Twinings Jasmine Butterfly in Love

Now for something a little different- Jasmine Butterfly in Love by Twinings.

In my personal experience, Twinings really do go the extra mile to look after their customers, with lots of competitions and the odd free sample. I was very lucky to win a tea tasters membership in February, which means that I get a fine tea delivered each month.

Jasmine Butterfly in Love is (according to the tasting notes) a tea from Southern China. It's a green tea, which means that the fresh leaves have been steamed in order to stop oxidation. The leaves are then made into a bow, and tied with a jasmine leaf. Don't they look lovely.

I have been using 4 butterflies in my teapot, each set can be re- infused  two or three times. They only need infusing for a minute or two to unfurl release the heady jasmine scent. As this is a green tea, it doesn't need any longer or else it begins to become bitter.  When poured, the scent of jasmine continues to shine through. The tea is a very pale, almost golden colour (the picture however comes out a bit greener).

The jasmine gives the tea floral notes, and means that it lacks the bitterness that you can find in green teas. It's fragrant, delicate, and refreshing. The tea tasting notes describes it as "sublime" and that isn't an overstatement.

This is the perfect tea for an elegant treat, and makes me feel oh so refined!