Steeping | Lavender-Jasmine Green Tea

Here’s a recipe for a new tea.
Not too strong, not too weak.
[If you are sensitive to caffeine, I wouldn’t drink this tea after 3 PM]
I used [for 16 ounces pot of tea]:
+ Cloud mist green tea (Yun Wu) 1tsp
+ Jasmine 1/4 tsp
+ Lavender 1/4 tsp
+ Pu’er 1/4 tsp [to balance taste]
+ Some bay leaves
+ Green peppercorns or whatever you have––optional
º Mix all
º Empty mixed tea into infuser and into pot
º Add water and bring to [just about to] boil [on medium heat]
º Serve and slowly enjoy. . .
I am unable to describe the taste of this tea
So let me offer you a poem
by Kobayashi Issa:
My old home:
The face of the snail
Is the face of Buddha
Translated by R. H. Blyth
[Haiku. Ed. Peter Washington. Everyman’s Library, 2003. 20]
^_^

—

Jane A. Odartey

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