Well, first it is pretty fun to watch the “butterflies” unravel in the hot water. This tea is a delicate jasmine tea for sure. I can’t really taste the base at all and the jasmine is very subtle. Of the jasmine teas I have on hand, I much prefer Verdant’s White Yunnan Jasmine. Of course, I prefer white to green tea in any case and I like how both the jasmine is stronger and the base shines through with that one.
As an aside, here is a fun fact about Lepidoptera (the order to which butterflies and moths belong): When caterpillars enter the cocoon or chrysalis, their entire body is broken down into a kind of caterpillar soup which then reforms into the body of the moth or butterfly. However, the butterfly or moth retains memories that it made as a caterpillar (older than three weeks). How incredible is that?
Flavors: Jasmine
