Tealyra - Imperial Jasmine Dragon Pearls - 8-Ounce - Green Tea Loose Leaf - Premium Jasmine Green Tea with Pleasant Aroma - 220 Gram

I've had a few varieties of jasmine pearls and I feel iffy about getting new ones. My usual favorite is from the Louisville Tea Company, but with covid being a PITA and minimum shipping, I decided to try this variety. I'm pleased to say it's very fragrant, though more of a softer floral jasmine. The leaves are a bit smaller than some of the pearls I've had, and I did discover more broken leaves after brewing, if either of those matter to you. The most important thing to me was that it didn't smell perfumey or false, and did smell like actual jasmine flowers.A good jasmine pearl should stand up to a fair amount of resteeping. Happy to say that although the jasmine effect does fade, it's still slightly discernible from the second steeping, and afterwards absent. The packaging itself does have a resealable zipper seal, and since I'm not too finicky, I've found that squeezing the air out and keeping the pearls in that package has been just fine for me.I'm torn on whether I prefer this tea to my old favorite, because they're both slightly different fragrance qualities of jasmine, though neither is bad. The Louisville Tea Company one is definitely a bit more of a harder floral, still not perfumey. I would estimate that someone who is not typically big on floral scents might prefer the Tealyra one, or for people who are hoping to just try out having jasmine pearl, whereas someone who's tried jasmine pearls and knows they really like jasmine might opt to spring for the other variety.Some protips and instructions for folks who are maybe just getting into this: First, make sure you have a strainer or some setup ready. These leaves do tend to have some broken portions, so you can either decide those are a snack (why not?), or you can use a strainer, but you won't want to let the whole leaves hang out in your cup. If you have a teapot with a strainer, or with holes poked into where the spout is, that's fairly sufficient.Heat water until it's decently steaming but not close to boiling. If you feel the need to take it to boiling, let it sit for 4-6 minutes to let it cool off first. The important thing about steeping a nice pearl is that you should want to resteep it, and you're trying to infuse the water with the leaves, not cook them until they've made the water bitter.For a first steeping, I like to use slightly-more-than-gently steaming water and give it about 3 minutes. When in doubt, for a single, average coffee cup, use 6-8 pearls until you get to know your tastes better. For subsequent steepings, heat the water up a little more and add about a minute to the steep time. You can easily steep three times; I tend to make a big pot with ~3 cups just for myself, so I haven't done a fourth steeping yet. I'm sure it's delicious, but it's also impractical to spend my day going back and forth from the bathroom.Once you're finished with your leaves, you should do something cool with them, if you're inclined. You can compost them or directly add the leaves to your garden, mix in with mulch, or add some to your potted plants. If you add to pots or just want them to break down better/faster, cut them up a bit more; or better yet, if you can do so without them getting moldy or funky, you can also dry the leaves out and crunch them up for this use, which is probably the best approach, if more work-intensive. You can also squeeze the leaves out and use the liquid as some toner, or if you want, you can make one final steep and have a nice foot soak.Finally, here's a weird, unnecessary, but interesting use for leftover tea and whatever you can squeeze out of the leaves: this stuff breaks up grease really well. If you happen to have tea or leaf-juice whatever left over, and you have yourself some greasy dishes, run some hot water in them to basic degrease, and then pour yourself some leftovers in there. Waste not, want not? Eh.

I tried the bags of green tea and could hardly stand the taste. If you do normally like green tea, give this delicious Jasmine pearl green tea a try. If tastes very mild and delicious.You won't be sorry. Its a little pricey but worth it

The media could not be loaded. I like those Jasmine green tea pearls. It does have a delicate smell and taste is just right: not super strong and not faint either. I like that pearls actually open up to full leaves. You have to brew it for 5 or so minutes to get the full taste; hopefully the attached video is descriptive enough .

