It was during china39s ming dynasty 1368 1644 that tea artisans first experimented with buds and blossoms imbuing the leaves with essential oils roses were among the very first flowers they tried and osmanthus orchids and jasmine also proved popularwe39ve recreated the taste of a classic meigui gongfu39 rose tea by using a chinese black tea for the base imbued with subtle floral flavours and scattered with rose petals the tea might be authentically chinese but those wonderfully