From Turning Red · 2022 · Pairing

Jasmine Tea

Name: Jasmine Tea
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons jasmine green tea (or 2 tea bags); 3 cups water, heated to about 175°F (not boiling)

Before you start

Steep it before anyone sits down and keep a kettle warm — this is a refill-as-you-go drink, not a single-scene pour.

Cook-along start: before the movie

What to drink

The Lees' household runs on the quiet ritual of Chinese tea, so the natural thing to pour alongside the congee, dumplings, and sesame balls is a pot of fragrant jasmine — the everyday, restorative drink of a family that shows love by feeding you. Keep the pot topped up; that's the whole etiquette.

Ingredients

2 teaspoons jasmine green tea (or 2 tea bags)
3 cups water, heated to about 175°F (not boiling)

Method

Heat the water to just below boiling — too hot and jasmine green turns bitter.
Steep the leaves 2 to 3 minutes and pour.
Refill the pot for as long as the conversation lasts; the first cup is never the last.