Tealyra - Tie Guan Yin - Oolong Loose Leaf Tea - Iron Goddess of Mercy - Healing Properties - Best Chinese Oolong - 110g (4-ounce)

The tea is excellent, the leaves are full and the flavor of the tea is remarkable. Highly recommend this tea for the flavor and essence and the aroma. I will order it again.

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).

This oolong tea is a nice quality tea at a great price point.

I have been searching for the kind of tea served at my local Chinese Buffet for a while. This search has lead my far and wide. At first I thought that it was a smoked tea, but the flavor profile wasn't quite right. More searching caused me to come across Oolong tea. I bought a box of Bigelow Oolong tea bags and I was happy that I'd finally found the tea that I've been searching for. Since I prefer loose leaf tea I found what I wanted here on Amazon. I'm very happy with this tea and drink a cup every afternoon.

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.

I've had a lot of Tie Guan Yin over the years and I know how to brew it and how it should taste. This brand by Tealyra has a je-ne-sais-quoi missing from that would've-been PERFECT leaves-you-swooning cup of Oolong tea. My husband agrees too. I tried to make it stronger and it's just OK. It's drinkable and it's got great health benefits and all that and the leaves look fine, but they are greener than the Tie Guan Yin I'm used to. These are almost a jade oolong type of tea. True Tie Guan Yin is more oxidized and has more of a rich smokey taste with a wonderful aftertaste. You can't mistake it. So while I LOVE Tealyra's cream of early grey and buy it all the time, this is not a brand I recommend for the true Oolong lover!

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!

There is a lot more tea than I thought in that sealtight zipper bag. I only cover the bottom of my 1/4 cup sized sieve for big cup of tea.I don't like the price, but I keep buying it.