How are jasmine and basmati rice related, how are they different? While I really like to eat rice,
I did not spend much attention on the kind of rice I was eating - up to now.

Actually, I'd probably confuse basmati and jasmine rice...



Obviously, I'm now curious about every aspect of them,  

both the academic, the biology and history, 

and the emotional - can the taste be compared? Which cultures prefer which one?
Welcome Volker! Please see the pic below and the information found on  menurice.com . Way too much to copy - 9 pages - but there is a ton of great information about rice.