Scented with jasmine flowers to create a fresh, aromatic, uplifting cup. 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. box contains 25 tea bags. each tea bag comes individually wrapped:. (per 25 bag) 6.45
