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    "title": "Fuzhou jasmine tea: where jasmine tea comes from",
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    "excerpt": "Fuzhou is the historic home of jasmine tea. How the leaves are scented with fresh blossom, why loose petals are not a quality sign, and how to brew it.",
    "content_text": "Fuzhou, the capital of Fujian province on China's south-east coast, is the historic home of jasmine tea. Tea grows on the hills, jasmine grows on the warm flat land by the river, and the two have been brought together there for centuries. In 2014 the FAO recognised Fuzhou's jasmine and tea culture system as a Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System. FAO: Fuzhou jasmine tea\r\nHow the tea is actually scented\r\nJasmine does not grow on tea bushes, and good jasmine tea is not made by mixing dried flowers into dried leaves. It is made by scenting, which is closer to a perfumer's job than a blender's:\r\n\r\nGreen tea is made in spring and stored, dried and ready.\r\nJasmine blossoms are picked in high summer, in the afternoon, as tight buds.\r\nIn the evening, as the buds begin to open and release their perfume, the flowers are layered with the tea.\r\nThe tea absorbs the aroma overnight. In the morning the spent flowers are sieved out and the tea is dried again.\r\nThe whole process is repeated with fresh flowers \u2014 three times for an everyday tea, up to nine for the finest.\r\n\r\nEach round costs another batch of flowers and another drying, which is why scenting rounds are the main thing separating a cheap jasmine tea from an expensive one. Fujian provincial account of the craft\r\nWhy loose petals are not a quality sign\r\nIn traditionally scented tea the flowers are removed \u2014 their job is done once the aroma has transferred. A few petals are sometimes left in, or added back, for appearance.\r\nSo visible flowers tell you very little. A tea with no petals at all can be beautifully scented, and a tea full of dried blossom can be a cheap base with flavouring sprayed on. Read the ingredients: \"green tea, jasmine flowers\" is scented tea; \"green tea, jasmine flavouring\" is flavoured tea. Our jasmine tea explained page goes into the grades.\r\nWhat to look for when buying\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOn the label\r\nWhat it means\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nFuzhou, Fujian\r\nThe classic origin for scenting\r\n\r\n\r\nNumber of scentings\r\nMore rounds, deeper and rounder aroma\r\n\r\n\r\nBase tea named (e.g. mao feng, silver needle)\r\nYou know what you are drinking under the flowers\r\n\r\n\r\nHarvest year\r\nJasmine tea fades; fresher is better\r\n\r\n\r\n\"Jasmine flavouring\" in the ingredients\r\nFlavoured, not scented\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nHow to brew it\r\nUse water at about 80\u00b0C, not boiling \u2014 jasmine tea is green tea underneath, and boiling water scorches it and turns the perfume harsh. Allow 2 to 3 minutes for a mug, less for a small pot with more leaf, and take the leaves out when the time is up.\r\nFor an everyday cup, Twinings Jasmine Green Tea is a bagged jasmine-scented green tea. Full method in how to brew jasmine tea; for the rolled style, see jasmine pearls.\r\nCommon questions\r\nIs all jasmine tea from Fuzhou?\r\nNo. It is also made in Guangxi and elsewhere in China, and jasmine-flavoured teas are produced worldwide. Fuzhou is the traditional home of the craft.\r\nIs jasmine tea always green tea?\r\nUsually, but not always. Jasmine-scented black, white and oolong teas exist.\r\nDoes jasmine tea contain caffeine?\r\nYes \u2014 the base is real tea. Only a flower-only infusion would be caffeine-free.\r\nWhy does my jasmine tea taste soapy?\r\nUsually too much leaf, water that was too hot, or a heavily flavoured product. See why jasmine tea tastes soapy.",
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