I was curious what a peach-scented jasmine-scented tea might smell and taste like, though I admit that I was not entirely optimistic. Sometimes I find that doubling up on flavors leads to a less appealing result. In the case of the Teavivre Peach Jasmine Dragon Pearls, my worries were for naught, as the end result was perfect potable and even rather pleasant.
The dried pearls are quite strongly scented, which also had me worried a bit. The scent is peach, peach, peach, with not much jasmine breaking through the fruity aura. I was surprised that the pearls were of various sizes, as the straight-up jasmine pearls from Teavivre were of uniform size. I weighed out about 3 grams, since I could not really estimate the weight by sight alone. I infused them in about 10 ounces of water at 76C for about 3 minutes.
The liquor was pale peachy, and the flavor was more peach than jasmine, but I could taste some of the jasmine in the brew. The peach still dominated but not nearly as much as it did in the dried form.
All in all, I like this tea, but I do believe that I prefer the straight jasmine pearls and will be restocking with those not these. That’s probably just a reflection of the fact that I happen to prefer jasmine to peach. I am sure that peach amateurs will love this tea, and it’s definitely good for a change of pace.
The second infusion was nearly as flavorful as the first, so this is a good example where it’s definitely worth reinfusing the leaves. They were so tightly rolled that they did not finish fully unfurling until the second round. The resultant liquor was more green than orange, and I could taste the green tea more than I did before.
(Blazing New Rating #56)
Flavors: Peach
