Our jasmine pearl scented tea, it is scented together with the jasmine to make the jamine green tea, For producing high quality jasmine tea, basically at least 5 batches of fresh jasmine flowers are needed, so that the teas can completely absord the jasmine aroma, and its infusability is longer than the low quality ones. Again, for high quality jasmine tea, you will find no jasmine pedals or just few in the teas.
Here goes jasmine tea making process
1. Jasmine buds preparation
Fresh jasmine flowers bud are picked in the morning by tea pickers; and set aside well to scent at night with tea
2. Putting the tea in middle of jasmine buds
This step is to making a starting layer of jasmine buds, green tea is putting on top of it at night.
Then surrounding with more jasmine buds until a certain height to cover the tea totally .
Each layer will rise to a temperature while jasmine bud is conbined with green tea which cause jasmine bud spread out & open.
3.Turn over to mix flowers with tea evenly in the whole night for 3-4 times
During this process, tea makers need to stay up to keep a close eye on jasmine tea, to mix flowers with tea evenly for couple times(based on tea makers’s experience by watching its tempature, tea bud open shape etc)
4.Scenting , the buds begin to open when heat goes up
It takes around 5-6 hours when temperature of the heaps rises up during jasmind bud open fully, and flowers to relase more and more fragrance to the tea
5. Turning again at mid-night
6. Wind-selecting to get rid of the dry jasmine flowers
If jasmine bud open completely ,which means the scent from jasmine should be spread out to the tea leaves entirely .
The piles are placed in a sorting machine to separates the jasmine flower from tea leave.
7. Baking to the finished products.
The tea leaves are then bakted to remove moistured water in preparation before packing or re-scenting .