Pearl of the Orient

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Green Tea
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Flavors
Rose, Sweet
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195 °F / 90 °C 4 min, 0 sec 7 oz / 200 ml

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From Gryphon Tea Company

Jasmine tea scented with rose oil to produce an exquisite sensual aroma of floral bouquet

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The bag almost looks empty, with a few small jasmine pearls. However during steeping, the pearls unravel nicely within the “silk” bag.
The color is a light yellow, though stronger yellow than TenFu’s Jasmine Pearls.
The jasmine tea is very sweet and without any bitterness (at least with 3 to 3 mn 30 steeping time). However I found the jasmine tea overshadowed, both at smelling and at tasting by the rose flavor.
The tea really smells like an oversized rose bouquet or a rose pot-pourri made with fresh petals. Very nice, but to my opinion too strong. When drinking, I did not really manage to identify the delicate jasmine taste hidden under the rose.
It’s supposed to be perfect for pairing with fish and white meat. I could personally never drink this tea with a meal, excluding dessert time.
It’s not subtle or delicate and designed to please rose-flavor addicts.
If I could compare it with a woman portrait, this tea would be a middle-age socialite with platinum perfect hair, perfect clothes but trying to hide her wrinkles by too much foundation and wearing too much perfume.

Preparation
200 °F / 93 °C 3 min, 30 sec
LaFleurBleue

I had my second sample of Pearl of the Orient today. Still too strong on the rose flavor for my taste, though I appreciate that the rose smells and tastes like a real rose directly picked in a garden and not like artificial rosewater scent.
The taste is rather long lasting and the bag can be resteeped quite a few times. I forgot it during a later steeping today for almost half an hour… I was really wary when tasting it after, that it would be bitter, as most Jasmine teas turn out to be when left more than a few minutes. To my surprise, it was not bitter at all.

LaFleurBleue

Though expensive, I believe it’s rather good value for money, as I steeped in total around 1.5 liter tea with each tea-bag (filled with 2.5g). And I felt I could still go on if I had felt like drinking more rose jasmine.
A must try for the rose flavor addicts

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21 tasting notes

Gorgeous, one of the few rose teas I can recommend. Soft, aromatic and nicely balanced.

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95
2 tasting notes

Refreshing and fragrant with a tinge of sweetness. The tea was a lovely pale yellow in colour. Perfect for rainy, slumpy afternoons, and after a heavy meal. I didn’t pair the tea with anything and just had it straight while working, which was perfectly fine by me.
There’s a slight astringency for subsequent steeps, though that is to be expected.
Wouldn’t recommend for mornings unless you like waking up to the scent of roses, which is quite strong in this cup.

Flavors: Rose

Preparation
195 °F / 90 °C 4 min, 0 sec 7 OZ / 200 ML

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95
11 tasting notes

My favourite afternoon tea. It strikes a nice balance between rose and jasmine, with a slight astringency. I steep the bag up to three times.

I follow the instructions labelled, and take the median of the timings recommended.

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90
8 tasting notes

Extremely flowery, quite smooth and sweet, good when drink it cold as well as hot one. I always love the color of gryphon’s teas, they are always so clear and beautiful.

Flavors: Rose, Sweet

Preparation
185 °F / 85 °C 3 min, 30 sec

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86
9 tasting notes

More of a rose tea than a jasmine tea. I love the fragrance!

Preparation
200 °F / 93 °C 4 min, 0 sec

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100
2 tasting notes

Lovely tea to take in the afternoon. No sugar pls :) Pair it with a piece of coffee cake.

It has a subtle rose and jasmine fragrance that makes the tea delicate and mellow. Golden yellow in colour. Perfect for ladies ;)

Remove tea bag after steeping 3-4 mins as the tea turns slightly acidic if left steeping.

Preparation
Boiling 3 min, 0 sec

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86
3 tasting notes

This is quite the perfect tea. It keeps me awake though, so I try not to drink it too late in the day unless I need to stay up.

Preparation
6 min, 30 sec

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90
2 tasting notes

One of my favourite teas that led me to the world of exquisite Chinese teas. Accessible because of its lightness, and I love its gorgeous jasmine aroma.

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