Is it safe to make teas from Jasmine flowers or leaves or is it poisonous?

Answer by  bl834 (1317)

I'm fairly sure commercial Jasmine tea is made from Jasmine flowers that are combined with "regular" green tea leaves, but in a special process.

Answer by  daisyrae (143)

Depends on whether you are using true jasmine or false jasmine. True Jasmine, also known as common jasmine is non-toxic and can be used to make tea. False jasmine, also known as Carolina jasmine, is considered poisonous. Careful because their fragrance is quite similar and they can be mistaken for one another.

Answer by  champaign9497 (11977)

It isn't as far as I know the best thing for you to do is talk to either an herbalist or your local greenhouse either one of them should know. Or you can do a web search on it and it will even give you recipes if there are any.

Answer by  BrendaG (6111)

In China the flowers and leaves of the jasmine plant are combined for several hours to produce the oolong base. This process can be repeated for up to seven times for the highest quality. Not only used for teas, jasmine is also used in oils, perfumes, incense, and as a syrup.

Answer by  Vivi55 (287)

Plants in the genus Jasminum are used to make teas, while plants from the genus Gelsemium are highly toxic. Unfortuntely both go by the common name jasmine, so be sure you know which plant you have before making tea from it. If you don't have the plant tag, take a sample to your local nursery to have it identified.

Answer by  cody (1331)

yes, you can make tea out of jasmine flowers it is not poisonous. there are a lot of other plants you can't make anything out of. i would make the tea out of the flowers if i was you. a lot of times the leaves might have something not good for you on them