XIXICHA Taiwan Tea Black Tea Loose Leaf Red Jade Grade AAA Ruby Sun Moon Lake Taiwan High Mountain Tea （80 cups）3.53oz/100g 台湾红茶 台湾茶 红茶 蜜香型

The tea soup is not insipid and its color is very pure. The entrance is a fresh honey aroma mixed with a hint of longan fragrance, without any astringency at all! The most feared aspects of black tea are astringency and failure to release the tea soup.This tea doesn't have these shortcomings. It's made very well. From the third infusion, a rich fruity aroma began to emerge. Before this, I often drank lapsang souchong tea. Compared with lapsang souchong tea, it has a milder taste and a more distinct floral and fruity aroma. It is of a higher grade than lapsang souchong tea. So, I might drink it from now on. That's really unbelievable. The most surprising aspect is its durability.Even after five infusions, the aroma remains elegant, and the leaf base spreads out into complete leaves, soft, tender and elastic.

The tea has a grassy oolong tea taste, not the fruity notes I am used to with some other black teas from Taiwan that I have tasted and expected. It is not bad but I have to be in the mood for it. Do not get this tea for the container nor should you use it for storage. It is crimped aluminum which allows for a hole where the side is crimped together and attached to the bottom. Also the top under the black lid is a pull top which has sharp edges.

Did not expect that this would be so delicious. This is amazing tea, I've bought several fancy teas from various tea houses online and this tea absolutely ranks up there with any other tea that I've brewed. We bought another can so that we don't run out. Truly fabulous tea, smooth easy drinking with little bitterness or astringency, the leaves brew strong and quickly and I've gotten 3 brews out of one set of leaves, which is all I'd ever want out of a tea.

The tin is of a pretty color and design, the tea within is packaged well and vacuum sealed. The tea itself is rich as you'd expect of black tea, and it's very satisfying of an experience to drink a smooth cup of tea with great depth.

If you're used to drinking English or American black teas, this is something wholly different. This tea has none of the standard "dirt-esque" taste that I associate with drinking plain black tea. It has a beautiful floral flavor and basically tastes like drinking a flower. I did not add any sweeteners or creams and my cup was absolutely delicious! This tea has opened my eyes to what black tea can actually taste like. It comes loose leaf in a nice canister with an exterior seal and a vacuum-sealed bag inside. I brewed mine in a French press with heated water for about 10 minutes before I poured my cup. It did not take much of the dehydrated tea at all, as it expanded once in water and fully flavored it with only 2-3 teaspoons added. This is a great alternative to coffee in the morning, as it also has a higher amount of caffeine to get you through your day. I would most certainly recommend this black tea to others.

I like the canister presentation, isn’t very good. I’ve been to Taiwan many times. Black tea and Taiwan is awesome. This stuff taste like grass in comparison. Faint taste, not very pleasant, without body. In fact, I wouldn’t buy any teas from this company. I bought three different kinds and all of them do not live up to the expectation.

I thought that I was something of a tea connoisseur, having read a couple of books on tea. Having spent some time working on the gong fu method of brewing, regularly timing my brew lengths and sometimes measuring the temperatures of my water. Maybe the fact that I think any of that is worth remarking on marks me as someone who -isn't- serious about tea. But I have always thought that I was sourcing top quality teas.I think I have always purchased Organic teas, and I usually buy bulk Numi tea. Preferring the Pu-erh tea, Gunpowder green, and Yunnan black. I thought I was drinking great tea. What did I know?This Taiwan black tea is unlike anything that I've had before. I usually end up adding a splash of cream to my teas (now the truth comes out), mainly to protect my stomach from the tannins that have a tendency to upset it. But with this tea it seems somehow like sacrilege to add anything to it. The tea has minimal astringency, and the flavor is robust while mellow. There are all sorts of flavors that wait for me to discover them. This is more like drinking a fine wine, it requires attention and savoring.I ordered this tea on a whim, and I find that I am being educated by it. I would highly recommend it to any other tea lover out there. Maybe someone with a more refined palate than mine can more accurately describe it's virtues.

When I imagine a wonderful cup of tea, this is basically it. The taste is pretty perfect, there is nothing negative to mention. It came vacuum sealed in a very compacted bag inside the cannister with a freshness pack included, and as soon as I cut it open I could smell the nice aroma, and it expanded a bit. I really had no idea that tea is fermented, that's interesting, and probably intensifies the flavor. There are pretty large pieces if tea, it's not all broken up like I have seen in plain old tea bags. It's very easy to filter so it works great in my infuser, there is no powder or residue escaping into my cup. The tin has in inner lid that provides a very tight seal, but maybe no air tight, close enough to keep it fresh and dry, and then the outer lid is a nice decoration. I like these little cannisters, and enjoy reusing them, but this one did acquire a few dents during shipment so that was a bummer. I've tasted it hot and iced, and it's wonderful both ways. I am a little biased because black tea is my favorite, but this is as good as any I've had and is on the more expensive side, but it can be expected for AAA grade. Thanks for the great tea!