"Kodomo" teableau for 08/09/23

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Time to set down and relax with a nice cup of Jasmine Green Tea.

#JasmineGreenTea #JasmineTea #GreenTea #Teavana #LooseleafTea

Starting #Fic #Writing for the day with a pot of #JasmineTea and it's just coming up to 9 am! Late start, ahaha

I love #JasmineTea but I wish I hadn't selected Jasmine for my last fancy white #tea purchase. I can only taste the Jasmine, and none of the white tea taste.

Jasmine tea steeping in its tiny pot. Ollie the cat napping on a folded blanket at the end of my desk. WIP open and waiting for new words. And me? I’m ready to write.

What are you working on today?

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Hey hey it's Day eleven of 14 teas 🍵 !! Sad that it's almost over.

Today's tea is Jasmine Green Tea, pearl edition! Two days ago on day nine we did Jasmine Ooolong so there's not a ton of extra history or cool information.

Brewing is very similar to the other pearled teas. Since this was a green tea I let the water cool down to 190 before I did a 5 second rinse and a 4 minute steep. I meant to do 3 but I got distracted. The color is a wonderful gold, and because I steeped it at a lower temperature I was able to drink it much sooner than a black tea :-)

Flavor wise the jasmine is present but not overpowering. It's mostly in the smell of the tea. When you drink it you get the familiar grassy notes of green tea. Also a bit earthy with some balanced bitterness but as it cools the jasmine starts to come out and change the profile. This is a nice tea, but after having had this and the other jasmine tea I can say that it's not my favorite. It would be a really pleasant tea for polite company or maybe if you had a social engagement with people you're unfamiliar with.

3.5/5 #teatime #greentea #jasminetea

Hey hey it's Day nine of 14 teas 🍵

Today's tea is Jasmine Oolong!

The vendor oriarm lists on their site that this tea "is made from Taiwan high mountain oolong tea processed through 6 scenting crafts with fresh jasmine flowers scenting with jasmine flowers retained."

Which sounds very promising. Of course I had to check out wikipedia and it had a nice story about Jasmine Tea aka 茉莉花茶. From there we get to learn that "The jasmine plant is believed to have been introduced into China from eastern South Asia via India during the Han Dynasty (206 BC to 220 AD), and was being used to scent tea around the fifth century. However, jasmine tea did not become widespread until the Qing Dynasty (1644 to 1912 AD), when tea started to be exported in large quantities to the West."

This one was pearled, which I think is one of the coolest ways to press tea. In today's photo you can see the pearls, and then part of one post steeping. It's a whole little branch with multiple intact leaves! 🍃 so exciting!

Brew was about 5 min after boiling and steeped for 3.5 minutes. Result was a light yellow tea with a wonderful jasmine flavor and subtle sweetness. It feels like this would be a great special occasion tea!

4/5 #teatime #oolongtea #jasminetea