Ingredients: Green tea (Camellia sinensis), Jasmine petals (Jasminum sambac)

Taste: Smooth with delicate and pleasing flavour with some strength and body.

Health Benefits: High antioxidant, low caffeine

Grade: Artisan Handcrafted

Origin: China (Fujian Province)

Dragon Tears are a super-premium China green tea made from the top two leaves and the bud of new season growth (late March/early April.) This tea can only be harvested for a few weeks in spring, and only the youngest most delicate shoots are used. These delicate leaves are then hand rolled into the small pearls. When you infuse these pearls in your teacup, you will see the top two leaves and the bud come to life. You will even see some small “hairy down” on the leaves, which denotes superb quality and very careful and delicate handling.

The extraordinary flavour of these Dragon Pearls is due to the time of plucking and manufacture. Dragon Pearls are only made from tea harvested during the first three weeks of the new season. Only the most fragrant Jasmine blossoms are used (from bushes that are known to produce the most fragrant flowers). These fresh flowers are layered up to ten times between the tea to create the intense and uplifting Jasmine fragrance. Dragon Tears have a sweet and floral aroma akin to spring meadows or cool forests with an ethereal fragrance and flavour.