Jasmine Silver Needle

Oh, I can definitely see what all of the fuss is about with this one. The taste is distinct yet subtle; it seems so much more real that a lot of other jasmine teas. I wish I had more than a sample, I can see myself reaching for this often!

This was steeped according to the time on the package. For whatever reason, the description on Steepster recommends a much longer time, so I’ll definitely try that next.

After reading all the lovely reviews, I had to test out this tea. While I find the scent of the Jasmine absolutely intoxicating, the taste is still slightly too strong for my liking. To try to balance out the flavor, I added a small pinch of spearmint, which turns out to be a lovely addition to the tea. While maintaining the lovely fragrance, the taste comes out well balanced.

This tea is amazing. I made a whole tetsubin full while I study neurology today. Very calming indeed!

It barely has any color to it, but its smell and taste is utterly apparent. It’s like sipping an ancient forest in the dead of winter. I recommend steeping a tad longer than suggested with a little extra heat if you want to intensify the forest flavor even more.

I love this tea because it’s forgiving and pure and clean. I don’t add anything to it, not even my standard stevia leaves, it’s perfect on it’s own. Not something I run to when I’m at home but, when I’m at work, this is the one I go for, especially near the end of the day or after a particularly difficult client/ coworker. It just seems to make everything ‘right’ even if only for the time it takes to steep and be sipped. This is definitely a tea for sharing, when you need your friend to chill down to the same level of calmness as you. Peace =)

This may be one of the best teas I have ever had!! I am going to order it for sure as a gift for Christmas for my friends! Wow!

I forgot to drink this the other day for the Adagio’s CommuniTEA. I wasn’t really feeling a jasmine tea that day, I guess. I haven’t allowed myself to get too far behind on this monthly club. It’s probably the only club I drink day-to-day, as prompted.

Flavors: A little jasmine note throughout. A touch of bitterness since I used boiling water and allowed the leaves to sit in the cup during the time I’ve been drinking it. I really like my jasmine teas strong and wild, anyway.

Strong jasmine perfume- pristine jasmine. Body is very delicate, like very light ooolong. Very nice.

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Thank you Roswell Strange for sharing! I paired this with a strawberry cheesecake cupcake which ended up being a nice pairing.

The cupcake was dense and rich and sweet and delicious. This tea, on the other hand, was light and floral. I was hesitant because I don’t usually like jasmine but I do like silver needles. Ultimately this is pretty good though.

Quite a nice white. Fragrance is very jasmine forward (crazy huh?) with some grass as well. Taste is quite the same with the jasmine still forward but also complemented nicely with some grass, straw and floral notes. Very nice indeed, probably one of my favorites from adagio so far. Would recommend.