Tea Name: Asian Jasmine White Tea (White Tea Collection)
Description: Rare White Tea Buds
Origin/Estate: Fujian Province, China
Caffeine: White tea has a low amount of caffeine
Tasting Notes: The Ming Dynasty was a prolific period for the honored jasmine blossom. Represented in paintings, porcelain, embroidery, poems and sonnets and most notably...tea. Jasmine blossoms are blended with the tea when the petals are closed. As the sun sets the flowers open, imparting an exoting aroma on the delicate White Tea buds.
Interesting Anecdotes: Once reserved for the cups of emperors and nobility, this magnificent high mountain China White Tea still remains one of the rarest of all teas. It is painstakingly hand plucked only two days of the year, right before the leaf opens and then minimally processed. So small is the harvest, so high is the demand, that it is one of the world's most expensive teas. modern research shows that White Tea retains the highest levels of powerful, health promoting polyphenols that can help build the immune system and reward sippers with a healthier life.
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