Dechunxian® Yunnan Premium 357g Pu-erh Puer Pu Erh Dark Black Tea Diet Tea,100% Natural Organic Tea Leaves,produced From High Mountain Ancient Tree (Fine Ripe Tea)

I'm extremely fond of old-tree raw pu-erh. They tend to have more complex and broad flavor profiles than standard bush pu-erh, and I find them to be more drinkable when young as well.I was surprised when I opened the wrapper to see the extremely small leaf size. In my experience old-tree pu-erhs are almost all very large leaf (grade 7-8) but this was grade 2-3 size at most. I had to question if this really came from old tea trees.However the leaf, while small, seemed of very high quality, with a good uniform grade, a nice darkening for a cake only 2 years old, and a very pleasant fresh woody aroma.The infused tea had the dark yellow color of a strongly-infused young raw pu-erh. The taste however was not nearly as sharp as expected for a sheng pu-erh this young. In fact it had very pleasant sweet notes and a definite set of notes that were a bit between raisin and tobacco. It was exactly the sort of tea I like to drink when young, and that has promise for becoming very interesting and even more complex when aged for 8-10 years. I'm buying a few more of these to put in my pu-erh aging cupboard!

The tea is OK, but for the price I was expecting more. I will be shopping elsewhere for my Pu-erh.

I drink many teas, my favorite is Lapsang Souchong, and I was looking for a new tea to try. I went with this Pu-erh Ripe tea, as I wanted a nice strong flavor.First thing I did when I got the tea was weigh it, still in its paper wrapper it came to 240g, I am unsure if this is just loss of water weight or not, but if you are telling me it weighs 250g then it better... This is not the reason I took off a star though...The reason I took off a star, after I brewed my tea I noticed a lot of twigs in my infuser, I could forgive 1 or 2 but in one cup I found 6 that were each about 1 inch long. This really makes me think that its low quality...Anyway The aroma of this tea kind of reminds me of fermenting grass... its not horrible by any means. Not exactly the flavor I was looking for, but I will still drink it...

Shameful pushing of inferior product through bogus "reviews." We are experienced Puer drinkers, in China and here in U.S. This is just mediocre, and when I went back to check the reviews that swayed me to purchase, I see that one after another of the five star reviews were by people who had received it free or at a discount for their "fair, unbiased review"! Steer away from this one!! And I will look at the reviews and reviewers more carefully next time. It seems that perhaps the Amazon "Top 500" and "Top 1000" reviewers are enjoying a junket laced with free products that they help push to the detriment of the rest of us.

Not a great puer. It has a strong dirt smell, and the tea itself contains more tea stems than tea leaves. Low quality tea.

Dechunxian® Yunnan Premium 250g Pu-erh Puer Pu erh Dark Black Tea Diet tea,100% Natural Organic Tea Leaves,produced From High Mountain Ancient Tree(ripe Tea Rich Flavor) This is simply the best tea I have ever had ! I am a connoisseur of teas, have lived all over the earth and have had native teas in all the tea producing countries; after I found the Yunnan teas (the pu erhs), I felt I had reached the pinnacle of teas that are available: This pu erh is not the most expensive (I have tried that also), and this is by far my favorite. The taste is impeccable tea; and it's healthy ! It helped keep the people of the Yunnan mountains alive and well for the last 3000 to 4000 years, along with Chinese medicines (herbals, plants, etc...).. I use Ayurveda health system from India, and Pu Erh teas from China, I am 76 year old male and continue to be healthy in mind and body......I have lived for long times in Asia and feel more Asian than Western now: have practiced Tibetan Buddhism since 1977 when I lived in India.......Try this specific Pu Erh; it's 'simply the best' ! yogi, tucson desert

This tea has helped me to wean off coffee in the AM completely because it is just as rich and great with milk and sweetener. I actually quite prefer it now. It's expensive so to make it last longer I use the same brewed tea for 2-3 days. I just cover the brewed leaves in the tea strainer with Saran wrap and brew it again the next two days. I know some here have said you can stretch it further but it gets weak after about 3-4 brews (not including the two rinses you must do on the fresh leaves per package instructions.

Good flavor