So Justin brought in one of these puppies to work the other day. Basically, it’s a Jasmine flower all dried up and magically made into a ball somehow. I don’t know how these things just happen, but I was happy with how it turned out. So we started out by filling up the french press (Bodum of course, its a TCM staple) with about 4 cups of hot water and just dropped the ball right in. Then we waited with bated breath.
Here we are anxiously awaiting the tea extravangza.
After about 1 minute or so, the flower already started blooming
The experiment was such a success, that i decided to try another flower the next day in my ingenuiTEA. Here’s the flower almost fully bloomed. Let me tell you, not only is the tea making process a site to see, but the tea itself is very subtle and smells amazing.
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Cool! I didn’t know about the club, very interesting. I will forward this to my fiancee in Tokyo. I’m sure she will be surprised !
Jeff (Justins future father-in-law)
Nice! I’ve never seen any men’s tea club in Japan. So smart!