Comments on: Foodjoy – Jasmine http://www.gongfugirl.com/2006/09/foodjoy-jasmine/ Discovering the way of tea, one cup at a time. Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:18:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Leenerella http://www.gongfugirl.com/2006/09/foodjoy-jasmine/comment-page-1/#comment-24 Leenerella Mon, 02 Oct 2006 22:59:53 +0000 http://www.gongfugirl.com/?p=59#comment-24 Thanks for the comment - all good information to take into consideration. It's hard to tell when most of the information is written in another language. :) The leaves weren't whole, but they were definitely green, and cut a lot larger than the usual supermarket teas, but you're probably correct about the jasmine being sprayed on at the end. I'll be looking for a higher quality jasmine now that I'm venturing out to some specialty stores. I'm venturing into a whole new world... Thanks for the comment – all good information to take into consideration. It’s hard to tell when most of the information is written in another language. :)

The leaves weren’t whole, but they were definitely green, and cut a lot larger than the usual supermarket teas, but you’re probably correct about the jasmine being sprayed on at the end. I’ll be looking for a higher quality jasmine now that I’m venturing out to some specialty stores. I’m venturing into a whole new world…

]]> By: Phyll http://www.gongfugirl.com/2006/09/foodjoy-jasmine/comment-page-1/#comment-23 Phyll Mon, 02 Oct 2006 22:30:39 +0000 http://www.gongfugirl.com/?p=59#comment-23 Hi Gongfu girl, hope you are feeling better. If I remember correctly, the tea in this tin is actually jasmine scented black tea, which is of not so good quality. The romanticized Wikipedia description is accurate when it comes to high quality white spring buds that are rolled with jasmine petals during processing. 7-times rolled jasmine tea is going to cost you very pretty money. The cheaper versions of supermarket jasmine teas such as this yellow-canned FooJoy are most likely low quality black tea that have been spritzed with concentrated jasmine scent spray. Hi Gongfu girl, hope you are feeling better.

If I remember correctly, the tea in this tin is actually jasmine scented black tea, which is of not so good quality. The romanticized Wikipedia description is accurate when it comes to high quality white spring buds that are rolled with jasmine petals during processing. 7-times rolled jasmine tea is going to cost you very pretty money.

The cheaper versions of supermarket jasmine teas such as this yellow-canned FooJoy are most likely low quality black tea that have been spritzed with concentrated jasmine scent spray.

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