How this jasmine tea is made
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Picking
Jasmine buds are hand-picked in the afternoon.
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Blooming
The buds are left to unfurl in a controlled environment.
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Sorting
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Scenting
In the evening, flowers are blended with tea leaves and left to sit.
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Mixing
While scenting, tea and flowers are turned over to avoid overheating.
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Sieving
At dawn flowers are sifted out from the tea leaves using sieves.
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Drying
The scented tea is dried and its jasmine aroma stabilized.
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Repeating the process
The whole scenting process is repeated up to 8 times.
Our design work is inspired by the artwork “Along the River During the Qingming Festival” by the Zhang Zeduan in the Song Dynasty. Instead of displaying the daily lives of people in the capital of China (as the original artwork), we display the tea making process of farmers through the same bird’s eye perspective.
When examining our packaging design in detail, tea enthusiasts will observe the tea making process, featuring tea farmers picking, drying, rolling, and frying tea leaves. The tea is then tasted in a pavilion and transported by horses along the ‘ancient tea road’.
Together, the traditional Chinese landscape and tea making theme, symbolise heritage, tradition, and respect for hard work of tea farmers.