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This tea is smooth with little or no trace of fermentation flavor. It has a natural sweetness. I found the cocoa notes early on and even could detect, but just barely, the spice notes listed. They turned up in the fourth steeping, or at least that’s when i noticed them. I steeped this five times in a 220ml gaiwan with boiling water and just over 6g of leaf. I steeped it for 15 sec, 10 sec, 15 sec, 30 sec, and 1 min. I did not find a hint of bitterness throughout any of the steepings. This is good puerh. I may go back for a sixth steeping but I have already had too much caffeine today.

This tea is 70 % savory and 30 % sweet. It does not compare to the absolute finest of teas but it is enjoyable to drink when you are looking to avoid caffeine and you have had too much caffeine already. This is one I don’t regret buying but probably would want to try something different next time.

This is an enjoyable afternoon tea. It is quite sweet with guava and strawberries added. It is mild with little bitterness or astringency. I will try it iced another time. The sour taste of the guava does a good job of offsetting the sweet taste of the strawberry. I steeped this with 2.5 tsp of leaf for 3 min in boiling water. I would have used 190 degree water but I forgot it was a mix of black and green tea. It looks like just black tea. It has very dark sweet smelling leaves.

This was a good tea, somewhat savory somewhat sweet. I didn’t notice the nuances specifically I was too busy concentrating on other things but it was good, worth buying once. I don’t think I would buy it again.

This is an excellent tea from Streeetshop88. Its not quite as good as the Mandala Noble Mark, but its good. I steeped this five times over three hours as I was adding many puerh teas to my cupboard. I have now nearly finished, just my non puerhs to go.

I steeped this in a 250 ml yixing for 15 sec, 10 sec, 15 sec, 15 sec, and 30 sec. I used boiling water. I detect some chocolate notes and a few others I can’t put my finger on. It was sweet tasting in the first steeping, slightly bitter in the second, then quite smooth after the third. Streetshop88 has sold me some pretty good teas and this one does not disappoint.

This tea is pretty good. I steeped it four times in a 180ml gaiwan, or at least the gaiwan was sold as 180ml, it may be a bit smaller. I used 5g leaves in 185 degree water. I steeped it for 15 sec, then accidentally oversteeped the second for 25 sec, then 15 sec, then 15 sec. I found the notes of honey and yeast in the description of the tea. There is also another note, I am sot sure how to describe it. It is slightly stronger than the other flavors. The best flavor in the list to describe this is mushroom, although that is not quite it. Overall I enjoyed this tea. It has a serious depth of flavor and tastes like a 2014 Oolong, I don’t know if it is this year’s harvest.

This tea is good. The camellia flowers make it especially sweet in nature. It was sweet from the first infusion. Slightly bitter in the second infusion but sweet and smooth by the third infusion. The tea soup is a dark yellow color as this is a semi aged sheng tea. I steeped this three times in a 220 ml gaiwan with boiling water. I used 8g of leaves. My first steep was 15 sec, then 10 sec, and 15 sec. I have not thrown away the leaves. I may go back to it later. I got this tea from Yunnan Sourcing.

This tea is tasty but bitter. I may have oversteeped it a little. Will try again another time. I brewed it western style in an 18 oz teapot. I used 3 tsp tea with 195 degree water for 3 min. It is quite bitter. Bitterness is what I taste. I also get the malt and astringency. The flavor described as coffee is present. I had to add some honey to cut the bitterness. Could you tell this is bitter.

I think this is perhaps the tastiest sweet rooibos tea I have ever drank. I needed something tasty on my palette after a horrible shou puerh from Aliexpress and this fits the bill. I also didn’t want any more caffeine tonight having had a nice sheng session earlier. The flavor of the berries is predominate. It somewhat overpowers the savory character of the green rooibos. If you like sweet rooibos you will like this. If you hate rooibos you will hate it. I guess that sums it up. I brewed 3 tsp of leaf for 5 min in an 18 oz teapot. Its very hard to brew this tea wrong. There is a lot of latitude to it.

This is without a doubt one of the worst teas I have ever drank, and I have nearly 400. It was sour and bitter. It was somewhat off tasting. I didn’t actually buy it. I bought something else and was sent this instead by an Aliexpress vendor. I have mixed feelings about this vendor. I absolutely LOVE the teawares he sold me and he did the right thing when I lodged a dispute over being sent a tea different from what I ordered. He agreed to the partial refund I requested. If I had known how bad this tea was I would have requested a full refund. I steeped this twice with 7.5 g of leaf in a 220 ml gaiwan. A beautiful gaiwan I bought from the same seller. I like his teaware so much I will still order from him again, just not tea. But I digress, i steeped it first for 15 sec then for 10 sec. It was not worth a third steep.