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Black Jasmine Song is Adagio's highest-scoring black tea — and one of the highest-scoring teas in the entire catalog at 98. The score reflects something specific: this is not a jasmine-flavored black tea. It is a traditionally scented black tea, produced using the same multi-cycle jasmine scenting method that defines premium jasmine tea in China — where fresh night-blooming jasmine flowers are layered with the tea leaves overnight, allowing the living flowers to release their fragrance naturally into the leaf as they open, then removed before the process begins again.

The tea itself is grown high on Song Luo Mountain in Anhui province — a tea-famous growing region in eastern China with a centuries-old reputation for producing exceptional teas. The beautiful dark leaves are hand-rolled and oxidized to perfection before the scenting process begins. The mahogany-hued cup is medium-bodied with layered notes of red fruits and hints of spice, gently complemented by soft, subtle jasmine — the jasmine present as a dimension of the cup rather than as the primary flavor. A smooth finish that makes the glass taste longer than it is.