we begin our story with a chance encounter in the kitchen cupboard;
'whats this?' is usually the way these things start out.

I found a tin on Peet's Tea 'Yin Hao Jasmine' loose leaf green tea,
originally sold by the 1/4 lbs. Upon opening the tin I was assailed
by the perfumey jasmine flowers that arose and more so when I steeped
it in my favorite glass; it was almost like some soft of aroma therapy
even before I took a sip.

Less was more in this case and I could scale back and the amount but
one day when company from out of town came over I found the tin
emptied and the supply.... gone. (at this point in the tale, with the
discovery of the empty tin in the recycle bin, I hung my head a bit).

I knew that it was a kind of trick, this Jasmine Tea, too strong a
perfume, too intoxicating, not esp balanced at all- but so much fun to
steep and enjoy. (When was the last time _you_ anthropomorphized some
tea leaves, huh?)

Some days later, while making a speed run through the local Safeway I
came across the Tea & Coffee isle. (You know this isn't going to end
well, already.) Knowing that time was short to catch the next train, I
snapped up a box of 'Twinnings of London Green, Pure & Natural Jasmin
Green Tea', in the bags.

Oh the disappointment, the contrast & compare, the buyers remorse.
Why, oh why... OK- enough w/ the melodrama, even I'm getting tired of
it at this point.

Bottom line, I can't even _tell_ that Twinnings even waved a branch of
the Jasmine bush anywhere _near_ this batch of Tea that is Green.
<harrumph>

Next paycycle I'm going Jasmine Tea hunting.


berk