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bebidade flor blanca · de indol · de hoja verde · de madreselva · de heno

Té de jazmín

on its own
0.0sour
1.0sweet
0.0savoury
3.0bitter
1.0umami
order · canon first

1 of these 15 are wild — theory says yes, nobody has cooked them. why →

15 pairings for Té de jazmín.

Lichi

common

Both run on linalool. The tea reads as though the fruit was steeped in it.

Durazno

common

Ionones in the fruit meet the floral top note and the tannin disappears.

Azúcar

common

Scenting adds aroma, not sweetness. Sugar is what makes the flower legible.

Same flower name, different molecule, but the grain smells floral enough to agree.

Mango

common

Heavy lactone fruit against a light scented leaf. The tea stops it cloying.

Longan

uncommon

Floral on floral, but the tea is dry and the fruit is not. That gap is the pairing.

Pera

uncommon

Poach it in the brew. The flower goes into the flesh and the grit softens.

Cocoa butter holds volatile florals longer than any other fat will.

Coco

uncommon

Fat carries indole. Too much and it tips from perfume to something worse.

Pepino

uncommon

Cold brew and cut cucumber share a green aldehyde under the flower.

Steam it over the brew and floral terpenes settle on the flesh.

Steamed over the leaf, the shell sweetness picks up scent without any fat.

Vieira

rare

Floral over amino-acid sweetness. The flower is the only seasoning it needs.

Pato

rare

Smoke it over spent leaves; the flower cuts fat where salt only adds to it.

Indole and goat funk are both faintly animal. They meet under the flower.