TIAN HU SHAN Premium Green Tea Loose Leaf 16 Ounce (454g)

My new favorite tea! Tea leaves are a generous size and strength. Very supple and full of smooth tea flavor. Bravo!

I normally buy my puer tea from small specialty tea sellers. The tea market is ripe with nonsense...bad tea, fake tea, poor tea marketed as quality tea and sold to unsuspecting buyers, etc.I've had quite of bit of puer tea over the last 8 years. Some of it pretty bad and some of it quite good. For the price, this puer tea is quite good. The cake doesn't have any bad odors, it brews up strong and dark (5 second rinse, then 30s, 60s, 90s steepings). It's got the typical earthiness of a ripe puer and has a nice lingering sweetness. After the 3rd steeping, it still brews up in decreasing darkness and most of the flavor has faded, but that's par for the course of a tea of this price. I've had more expensive teas fade out more quickly than this one.My only hesitation is, most likely, you can't trust any of the printing on the label. So we know nothing about the tea's actual origins or the condition of the plantations (heavy chemical spraying or not) or anything like that. Without lab testing, it's hard to say what the actual underlying quality is of this tea. But it does taste good.The cellophane-wrapped box it's shipped in looks like it's being marketed towards Western tourists or Westerners shopping in Western Asian markets. So it doesn't have that boutique higher-end feel of quality tea, but that doesn't mean the tea inside is crap. Did I mention it tastes pretty good?I probably won't buy this again because I've gotten spoiled on higher end tea, but I'm glad to have found a decent tea on Amazon (which I can't say for the other puer I ordered that smells like perfumed cleaning chemicals).

Love it, very clear liqure, nice flavor. I brew at 175 - 180°FI do Going Fu brew, 1.5 to 2 times grandpa style, depends on how many brews I plan. I can get 8+ brees. I find steaming the leaves helps the first 20 - 30 second brewThese are rolled leaves, remind me of gun powder tea. Dust is very low and find the first rinse not needed, but if I did, I would not steam the leaves.

Got this to try as a beginner gongfu tea drinker. It's an okay tea but has a fishy aroma and slight fishy taste. If you wanted to try something authentic with a great price, check out Yunnan Sourcing. They make sample boxes and have lots of fun teas like tea Oranges. Probably won't pick this one up again, but it was okay for a first teaUPDATE: Seller refunded my money and I ordered a second cake. Glad I did, no fishy smell or taste in the second cake. Taste was good and I would buy this again. It's my daily drinker, great tea energy. When I dont want to fuss with trying something new, this is a comfortable and delightful tea. High compression, so only a little is needed! There are still stems in this tea cake, but for the price I dont expect perfection. Good tea cake, will buy again when I am running low.

It has great taste but it is quite strong after you brew it I would suggest watering it down until it’s dark brown because I brewed an entire kettle I filled up the little infuser half way which by the way fits about 2 ounces of loose tea leaf and the tea water turned black it is definitely a strong caffeinated tea.

This is the 2nd Time I've ordered this, because it's become my "Every Day Genmaicha" of choice. This Genmaicha is "The REAL THING". The Best Part of Genmai Cha is the Toasted Brown Rice, which the REAL ones have a few "Popped", into a White color, just like a Miniature "Popcorn". It's the Flavor from this Popped Brown Rice, that gives Genmaicha Green Tea, it's True "Green Rice Tea"Taste. The Tea Leaves themselves also need to be the ones specifically grown for this type of tea, but you don't need to pay Top Dollar, for just everyday enjoyment. This Genmaicha Tea is grown and processed in Mainland China (but does NOT have the "CA-65" Toxic Cancer Warning Label), and imho, is just fine and good enough for everyday enjoyment. Your Brain has 12-Cranial Nerves, and THREE of them are just for Tasting, one for the Tip of your Tongue, a 2nd one for the Middle and Back of your Tongue, and the 3rd one is for the Upper Part of Your Throat, to catch the Flavors of whatever it is you just Swallowed, as it goes down your Esophagus, so give them ALL the time needed for your Brain to get their Signals, and sip this Genmaicha Rice Tea, slowly, so you can enjoy the moments of it's True Taste and Flavors. That's why it's really a 3-Step Process to enjoy drinking Tea, because of how Modern Human Brains are wired to our Mouth and Throat. Of course, Smell, and Sight, add to it all too, which is why I prefer to use a Thick Glass BEER MUG, so I can see the color of the Tea, and all the Leaf's and Toasted Brown Rice too. 5-STARS... !!! v/r, The Tea Spectator :o)