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Jasmine dragon pearl

Green tea buds hand-rolled into small pearls and then scented with fresh jasmine over several rounds. The rolling happens before scenting, so each pearl unfurls in the cup and releases the aroma gradually rather than all at once.

Green teaDelicate intensityAccessible to appreciateForgiving to brew茉莉龍珠
Brew at 80–90 °CUse 1.5–2.5 g per 100 mlFirst steep 150sWestern brewing (teapot or mug)Full schedule and equipment →

Character

Intensely jasmine without becoming soapy, which is the difference between real scenting and added flavouring.

Flavour
Floral, Sweet
Aroma
Jasmine like, Honeyed
Mouthfeel
Light, Silky
Complexity
Moderate
Notes
jasmine, honey, fresh grass
Aftertaste
Strongly floral, sweet and clean.

Delicate intensity: light in the mouth with little grip. forgiving of a long steep.

Provenance and production

Origin
China
Oxidation
Unoxidised
Harvest
Spring
Processing
Kill-green (fixation) → Rolling and shaping → Drying → Scenting

History

Hand-rolled scented pearls are a twentieth-century refinement of a much older scenting tradition, developed as a premium presentation for export markets that valued visible craft.

Brewing

No caffeine estimate is authored for this tea. TeaHQ does not infer one from its category, because category predicts caffeine poorly — matcha and gyokuro carry more than many black teas.

If you like this

Grouped by why they were suggested, strongest reason first. Nothing here is a blended score — a suggestion appears under the best reason that exists for it, and never under a weaker one as well.

Editorially linked

Someone wrote down why these two belong together. The note below is theirs.

  • Bi Tan Piao Xue

    Fujian scenting with the flowers removed, then the Sichuan style that leaves them in. The general rule about visible flowers has this one real exception.

  • Jasmine green tea

    Both jasmine-scented green teas, differing in whether the leaf is rolled into pearls before scenting. The pearls unfurl gradually and release the aroma over a longer time.

Similar sensory profile

Shares controlled flavour, aroma and mouthfeel descriptors. A looser match — two teas can share descriptors and still taste nothing alike.

  • Jasmine Silver Needle

    Shares 6 descriptors with Jasmine dragon pearl: floral, sweet, light, silky, jasmine like and honeyed.

  • Bai Hao Yin Zhen (Silver Needle)

    Shares 5 descriptors with Jasmine dragon pearl: sweet, floral, light, silky and honeyed.

  • Darjeeling white tea

    Shares 5 descriptors with Jasmine dragon pearl: floral, sweet, light, silky and honeyed.

  • Fuding Silver Needle

    Shares 5 descriptors with Jasmine dragon pearl: sweet, floral, light, silky and honeyed.

  • Jiu Qu Hong Mei

    Shares 5 descriptors with Jasmine dragon pearl: floral, sweet, light, silky and honeyed.

  • Anxi Huang Jin Gui

    Shares 4 descriptors with Jasmine dragon pearl: floral, sweet, silky and honeyed.

Compare this tea with another

Written comparisons

Where TeaHQ has set this tea against another in full, rather than deriving the comparison.

  • Scented vs flavoured tea — Two ways to make tea taste of something else, one of which takes a week and one of which takes a spray nozzle. The difference is visible in the packet if you know what to look for.
  • The difference between scented and flavoured tea — Both make tea taste of something else. One takes a week of layering with fresh flowers, the other takes a spray nozzle, and the packet often tells you which.

Journeys featuring this tea

  • Exploring scented tea — Someone who likes jasmine tea and suspects there is more to it than one product.

Guides covering this tea