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Tea Forté Jasmine green tea is recognized as one of the finest examples in the world. To be given this definitive recognition our jasmine tea is naturally scented using only fresh blooming jasmine blossoms for a soft jasmine aroma and taste that never overpowers the quality of the leaf.
Scenting green tea with Jasmine flowers is a centuries old practice requiring an astonishing amount of skill, time and craftsmanship. For only a few months in the summer, Chinese tea growers are able to create this delicate and complex tea.
The jasmine flower buds are hand-plucked in the early afternoon, when the sun is out and the dew has evaporated. The pickers carefully select only those buds set to bloom that same evening. Rapidly harvesting thousands of tiny buds that are perfectly poised to bloom is a feat of remarkable dexterity and concentration. The exquisite jasmine flowers are then stored in a dry place until evening when they are placed into basket trays and layered over tea leaves. The blossoms open in the cool night air, releasing their intoxicating flavor, scenting the tea. This is usually done in a closed room and it takes four hours for the tea to absorb the fragrance and distinctive flavor of the fragile jasmine blossoms.
The quality of jasmine tea is determined by the quality of green tea used as its base and the effectiveness of the scenting. Higher-grade teas require that the scenting process be repeated as many as seven times.
Tea Forté uses the highest quality organic green tea that is married as many as seven times with a new batch of fresh flowers each time. Scenting 200 pounds of tea can take 600 pounds of flower blossoms.
Tasting Notes:- Flavor: soft yet intoxicating floral notes from jasmine well balanced with fresh Fujian green tea (green tea without bitter after taste)
- Aroma: intensely floral
- Color: golden yellow green
- Strength: light - medium body
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essential greens single steeps® single steeps®
Includes three pre-portioned loose leaf tea pouches of each of the following blends: Green Mango Peach, Sencha, Moroccan Mint, Jasmine Green, and Lemon Sorbetti
green tea assortment petite presentation box
two pyramid infusers each: Green Mango Peach, Jasmine Green, Lemon Sorbetti, Oasis, Sencha. This collection contains all Kosher teas.
green tea assortment presentation box
four pyramid infusers each: Green Mango Peach, Jasmine Green, Lemon Sorbetti, Oasis, Sencha. This collection contains all Kosher teas.
single steeps tea chest single steeps® tea chest
28 pre-portioned pouches, one of each blend: African Solstice, Apricot Ameretto, Blood Orange, Bluberry Merlot, Bombay Chai, Caramel Nougat, Chamomile Citron, Cherry Marzipan, Coconut Chocolate Truffle, Coconut Mango Colada, Cucumber Mint, Earl Grey, English Breakfast, Ginger Lemongrass, Green Mango Peach, Honey Yuzu, Jasmine Green, Lychee Coconut, Mojito Marmalde, Peach Brûlée, Peach Rhubard Preserve, Sencha, Swiss Apple, Tangerine Rosemary, Tupelo Honey Fig, White Ginger Pear, White Cinnamon Sage, Wild Apple Ginger
tea chest tea tasting assortment tea chest
40 pyramid infusers, two infusers each of: African Solstice, Black Currant, Blueberry Merlot, Bombay Chai, Chamomile Citron, Citrus Mint, Earl Grey, English Breakfast, Estate Darjeeling, Formosa Oolong, Ginger Lemongrass, Green Mango Peach, Hazelnut Truffle, Jasmine Green, Lemon Sorbetti, Orchid Vanilla, Raspberry Nectar, Sencha, White Ambrosia, White Ginger Pear
tea tasting assortment large gift tin
three pyramid infusers each: Black Currant, Earl Grey, Jasmine Green, White Ginger Pear, Chamomile Citron
tea tasting assortment medium gift tin
one pyramid infuser each: Black Currant, Earl Grey, Jasmine Green, White Ginger Pear, Chamomile Citron, Raspberry Nectar
tea tasting assortment petite presentation box
one pyramid infuser each: Earl Grey, Black Currant, Green Mango Peach, Jasmine Green, White Ambrosia, White Ginger Pear, African Solstice, Chamomile Citron, Ginger Lemongrass, Raspberry Nectar
tea tasting assortment presentation box
two pyramid infusers each: Black Currant, Earl Grey, Green Mango Peach, Jasmine Green, White Ambrosia, White Ginger Pear, African Solstice, Chamomile Citron, Ginger Lemongrass, Raspberry Nectar
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Customer Reviews (19) Write a review
Awesome taste
Love the soothing taste of this tea! You won't regret this purchase😍
When I first had the Jasmine Green Tea, I loved it. This was three years ago. I went on a cruise and they had it in our suite. They also gave me enough until my husband (James) ordered more when we got home. He also surprised me with the Solstice Gift Set.
