Decaf Jasmine Green Tea
Decaf · CO₂ extracted
$19.00 USD
Decaf Evening Gift Set
Tasting · Honey | Orchid | Jasmine
Decaf Evening Gift Set
Tasting · Honey | Orchid | Jasmine
Two of our decaf teas and the canister to keep them in. Decaf Oolong is a Mi Lan Xiang Dan Cong that tastes of honey and orchid; Decaf Jasmine Green is a Longjing scented by hand with fresh jasmine. The canister is matte stoneware, engraved with de- on the base. A gift for someone who likes a cup after dinner.
One box of each, thirty sachets in all, and a place on the counter to keep them.
The oolong comes from the Phoenix Mountains near Chaozhou, where Mi Lan Xiang is called the perfume tea: the honey and orchid come from the leaf itself, with nothing added. The jasmine starts as pan-fired Longjing, layered with fresh jasmine blossom until the leaf holds the scent, then the flowers are sifted out.
The canister is a straight-sided jar in a warm grey, with a matte glaze, a lid topped by a turned beech ball, and a small de- laser-engraved on the base. It holds about 20 sachets, more than a full box, and keeps the light out, which is most of what tea asks for.
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The oolong grows in the Phoenix Mountains (鳳凰山) near Chaozhou, Guangdong, where old semi-wild tea trees root into weathered granite on misty slopes. Chaozhou tea makers call the layered floral, fruity and mineral character Shan Yun (山韻), mountain rhyme.
The jasmine begins as Longjing from the hills around West Lake in Hangzhou (杭州), where the tea originated.
The canister is made in Dehua, Fujian, a town that has fired porcelain and stoneware for export since the Song dynasty. Each one is fired at 1280°C in small runs; the glaze means no two are exactly the same shade of grey.
Both teas are decaffeinated with supercritical CO₂: pure carbon dioxide, no chemical solvents. It takes the caffeine down to about 3 to 5 mg a cup and leaves the aroma and body in the leaf.
In the set: 1 box Decaf Oolong (15 sachets × 2 g) · 1 box Decaf Jasmine Green (15 sachets × 2 g) · 1 de- stoneware canister.
To brew: 8 oz of water, 195°F for the oolong, 185°F for the jasmine, six minutes.
Sachets: corn-fiber PLA, plant-based and compostable. Boxes: FSC-certified Swedish paperboard. Canister: glazed stoneware with a beech lid.
