Loose Leaf Jasmine Pearl Tea Yin Hao Long Zhu from Seven Cups

This is our most popular jasmine tea. It has a strong flavor and aroma. The fact that the aroma lasts over many infusions is also a way of proving that this tea is infused with real jasmine flowers, not artificially scented.

TEA ORIGIN

Fujian Province, China

TEA BUSH

Da Bai Cha (Big White Tea Bush)

TEA MASTER

Zhou Zong Zhen

HARVEST TIME

before April 5th

PICKING STANDARD

1 bud with sprig

Silver Dragon Jasmine Pearls is our high-end jasmine tea in pearl shape. This tea is picked from the white tea bush, but is not a “white tea”. It instead processed as a green tea. This is true for all jasmine teas.
This tea has no stem, so the pearls are rolled tighter making them smaller than our Jasmine Pearls. For Silver Dragon Jasmine Pearls, one bud with a sprig is picked in early spring, then hand rolled into a pearl shape and dried as a green tea. This means that instead of sun drying the tea, like white tea, they pan fire the pearls. This prevents oxidation and preserves the green color of the leaves. Silver Dragon Jasmine Pearls are made from spring buds so the buds are fat and the pearls are white due to only the bud showing.

The pearls are then mixed in with freshly picked jasmine flowers ( about 60% of tea and 40% jasmine) and left to absorb the flavor and aroma of the jasmine. The tea is then separated from the jasmine flowers and allowed to dry. For Silver Dragon Jasmine Pearls Scented Tea this process is repeated a total of five times with fresh batches of jasmine each time.

This is a beautiful jasmine tea to watch as the pearls slowly uncurl in the water. It has a delicate jasmine taste and aroma that comes out over many infusions. The fact that the jasmine aroma lasts over so many infusions is a way of proving that our Silver Dragon Jasmine Pearls are infused with real jasmine flowers, not artificially scented.

No chemical fertilizer, pesticide, or herbicide was used in the production of this tea.