Cha Wu-[B] JinYaGongTing Ripe Pu erh Tea,12.5oz,YunNan Chinese Shu Pu'er Tea Cake

I'm very pleased with this tea. Great flavor. Very smooth, but most of all, it has a nice strong flavor.

This is a nice tasting ripe puerh for the price. At 357 grams it will last quite a long time. Ripe puerh is ready to drink, and doesn't need to be aged. It has the distinct mild and sweet flavor characteristic of ripe puerh, and every infusion produces a thick brown liquor. This cake tastes great on its own, but would also work nicely as a base for kombucha or in a tea blend.Flavor notes: cocoa, malt, root beerDescription from the product label, which I then Google translated (note, Google translate has obvious inaccuracies):"This product is selected for use as a raw material for the eucalyptus and large-leaf species of Bohai arbor, which is fermented by moderate fermentation and high temperature. This product has many buds, the leaves are tender, the soup is red and bright, its aroma is pure and lasting, the tea soup is sweet and strong, the taste is thick and sweet, and it is fresh and smooth. The color of this product is brownish red, the inner quality of the soup is bright red ice, the aroma is unique and the fragrance is mellow, and the aftertaste is mellow and sweet. It has become a unique treasure in all kinds of famous teas, and it is also a collection of tea lovers. China's Yunnan Xishuang version of the easy-to-use hand-grinding stone to suppress Ter-free tea industry spirit to achieve the folk tourism brand right."

This was my first time trying pu-erh tea. I wanted to try a black ripe tea that was representative of a good pu-erh. I found only two with decent reviews that were not crazy expensive. This one at about $23 and another at $50 (this is still not inexpensive to me and $50 would have caused some hesitation and likely would not have happened). I also bought some chrysanthemum tea to combine with the pu-erh since the tea producer recommended that. I used the chrysanthemum with the pu-erh in my first brew. I “washed” the tea as is generally recommended by filling my mug 1/3 with boiling water and dumped the brew after about a half min (then I made my first brew). I use no sugar or cream in my tea. The tea wasn’t bad, but I didn’t taste good enough to get excited about. I decided to give it another try the next day without the chrysanthemum that I added to the first brew. The tea was “very good” without it. I will definitely drink all this tea (though it should last a long time since there is a lot in that small compressed disc). Since I’m new to pu-erh and can’t compare the flavor, I will give it 4 stars. Not sure if I’ll ever splurge for the more expensive pu-erh teas. Might get another one of these and let it age (if I drink it enough and want to give aging a try).

I drank puerh tea for years, after I out of the resource to get the good quality tea from China I started to look at the Amazon for the replacement. Believe it not this tea is a huge surprise to me for the price that you paid for. I think this tea is so under rated, not matter form it’s dark red transparent liquid, it’s thick favor or smooth taste, it all deserves higher rating.

Yea, I’m p!$$ed.. for $22 I expected it to be $22 value tea.. this is $10 tea at best.. it’s only redeemable quality is that it’s ten years older than it says on the bag it came in.. the title of and the pictures on the listing showed it to be gong ting grade golden bud tea, and this is low plucked larger leaves that have been chopped with tons of stems. This kind of false advertising seems to be rampant on Amazon and it’s irritating me because this is the second ‘Royal grade’ tea cake that I’ve gotten for Christmas that was just so not… don’t waste your money and don’t ruin the seasoning on your teapot with this junk.. I’m going to call Amazon when I’m done writing this and let them know that this is NOT what was advertised. I’ll put it in my humidor and let it come up to the proper moisture level and store it for awhile, but I’m pretty mad that I was lied to again.. definitely NOT gong ting..

I am a vintage tea drinker and do not drink bad tea. this is vary nice puer. I buy a lot of different ones and this is acceptable flavor/price point. I drink about 5 cups/large mugs a day. it is also very good chilled for ice tea. I mak ei t in a liter kettle with a warmer.

I brew Tea by the Gallon, I love Dark PU-ER Tea. It reminds me of the Old southern tea from back in the 60's.These tee leaves have long leaves and the tea leaves keeps on giving. I used 85 grams of Tea leaves and I am on my 9th Gallon using the same 85 grams of leaves. The TEA heads refers to this as infusions. And I am not done yet. I ran out of plastic Gallon Jugs., so I am drinking my 9 gallons, starting from the last to the first and the tea tastes great. When I an done drinking my Tea , I will continue the Infusions until it becomes weak water. I am getting the most out of the 357 gram TEA Cake

Appears to be genuine Puerh but the photo shows S grade, and what I received is clearly marked B grade. I'm sure it's drinkable, but the description is a lie and that's not okay. I would have been ok with a smaller amount of tea that was genuinely S grade.