Drifting Snowflakes Jasmine Green Spring 2025

When we were first specialty tea converts, we initially harboured a disdain for Jasmine Tea - because it was infused, and often in an attempt to sell off poor-quality green tea leaves. Then, we came across this tea! Loosely translated to Drifting Snowflakes Jasmine Green, the original Chinese name Bi Tan Piao Xue 碧潭飘雪 more accurately refers to 'Snowflakes Drifting into the Emerald Pond', a description for the floating Jasmine Flowers in the green brew of the tea.  Made from top-grade green tea harvested in Spring, made and kept till Summer, when the best Jasmine flowers blossom. This traditional tea processing method originates from Emei Mountain in Sichuan Province.  The very fine picking of tips called 雪牙, literally translated as Snow Buds, is evident in this lot, filled with white furry buds. The Bi Tan Piao Xue process involves infusing the fragrance into the leaves by layering flowers on leaves, discarding and adding a new layer multiple times. As a final touch, whole Jasmine flowers are added in as a garnish. This lot of Jasmine flowers specifically from Guangxi Province, Nan Ning District Heng County is especially fragrant, floral with a hint of banana note!  The resultant brew is smooth and rich, yet refreshing!

We recommend brewing at a lower temperature of 75-80 degrees celcius, so as to bring out less bitterness in from the delicate green tea, and to preserve the delicate sweet floral flavours from the equally delicate Jasmine flowers. 

​Grammage: 50g

Origins: green tea leaves from Sichuan, jasmine flowers from Guangxi

Harvest: green tea leaves from early spring 2025, jasmine flowers from late spring-early summer 2025