The Tao of Tea, Topaz Puer Pu-er Tea, Loose Leaf, 3.5 Ounce Tin

It has a slight sea smell which is indicative of pu erh tea that needs ageing a little more. In any case, it is only slight and doesn’t affect taste. I’ve shopped around and it’s hard to get quality pu erh tea in England to be honest. I would recommend this and if you find something better let me know.

I often drink Oolong tea but this is a step up in favour and colour. Well packaged for freshness. A cup of tea can last all day topped up with hot water and still taste as good. Highly recommend it

I have been drinking the numi emperors puerh. Amd loved it , but when I tried this. It’s sooo much smoother and silkier and milder. This is what High quality priority should taste like according to a Chinese article of tea connoisseurship. This tea taste like fresh pure sweet spring water with no bitterness and rich sophisticated mushroomy flavor. Also this is a lot of tea for this price, and the box is much bigger than I expected. Some other comments talked about the fishy smell, yes. Some types of puerh tea have fishy smell but it doesn’t mean that it’s expired it’s just growing in the coastal region in China. Also the fishy smell will not be in the tea. You can only smell it from the dry leaves.

This is my FAVORITE loose-leaf tea! As a former coffee drinker, this tea has a little more caffeine than most, but not too much for those trying to cut down. The flavor is kinda earthy yet smooth, but is complemented really well when raw/unfiltered local honey & a wedge of Meyer's lemon is added. Another bonus is how many cups you can brew from one "set." For perspective, I use a 2-cup tea cup. I use 1 teaspoon leaves to 8 oz (or 2 teaspoons for 16 oz), & brew it for about 4 minutes. The leaves can be reused 3 or 4 times (or for up to 4-8 cups!). In fact, I'm getting ready to buy another canister! It helps me get going in the morning without the caffeine crash that coffee used to do! And, if I'm not using processed sugars, that's another toxin I've removed from my daily routine!

This tea smells like "pile flavor" which will smell "fishy" or like a "barnyard" to people. I grew up near farms and it smells like fish sauce mixed with horse manure to me. But it's still a good tea! Don't chuck it in the bin! Brew it by "washing" the leaves for 30 seconds before your first infusion, and your brew will smell less like "pile flavor". With a year or so of aging the flavor will go away, I'm told. Older Puerh teas are much more expensive, this one is a decent value for money despite being somewhat expensive, I'm sure that there are better prices from Chinese vendors somewhere, but this one is EBT eligible. And you get literally 10 infusions out of each teaspoon of leaf.