{"product_id":"jasmine-pearls","title":"Jasmine Pearls","description":"\u003ch3\u003eThe hand-rolled tea that unfurls in the cup.\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach pearl is a single bud and one or two tender leaves, hand-rolled into a tight ball while still fresh. The pearls are then layered with jasmine flowers for seven consecutive nights. The flowers open at dusk, releasing their scent. The tea absorbs the fragrance. At dawn, the spent flowers are removed and replaced with fresh ones. The process repeats until the tea carries the jasmine deep into the leaf. The rolling protects the essential oils from evaporating. The result is a green tea that tastes as vivid six months after harvest as it did on day one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy the scenting matters.\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost jasmine teas use flowers once, maybe twice. The leaves pick up a surface note and that is the end of it. This tea uses seven nights of scenting because jasmine is a night-blooming flower. The flowers do not release their full aroma until after sunset. Layering the tea with fresh flowers every night, for a full week, drives the scent into the cellular structure of the leaf. The fragrance reads as pure jasmine, not perfume. The sweetness holds through multiple steeps.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe visual ritual.\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUse glass. A glass teapot or a clear cup. Drop 10 to 15 pearls into 175°F water and watch them unfurl. The tightly rolled balls soften, the leaves separate, and within two minutes the entire bud-and-leaf structure blooms open. The liquor turns pale gold. The jasmine scent fills the room. You are missing half the experience if you brew this in ceramic.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yerba Buena Tea Co.","offers":[{"title":"Tea Tin","offer_id":47256376410434,"sku":"SQ3214297","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Tea Refill","offer_id":47256376443202,"sku":"SQ3214298","price":33.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0806\/0862\/4962\/files\/jasmine-pearls-loose-leaf-tea-ybtco.webp?v=1779851322","url":"https:\/\/ybtco.mom\/products\/jasmine-pearls","provider":"Yerba Buena Tea Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}