A mellow china pouchong tea naturally scented with jasmine flowers. also available in tea bags. jasmine is a native of the persian gulf area, and was brought to china sometime before the third century a.d. jasmine-scented teas have been made for at least 800 years, with the finest produced in the province of fujian. "pouchong" tea is used as the base, a style of green tea that has slight oxidation, and the resulting cup of jasmine fancy has an amber hue. the scenting is a natural process, involving mixing the leaves with fresh jasmine flowers so that the tea absorbs the scent. contrary to popular belief, the better grades of jasmine tea have the least amount of petals remaining in the finished tea. the dry petals lose their scent to the tea, and removing the spent petals results in a more concentrated flavor. each 4 oz tin of loose leaf tea makes about 40 cups.. (per 4oz) 6.45
