 Oun

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Not What Was ExpectedGot this in and couldn't wait to try it. Jasmine Green tea is all I drink for several years. I usually order direct from China and also drink the Yama Moto Yama Jasmine tea bags.I brewed some Toa Jasmine in my infuser, tasted it and was soooo disappointed! Hardly any Jasmine aroma or taste! I added more pearls and still had a very weak flavor. The Jasmine aroma from the opened can did not have the smell expected. It is a wonder why the pearls were not vacuumed sealed. Instead it is shipped in a metal can with an inner metal lid. I would think that since it is not air tight, some or most of the Jasmine Green tea flavor would be lost.Save your money on this as I cannot recommend. If you want to try Jasmine tea and don't want to go to the expense of pearls, try the Yama Moto Yama brand.2Clean lovelyI actually have been comparing different teas, from multiple non related companies. That being said the jasmine sent of these pearls is amazing! Even after brewing the sent was light and beautiful, the green tea when brewed as instructed is clean and crisp.I often will brew my loose leaf teas twice and the second brew was a great cup as well worth the money !5Delicious tea!Delicious! This is my first time with jasmine pearls and I love them. The packaging is superb with the second cover on the inside. After I finish the tea, I think I will keep the can for other loose teas. I usually use the same pearls for two cups of tea and it is just as strong the second time. The instructions say they can be used up to 3 times, but I haven't tried it a third time yet.5Best Jasmine TeaSo it's not the cheapest tea on the market, but quality-wise it's my favorite. And of all my teas (oolong, white tea, black tea, matcha, etc.) jasmine isn't one I drink the most often, but because of it's therapeutic effects I only want the best. It's very calming and conducive to meditation - if you enjoy that as well. Purchased this several times on Amazon and have never been disappointed.5What you don t know can make you sickFDA.gov. Heavy metals and stuff we don t think of, China teas, India teas, LIPTON, even Celestial. Highest contaminated teas are Peppermint and Spearmint. Google teas contaminatedTo top it off, people in China are handling this. America teas especially cheap teas also listed with heavy metal contamination.FDA.gov will let you look up the company and violations.In China filthy black water is used to water fields. I visited China, love the people, however their water treatment doesn t exist like ours. I am done drinking tea after reading the reports2No jasmine flowers, tea left bitter tasteI enjoy a variety of teas, but this green tea, called jasmine pearls, contained no jasmine flowers at the center of the pearl, and the green tea left a bitter taste on the tongue. I usually like jasmine green tea, and had only been trying the local grocery store variety for years. I was looking forward to a nice mild green tea flavor, but as the leaves unfurled the scent was not light and fresh, and upon tasting the tea, even adding honey, it was too sharp and bitter for my taste. For the second pot, I added a few teaspoons of jasmine flowers and a pinch of orange blossom honey in the cup. It was still too bitter and harsh.1Very smooth taste, wonderful scentWe added these to our order of other green teas just to see if there was a difference...oh, yeah! These are--by far--the smoothest and most fragrant jasmine tea capsules/leaves we've tasted. Compared side-by-side with other jasmine teas we've purchased, there is a NOTICEABLE difference. After using up all the other varieties of jasmine tea we've purchased, we will only purchase this brand.5The MOST amazing experience I never expected.The MOST amazing experience I never expected.Let me start by saying that I never get excited about flora smells and although I enjoy hot tea and coffee, I never expected to write this long of a review. If you don't want to read it all, then skip to the bottom for a summary.I've never been drawn to floral aromas and Jasmine didn't really draw me to this product at first. I was looking for a very traditional Chinese Green Tea for health benefits and reported anti cancer properties. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15251172 . I actually watched an episode of Modern Marvels titled Tea and learned that serious tea drinkers in China keep the leaf in the tea when they drink it which makes sense if you want all the good stuff in your tea. Green Tea has antioxidants to slow aging, caffeine to get you going, and Theanine to relax you, and help prevent the jitters.Taken from the website Finest Herbal Tea: http://finest-herbal-tea.com/2011/10/know-how-green-tea-relaxes-you/The key ingredient in green tea that leads to a state of physical and mental relaxation is the chemical known as L-theanine. Theanine is a derivative of the amino acid glutamate. It is found in higher concentration in green teas than in other tea.So I prepared my tea according to the instructions on the nicely made can. I removed the lid, and found a tightly fitting metal seal holding in the finest aroma I have found in any tea. The Jasmine is amazing and I was immediately taken back to memories of my childhood at Grandma and Grandpas house playing in the yard full of flowers. It was actually kinda shocking. I placed one teaspoon in a glass cup, grabbed some bottled water for the tea kettle, and heated to around 175F. I poured hot water in the cup and stirred. It was a little weak at first, so I added another teaspoon of the Green Tea Pearls. Now it was a little bitter, crap, well I'll re-steep the used pearls and add that brew back. It was pretty nice, very foral and mostly smooth. I swore I would not use any sweeter, but I did concede and add my Raw Honey.Once I added the Raw Honey, it was AMAZING! I could smell the Jasmine and when combined with the honey, it was like I was in the field of Jasmine and eating the honey the bees made from it. Not too sweet, nice smooth flavor, and floral Jasmine. I was immediately relaxed and happy.Summary:Overall, amazing, buy the honey to go with it and go a little heavy on the tea, use good water, and don't get it too hot. Boiling is too much, what I did was boil the water in the kettle and then add some more room temp bottled water. Some people could easily say that it isn't worth the effort to use good water, the right temp, and the right honey, but let me tell you from experience, it is.Honey Link: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000Z93FQC/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=15Not a strong Jasmine flavorThe Jasmine flavor is very mild compared to the Tealyra Imperial Jasmine Dragon Tea Pearls. However, the smell of this tea is much more pungent and sweeter. I love the smell. Again though, the smell does not make up for the mild flavor. I used 6 for a 1-cup mug of the Tao of Tea Jasmine Pearls and likewise for the Tealyra version and got much more "kick" from the Tealyra version.An aside: In Tao of Tea's defense though, I have let this tea sit over night and the tea did not get bitter! I have never had a tea not get bitter before. So I guess that means this is a very high quality tea. Not only that, but I was able to use the same tea leaves more than once without losing too much flavor.3My Chinese friends thought it weak ... but, I LOVE it!I bought this tea as a present for Chinese friends. The wife reported back to me that the tea and jasmine are very weak. I bought this as a special treat for them -- so that was disappointing for me to hear that report (I asked her to be honest).This is an additional comment on this tea. After posting my first review, I asked my friend if I could try the tea. So, she brought the package back (very nicely packaged), and I tried it. I absolutely love it. It's the best jasmine green tea I have ever drunk. I walked to my friend's office and told her that I loved it. She looked in my cup and said that I put too much in the cup. I said, "I guess you have to put in whatever works."So, these are two different opinions on the same tea. I personally love a mild tea that is not bitter. This is mild and so fragrant. I really do love it. But, my friends from China thought it weak. They do drink a lot more tea than I do, and they drink teas like black oolong and dragon way (which I have never had).Anyhow, you may have to gauge this tea by whether you like a strong tea or a mild one. This one is mild, but also very flavorful and fragrant. For me, it's the best I've ever had.5

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The Tao of Tea, Handrolled Jasmine Pearls Green Tea, Loose Leaf, 3 Ounce Tin

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