Peach Jasmine Dragon Pearl Green Tea

This Peach Jasmine Dragon Pearl green tea is made with the same methods as the regular jasmine pearls, where it is rolled into small, pearl-shape balls, and dried. However, while drying, these pearls are mixed with natural peach extractives, giving it its special fruity flavor. The scenting of the tea leaves with jasmine flowers lasts as long as five hours, and the step is repeated for up to seven times in a row; though the crafting process is complicated, the brewing of this tea is a pleasant experience.

Brewing will coax the sweet peachy aroma out of the tea leaves as well as infuse it into the liquid, becoming thinner after several steeps and giving way to the more floral taste of the jasmine.

	Cup Method		Chinese Gongfu Method
	Teacup: 12 oz / 355 ml		Gaiwan: 3.8oz / 110ml
	185℉ / 85℃		185℉ / 85℃
	2 Teaspoons / 3g Tea		5g Tea
	Brewing time: 3 - 5 mins		7 steeps: rinse, 40s, 40s, 40s, 40s, 50s, 60s, 80s
			Rinse time is around 5 seconds

The Wenyang Tea Garden is located in Guanlin Town, Fuding City, at an elevation between 500 and 800 meters. The weather here is warm and humid with abundant rainfall, and the tea plantation is always surrounded by fog, creating the perfect environment for the tea bushes to accumulate a rich array of microminerals and organic nutrients in the leaves. The tea plants growing here are mostly of the Fuding Dabaihao variety.

Wenyang Tea Garden in Fuding

This green tea is produced in Fuding, a famous tea production area located in the northeast of Fujian Province. This area experiences a subtropical monsoon climate, characteristic of coastal areas, with about 1840 total hours of sunshine through the year, and an annual average temperature of 18.5°C and rainfall of 1661.6mm.

The jasmine used to scent this tea is produced in Guangxi Province, and has earned nationwide recognition with the most outstanding production area being Hengxian, known as “the city of Chinese jasmine” for its large planting area and ability to produce jasmine of both high yield and high quality.

This peach jasmine dragon pearls green tea is made from the leaves of the Fuding Dabaihao plant, which also provides the material for TeaVivre’s Silver Needle white tea. The Silver Needle tea follows the picking standard of one leaf to one bud, while these jasmine dragon pearls use two or more leaves to one bud.

Fuding Dabaihao propagates asexually and takes the form of a small tree, up to 2.8m high with a thick trunk. In 1985 it was certified as a national tea plant variety, and the with the spring-picked leaves containing 1.8% amino acids and 28.2% tea polyphenols, it is an excellent base to make high-quality white and green teas.