Oolong, Tie Guan Yin, Monkey Picked Oolong, caffeinated, a truly noteworthy tea, it is wonderfully clear and smooth, mellow in flavor, and has a light sweet feeling as an after-taste, Loose Tea - 8oz

I am not a tea connoisseur.for years I have drunk coffee and then black tea with milk and sugar, then green tea powder, then green tea plain, and now i am drinking this.I find it an incredibly experience.My life is expanded in terms of the richness of the experience.I don't feel pushed around by this tea, no big taste or caffine or sugar buzz.just me and the tea. But i feel good every time I have a cup, smooth and satiated, good mouthfeel without anything.I thought, 2 spoons tea per cup,but wow, the tiny green balls expand into long leaves, no extra debris after brewing, and wow, if you like reading tea leaves, well this is one for you. The pic is of the tea leaves after brewing three times one cup.No offtastes or smells, just its own, no problem getting more cups from brewed leaves, each succesive cup slightly different, all good. I have never spent this much for an ounce of tea,but after a few cups,my thinking has changed. This must be what tea is about. I have a new benchmark. I don't know about in the morning,but i am liking this in the afternoon and evening. Feels special each time I have it. O dear, I guess i wrote another review about my experience,me.Sorry! I liked this tea a lot and will buy again.It has shown me subtlety, and that the path is experiencing more with less, and paying attention to small things.

Super Tea. Expensive but totally worth it. This is one of the cleanest and nicest teas I ever had. I don't put the tea leaves in a filter bag, I let them steep open in the cup cause I want the leaves to unfold freely. Many teas will become cloudy when doing this. Not this fantastic Oolong.It comes packaged in a resealable unmarked bag (which is just fine, it is the content that counts), with a paper label that lists all the health benefits. We know that green tea is good for you, but I am skeptical about such specific claims and I don't find such information useful. The taste is clean, fresh and not bitter at all. Just perfect.I like my teas on the strong side, so I use 3g per cup (240mL) instead of the recommended 2g and steep at 80C (190F) for 4 to 5 minutes. Will get two perfect servings and a third somewhat weaker, but still nice tasting one, out of the 3g leaves.

Not being a tea expert, but really really wanting to find a really really good tea, this product is pretty good --- up there but perhaps not the best. Still, it has a wonderful aroma and the tiny leaves expand to an enormous size. What was a bit off-putting were the yellow leaf fragments found afterwards. Isn't this supposed to be really really fresh? That was a bit of a suprise. The taste is very good, but learning how to brew the perfect cup of tea is still a challenge. After 3 minutes it has a very light color and a second brew of the same leaves yields a more flavorful although possibly more bitter flavor. Still, it is an excellent tea and the price is very good.

This tea is very expensive, but its worth it if you want to experience a superb tea. Its quite aromatic, even after you have steeped it again. I use a japanese cast iron pot and heat clean filtered good water in a large glass container so as not to taint the tea in any way. I pour the close to boiling water over the nubs in the basket sitting inside the iron pot and cover it to let the nubs open up into leaves. When the color is a golden to faint brown, I pour it out into my cup and enjoy. If I open the top, the aroma is an amazing bouquet of jasmine flowers and potpourri that leaves you with a nice feeling. Its definitely worth getting at least the 3oz, which I first did. I then ordered the 8oz since the price per oz was much better.

I am so glad I found this tea. I was looking for something which can alter the monkey picked olong from teavana and this one is exactly same as teavana had. so much cheaper than why would I ever buy it from teavana. would defiantly repurchase. I love the aroma and I use 1 tsp and use it 4 times and I can still taste and smell the same.

This is as good as teavana's monkey picked Oolong which is insanely expensive now. I purchased from Teavana for several years until now. As long as the price stays the same I will continue my purchases. Excellent tea excellent quality excellent taste excellent aroma at a affordable price.

This tea is really good. It almost has a sweet/smooth flavor behind it, something that I haven't experienced when drinking other oolong teas. The buds are really pretty and very green. It required two teaspoons, 8 oz. of water, and two minutes of steep time, which worked great for me. Some, who like a stronger flavor, might want to steep it a little bit longer. Also, the labeling does say that it is organic, which is great. Overall, I think most would enjoy! I only gave it four stars, because I'm looking for something that is not on the sweet side.

I've been drinking iron budda tea for years and I recently tried this brand because it seemed like the best deal on Amazon. The instructions say to use 2 tsp (instead of the 1 tsp with all other brands I've tried over the years) and brew 5 minutes. Well, even using 2x as much there is barely enough flavor to taste anything but hot water. I tried it 4 times and even let it brew for 10 minutes and still, just not really any taste.