This product arrived on schedule and was packaged as expected. I tried it because of the way Mariel Hemingway described her morning ritual with jasmine pearls on an interview with Oprah. She made it seem so appealing - and it was. Had never heard of the pearls and never tasted jasmine tea before so I treated myself. It was a bit pricey but I felt worth the price after I had done some reading on jasmine tea pearls, and read that the pearls are formed by hand. I used a glass teapot with a strainer that fits down into the pot, should have just put the pearls in the glass pot to watch the pearls unfurl. It was very pretty to watch when I made a second pot and it unfurled into larger sized leaves, so it isnt like you'll get tea grit in the cup once the tea is steeped if you choose this method. I could then see why Mariel described making jasmine tea as a ritual. The tea is light in color once steeped. I had originally thought I didn't use enough of the pearls, but one teaspoon of those tiny pearls really grow into a pretty decent size pile of tea leaves to my amazement. I would have given this a 5 as a rating (and dont be deterred by this because it's a personal thing not the product) but the pearls were highly perfumed and as I tried to drink it, the smell made me nauseous. I used a few drops of agave syrup to give it a tiny hint of sweet. Tasted nice but, again, the smell was too much for me. I'll use it again when I have a cold and can't smell it :) or save it for guests.

Great taste. I wish it came in decaf so I could drink it all night too

Pearl jasmine tea has got to be one of my all-time favorite teas. So, it was hard to pick out one on Amazon as there are a multitude of tea carriers. I used to drink Ten Ren's version, but they don't sell here for this particular type of tea, only in stores.What I EnjoyI enjoy the subtleness of the Pearl Jasmine tea, along with the low caffeine content, as it's green tea. Yet, it's far from understated. Hints of jasmine envelop your senses and remind you of the delight in your cup. I recently purchased a tin of black tea with rose petals. This particular tea is just too strong and smoky for my tastes. So, now I find myself going back to the subtleness of Pearl Jasmine green tea.With these Pearl Jasmine loose tea leaves, I brew 6 or 7 times. I do this because drinking water by itself is rather boring. Over time, of course the tea loses its flavor. Having some hints of the tea bitterness and jasmine by the 6th or 7th brewing means you'll drink more water to stay hydrated throughout the day. As it's winter time, drinking hot tea is one of my favorite things to do to stay warm.Health Benefits of Green TeaThere are other benefits of green tea, too numerous to name in this review. I'd suggest doing some research to discover what they are. The ones that stick out in my mind are: 1. a compound in green tea kills cancerous cells. 2. Green tea also helps you to focus. As I meditate daily, I find the green tea helps me to focus in a crazy world that's rapidly going off kilter, what with all the wars and civil unrest. I stay away from the News and the toxicity of manipulative reporters. They use words and tone of voice to scare you and keep you glued to their garbage, one-sided reporting. Meditation helps me to find calmness when everyone around you is frenetic.

The scent, the flavor—its one spectacular tea!

The product only has green tea leaves no jasmine and it tastes low quality. The bag was even ripped.

I haven't bought Jasmine pearls for many years but thought I would go back to basics and try again.This imperial grade has a lovely Jasmine scent and taste and is nice and mellow to taste.I highly recommend trying this grade.I wasn't happy that 5 days later the price went up by £3, because I was thinking of buying another pouch.

This tastes just like it used to taste when I bought it in China. No off flavours and none of the bitterness you get with the cheaper types. The only thing I would say is that the brewing instructions could be better, it says steep a spoonful for 2-3 mins, but in fact, 3 pearls is enough for a cup, and it can be steeped at least three times, in fact the first brew really only starts to rehydrate the leaves, the second brew is the best. Or as the Chinese do, just put some in the cup (or cafetiere) and leave it there, and keep refilling throughout the day. And the water should not be higher than 80 degrees, so add some cold water to the pearls first.

Lovely jasmine tea. Great flavour. The balls expand into quite large leaves and you can really smell the jasmine. We've found that it is quite economical as (depending on teapot size) we can get 3 or even 4 brewings out of two spoons of the tea. Bought many times now and very happy.

With green tea, freshness is sooo important... and this does not disappoint.

Before the pandemic I would travel to China 6 times per year for my job and my favourite tea was always Mòlìhuā chá or Jasmine Tea in English. I have tried buying many different jasmine teas in the UK but the Tealyra Jasmine Tea is by far the best. It is extremely smooth with a good level of jasmine fragrance.