Today in our tea time we dedicate our afternoon to a variety of jasmine tea from the Chinese province of Fujian: Xiang Hao, whose name literally means “smells good”. In Fresh Chinese Tea we have several types of jasmine tea, being Xiang Hao the most economical.
The scent is floral, and rather we should be talking about fragrance. Very nice one, it spreads around the room once leaving the can open. The leaves are medium-small, with whole jasmine flowers.
To prepare this jasmine green tea, we will be more scrupulous with the temperature and the time of infusion, due to the fat that is easier to get bitter because of the jasmine petals. So we put three grams of tea to infuse for a couple of minutes with the water to 70ºC.
Jasmine tea is a classic in Asian restaurants, and is arguably the most famous flavored tea in the world. In fact, it is used to refresh the mouth during the meal, since in the oriental food many types of dishes are mixed. Although it is a more southern custom of China.
As the leaves open, we see the contrast between jasmine (whole flowers) and broken tea leaves. The leaves are normal in an economic tea, not the whole of the flowers, a fact that is appreciated.
The color is yellowish with bright touches, and the infusion is practically clean, except for a very minimal cloudy sensation. The aroma once infused remains very aromatic. The taste is very well balanced, where the jasmine aftertaste undoubtedly prevails, with that petal texture giving just a slight bitter spot.
Afterwards, a green tea that complies, where the one who commands is the jasmine. Very good choice from the producers of this Xiang Hao putting together a good jasmine to help a green tea simpler, which together is not bad.
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