Jasmine tea

Jasmine tea is made from jasmine flowers and is the most popular among scented tea.
The most well-known jasmine flower tea is produced in Fujian Province.
In making jasmine tea，first pick a lot of jasmine flower buds and put them in a clean place; then at midnight when the flowers have the strongest fragrance, add green tea to them for absorption;next,get rid of the withered jasmine flowers and get the tea leaves baked ; then put the baked tea leaves into newly picked jasmin flowers again. This is repeated several times before the tea leaves are ready to be used.
Tea leaves are harvested in the early spring and stored until the late summer when fresh jasmine flowers are in bloom. Jasmine flowers are picked early in the day when the small petals are tightly closed. The flowers are kept cool until nightfall. During the night jasmine flowers open, and release their fragrance, and this is when the tea scenting takes place. There are two main methods used to scent the tea with the jasmine. In one method the tea and flowers are placed in alternating layers; in the other, the tea is blended with jasmine flowers and stored overnight. It takes over four hours for the tea to absorb the fragrance and flavour of the jasmine blossoms. The scenting process may be repeated as many as six or seven times for top grades such as Yin Hao. The tea absorbs moisture from the fresh Jasmine flowers so it must be dried again to prevent spoilage.