Jasmine Tea

Name: Jasmine Tea
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: Jasmine green tea, loose leaf; Water just off the boil (175°F — green tea scalds); A small pot and smaller cups

Serve when

Pour it with the dumplings — the Valley of Peace's table drink, steam curling like Master Oogway's aphorisms.

What to drink

A noodle-shop table in the Valley of Peace pours tea, and jasmine is the everyday cup of a Chinese eatery — fragrant, gentle, endlessly refilled. A suggested pairing: brew it in a pot, drink it through the soup and the dumpling duel, and pour for others before yourself (Shifu is watching).

What to drink

Light, floral, palate-cleansing — jasmine keeps pace with soy and chili and never argues with the soup. Inner peace, brewable.

Ingredients

Jasmine green tea, loose leaf
Water just off the boil (175°F — green tea scalds)
A small pot and smaller cups

Method

Warm the pot; add a teaspoon of leaves per two cups.
Pour 175°F water and steep 2 minutes only.
Refill the pot twice more; the second steep is the best one.
There is no secret ingredient in this either.