The Jasmine white tea shape is called needle spiral. The two non
Jasmine white tea shapes are Dragon Pearls and Phoenix Eyes. They
both have the same cat's eye shape but Phoenix Eyes is slightly
larger. All three come from the white tea Fuding area of Fujian. The
two white non Jasmine are the premium. The older thinner greener
white is scented with Jasmine. You'll see crossover naming like
Jasmine Dragon Pearls which identifies the scent and incorrectly names
the shape. Everybody sells the Jasmine Dragon Pearls. The White
Dragon Pearls and Phoenix Eyes are harder to find. Jasmine has
medicinal qualities which is the reason it is so popular. I prefer my
teas without it.

Jim

On Apr 12, 12:39 pm, "magicleaf" wrote:
I have tried several varieties of jasmine pearl tea, small pearls ,
large ones and ones have a lot of nice tippy white color others more
olive green, however I find that some have a very sweet smell and
others more neutral. I seem to like the tatste of the sweeter smelling
ones What is the ultimate pearl supposed to look and smell like. I s
bigger necessary better, or is the stronger smell an indication that
it has been exposed more times to the jasmine flowers,. oh and by the
I just arrived in china today will be visiting a few interesting
places while im here.