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"Dragon Pearls" are an obsessive compulsive's fantasy. The tea factory takes the messy, complex, mish-mash of broken and whole leaves and wraps them into nice easily measured little orbs. After a bit of experimentation you can almost perfectly calibrate the number of pearls per pot you enjoy best. After years (maybe an hour tops) of research and experimentation I've arrived at the number 20 pearls per pot.

The aroma of the dry leaves is overwhelmingly Jasmine with just hints of that tinny smell that most teas contain. Neither of these smells is anything short of pleasant, and neither one is lost in the smell of the brewed tea. After brewing the leaves pick up little hints of spice and the "tinny" smell balances well into the Jasmine the perfume the cup. This isn't the sort of tea you gulp, guzzle, or slurp, this is the sort of tea you hold in your hands and sniff until its just the perfect temperature to sip slowly.

This isn't a complex tea in flavor or aroma, but I wouldn't consider this a flaw. Marking down a Jasmine scented/flavored tea for being Jasmine scented/flavored is a bit like faulting butterflies for having wings. Its a solid jasmine tea, and its very floral on the tongue, to the point where the actual light green/white tea its made from takes a secondary place on the palate. If you like a good floral tea (actually one of the few flavorings I truly enjoy) then this would be an excellent purchase, if not then you'd probably not take to it as I have.

— To purchase Teavivre Jasmine Dragon Pearls Green Tea, or for more specific information on ingredients or the story behind this particular tea, click here to go directly to the manufacturer's web site.

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