Tealyra - Tie Guan Yin - Oolong Loose Leaf Tea - Iron Goddess of Mercy - Healing Properties - Best Chinese Oolong - 220g (8-ounce)

I am a very picky drinker of green/white/oolong/yellow teas. I can testify that this is a good TGY.It is fresh and fragrant, when dry or when brewed. The expiry date is 7/26/17 which likely means it was packed on 7/26/15, i.e. last summer, and the taste and smell confirms it.The color of the dry leaves is bright green, which means it's not overly fermented (there are different kinds of TGY, some brown and fermented, some green and mild), and they expand to full size in water, as they are supposed to.The taste is mild, not strong.You would need about 1 full teaspoon per cup of this particular tea to get full flavor (for some TGYs you would put less).It is packed by tealyra.com (operated by Tealux, Inc.). It is probably a quality brand (I've had one other good tea from them).Note that this a review of this particular tea at this particular time (as tea has a limited shelf life and is usually packed fresh every year and it may or may not be the same flavor or quality).

My favorite green tea EVER. I have tried Tie Guan Yin tea straight from China and tried to find a similar tea in bulk for a good price- after trying a few different from Amazon this is the closest I have found to it! Such a pure, earthy taste and the benefits are amazing. I truly feel sustainable energy, detoxification, and a reduction of anxiety with every cup. And such a good price.

Because Tealyra marketed an absolutely excellent "superfine Jasmine dragon pearls green tea", delicious and smooth and fragrant, I expected its oolong to be similar in quality. It may be due to previous experience with other oolongs, even in Oakland Chinatown's better tea shops, but this brew was tepid in flavor and body. I suppose doubling the amount per cup and brewing longer did shift it a bit stronger, but it is still the greenest oolong I ever had. You may like such a different style, but I will not purchase again.

Wonderful tea

This tea is excellent and well worth the wait. I didn't know it was shipped from China, hence the long delivery time. This is the greenest TGY tea I've had. Very strong wonderful aroma, nice clean taste. Comes in a resealable bag.

This seems to be a nice quality tea, but it does not taste like oolong to me. The photo with the product is accurate in that the teal leaves are green, and they are whole leaves. But it brews up pale (i.e. green) and doesn't have the characteristic malty overtone of a fermented oolong - its more of a grassy green tea taste. I gave it to my wife and she liked it OK. The bottom line is this is more like a green tea than an oolong to me. So if you like green tea, this is probably a good tea. But if you are looking for a malty oolong, this may not be for you.

You cannot just give stars. You must write. I'm busy, and stars should be enough. So here's what the stars say, in writing: Great flavor preserved in wonderful, well-designed packaging with amazingly good graphic design, clean and contemporary. It smells wonderfully of tea, once the package is opened. Before that, it smells of the packaging the tea package came in. Since this is a review of the tea, ignore all that last bit. Enjoy!

It smells like green tea and tastes like Lipton green tea cheap, tarte, not much flavor. From my research it was supposed to have a flowery note, but it doesn't. Also, to brew a cup it takes a table spoon of leafs, which is a lot for that price. Very disappointing. It was my first time trying oolong but very disappointed. It came in a plastic bag that after opening it 3 times it started to break at the zip lock. Also, on the bag was a coupon code expiring in December 2019. That makes me question how fresh it is. Save your money and get the tea from somewhere else. I am sorry this review is so negative, however, I really wanted to like it and was excited for it, especially after all the positive reviews.