Taste bad. Very bad quality.
I first got to known Tea Forte,when I dined at Season 52. It was the jasmine tea in the pyramid. I was amazed. The I googled on line and found this website. I order the loose leave version. This is total different from the pyramids. I am tea drinker for years. I can tell the difference between good tea and bad tea. This loose leaf so called organic jasmine tea is very bad in quarlity. Taste moldy.
Solid
This is your solid mixture of jasmine blossoms and green tea that will brew a constant cup of satisfying tea,
Jasmine Green Tea
Has the best flavor and aroma I have ever tasted or smelled. This is excellent for morning or evening.
Current Favorite
I happened to walk into a store called "Tea Thyme" and was introduced to this lovely tea after about ten minutes of browsing, I couldn't be happier! This tea is wonderful. It isn't too strong, nor is it bland. Great for early morning's or right before bed.
uber-soporific
introduced to this wonderful jasmine green tea at Everyday Noodles in Pittsburgh last week. went back for more yesterday! soothes the winter blues
So Fragrant!
I love this. It is an experience in itself. Had something like this in London at High Tea.
Sooo Good!
This tea is so delicous and tastes exactly like jasmine! Its so relaxing and nice.
Aromatic Floral Tea
This is a simple, mild jasmine tea. Very aromatic, with a slightly bitter finish. Nothing extraordinary, but quite satisfying.
Love!
I brew this tea and drink it iced, unsweetened (normally I prefer sweet iced tea). It is wonderful and floral, yet not too flowery. Refreshing!
A ver floral aroma
I'm newer to tea drinking and I thought this would be a good tea to try out. The green tea flavor isn't quite as strong as I like it to be and I felt that the Jasmine took over. Overall a nice tea but I wouldn't mark it as a favorite of mine.
I was amazed at the delicate taste of this tea
I had no idea when I ordered tea that they would bring me this wonderful treat. I added a little honey and enjoyed every sip. It made me feel refreshed and I had to take one to go so I could find out how to order it later. What a treat:) I am anxious to try to the other brands of green tea.
If this was a perfume, I would wear it!
Someone said this of a tea in the past, and I must say the same thing with this tea. It really formed a great "aroma"-therapy moment when I drank this tea the first time last April at a Specialty Cafe in my cruise ship. Love, love, love.
Although I brewed this tea
Although I brewed this tea at a cooler temperature and for the correct length of time, I found its flavor to be astringent and lacking in the floral notes that I associate with Jasmine tea. The "grassy overtones" description is appropriate.
A Tea that is an experience
I stumbled on this tee by surprise and was absoultely delighted with it. I agree with one ladys review when she said it is my spescial treat... in the afternoon. A gift one gives to oneself in quite joy... Nabila Abu-Hantash
My special treat
The aroma and taste of this tea is wonderful! I'm a mother of 3 preschoolers, and this tea is my special afternoon treat; a getaway! I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
Incredible
I had this tea at the Four Seasons Hotel in Seattle, Washington and after drinking it every morning I was there. I ordered a box set! Just amazing aroma and taste. I highly recommend this this tea.
Delectable!
This green tea is so aromatic and it tastes as great as it smells. If this tea’s scent was a perfume, I would wear it!
