Jinglong Tea Factory - Pu-erh Tea in Bamboo Leaf Tube (80 Cups) Ripe Puerh Tea (7.1 Ounce)

This is the shnizzle. Perfectly fermented and is the traditional brew, reserved for the Emperor. Break off a quarter for two cups and 1/2 for a pot. Love it! Been drinking it since 2017. Higher in caffeine than most other teas at a price that doesn't break the bank. It's my morning go to. I had a question and received a super prompt and friendly response from the manager himself, who then sent me some samples of other products they carry for free. I wouldn't mind meeting him someday.

Good taste, smells like soil, and not fishy at . Good value for the money, and last long

UPDATE:This is the 4th time I have purchased this tea over a period of several years.. I have tried many brands of Pu-erh tea and this one is my favorite.. you can really taste the difference in the various brands of these teas.. The others just don't stack up.. Nice mellow flavor and it reminds me of chocolate..no its not chocolate but it has a really nice distinctive taste.. I highly recommend this tea.This is a great tea. It has a nice mellow flavor.. I don't like Pu-erh in the loose leaf and the bricks are just too hard to break and too crumbly .. This tea comes in a row of 1.5"x 1/8" disks that you can break in half.. One half disk is plenty to make a large mug of tea. I make my tea strong so you may want to use less. I really like the bambo tube it comes in.. It's cool looking and it keeps he disks nicely in order as you peel it back to expose more. At 7oz of tea, its a lot of tea in a small space.. I recommend this tea!

*Please read the additional note added at the bottom, since the first review*Initial Review:I've had roughly half a dozen different Pu'erh teas, so I'm neither new to Pu'erh nor an expert. This is so unpleasant that I almost wonder if it's turned bad or something. I love the earthy notes of Pu'erh teas, but this tea just tastes foul. The packaging is nice, and I got it quick, but the taste is remarkably unpleasant. I tried two cakes of it (each about 10g), and both had this problem.This tea had come up as one of the first Pu'erhs in my search. And it had many good ratings, so I thought it might be good. But now I'm wondering if the company has gamed the ratings.I also recently got the "Yunnan Longrun Pu-erh Tea Cake-Caiwei (Year 2012,Fermented, 200g)" from Amazon, which was also delivered quickly. It's a bit more expensive at $20 (as of this writing), but way way better. Maybe try that instead.*update, about a month later*I returned to this tea and tried it again, just for grins. This time I tried rinsing it twice, and a bit longer than I'd rinsed it last time. By "rinsing" I mean that I steeped it twice (about 5 seconds each time, with fresh boiling water), throwing out the water each time. After the rinsing, with a very brief steeping time of just about 8 seconds, the tea wasn't too bad. The "off" flavor I'd tasted before became more of a flavor rather than tasting like it'd spoiled. This doesn't seem like a very high quality tea, but for the price it's not so bad. Just be sure to rinse it and steep it for a very short time. Repeated steepings are good, too (meaning steeping the same tea leaves again, with fresh boiling water, to make additional cups).

Been drinking tea for the past 22 years; almost entirely varieties of green tea, and many of those premium. I had never previously tried any type of pu-erh before obtaining this one. It is positively the tastiest tea that I have ever drunk. My previous experience with other super-black teas was that they had a plain taste of tannin. I know this pu-erh is also tannin, yet it has a completely different taste than the tannins of other black tea varieties. It is much softer and smoother than any other black tea, even when served darker ( more concentrated ) than other teas. And because it can be served more concentrated than other varieties, a more robust flavor than other teas can be obtained.I first shred one patty via a simple tower grater common in most kitchens. The tea then goes into 18 fl oz of water, which I heat in a small pot over an electric burner just until it begins to boil. Then I stir the brew, pull it off the burner and put a lid on the pot. Timer is then started. Every 60 secs I restir briefly, until the alarm sounds at 3 minutes. Stir one more time and then strain it to separate the liquid from the solids.After the initial servings, the remainder of this concentrate is allowed to cool down before storage in a glass jar. We have never observed spoilage when stored at room temperature for about a week.We use only ¼ cup of this concentrate per 15-16 fl oz serving in our large mugs. Thus, we get about 8-9 servings per batch of concentrate made from one of these pu-ehr tea patties.I have already repurchased another package for ourselves, and two more as gifts for a friend and a family member. Its rustic bamboo wrapper makes a striking impression, really driving home what a very special bit of Chinese culture it is :-)

This is the most horrible tasting tea. It smells disgusting and is undrinkable. The instructions say to toss out the first batch and then steep again. I had to toss the second batch also. Not even sure this is tea.