Iced Vanilla Jasmine Tea

If you have been looking for a new type of tea to try as iced tea for your summertime drinking, look no further than one of the quality varieties of Vanilla Jasmine that are available. Vanilla Jasmine has become a drinker's delight in recent years. Not only is this tea wonderfully fragrant and absolutely delicious when iced, but also available in your favorite tea. You can find Vanilla Jasmine in green, black, white, or oolong varieties. This assortment of varieties could be why Jasmine tea is the most popular flavored brew in the world.
By itself, Jasmine tea is quite mild, and very slightly sweet, perfect for serving over ice. When vanilla is added as a flavoring, it makes the drink that much more flavorful, and the coldness of the brew seems to bring out some of the flavor. Vanilla Jasmine is a very natural tea as well. So many of the ready to serve iced teas that you see in stores are flavored, but when you take the time to read the labels - something that very few people think to do, by the way - you see that many of these flavors are not natural in the least!
Vanilla Jasmine is made by carefully hand-picking Jasmine blossoms just at the right moment, which is when they are just starting to bloom. These blooms are then added to tea leaves. But first, the leaves must be properly prepared. Green leaves are dried and steamed, as are the white leaves. Oolong leaves are partially fermented, and then dried. Black leaves are fully ermented. Then, and only then, are the leaves of each variety mixed with the Jasmine blossoms and vanilla beans, plus vanilla extract.
You have four different types of Vanilla Jasmine to choose from, and each one of the different types will have a different taste. You should try each of them before settling on the one that will be your favorite. When it is made from green leaves, it will taste more natural than the other three varieties. The taste will be a bit on the grassy side, a little bit sweet, and very vanilla. The drink will have a lovely jasmine scent that is not at all muted when the tea is served as iced tea.
When you first try Vanilla Jasmine that is made out of white leaves, you might be a bit surprised at the color of the drink. It is very light, almost like slightly colored water, but the taste is nothing like water! You will taste the vanilla and a tiny bit of jasmine flower, and the tea will of course have that distinctive fragrance of jasmine. Oolong Vanilla Jasmine is quite lovely with a subtle taste of flowery jasmine and the rich sweetness of vanilla, plus the scent of the jasmine blossoms.

And, when Vanilla Jasmine tea is made from black tea leaves, it can be a little hard to predict exactly what the tea will taste like. There are quite a few different types of black tea, plus it has a stronger flavor than the other three types of tea. Because of this, the jasmine scent and flavor along with the vanilla will be a bit less noticeable. Black tea seems to make the best Vanilla Jasmine iced tea of all.