Scented tea is made by mixing fragrant flowers in the tea leaves in the course of processing. Complemented with flowers of subtle scents,scented tea yields a kind of refined flavor. The flowers commonly used for this purpose are jasmine and magnolia among others.

      Jasmine tea is a well-known favourite with the northerners of China and with a growing number of foreigners.Having savored the Chines jasmine tea, a foreign poet wrote a verse,saying:"I feel the flavor of spring, when I sip the tea of jasmine."