SANRAN Puerh Tea Cake, Aged Ripe Pu Erh Tea, Chinese Yunnan Puer Tea Cake, 12.6oz/Pack

I should preface that this was my first time trying Pu-erh, and I was pleasantly surprised. When I opened the package, like the American I am, I was put off by the smell. It was like if i went outside and stuck my nose deep in the grass and breathed in. However! Once brewed properly, (thanks to a good google search) the tea has almost no smell, and almost no taste. It does have a mildly sweet aftertaste. I didn't sweeten it with anything, and honestly, this tea doesn't need it. The smell does come back a little when the tea starts to cool, so if you are sensitive to smells like I am, its best to drink it quickly! I love his tea! Its a wonderful, unique experience.

This is my first purchase of a Puer tea, after reading Lisa See’s “The tea girl of hummingbird lane.” I think I hit the jackpot with this batch of “ripe” tea. The first flush I felt “trippy,” and wondered how it was cured. However, the next batch was just calming. But the FLAVOR is unbelievable. I’ve never tasted tea like this. My tea is always too weak. This tiny bit of tea made the most flavorful tea I have experienced. I will buy more no doubt, and savor what I do have. Who knew you could ferment tea leaves! Definitely adding it to my list of fermented products I am adding for my health and longevity. Thank you!

This is a very good puerh for the price. It's earthy, mellow and a bit woodsy. After having tasted a wider variety of puerh teas, this is what I would call a "normal" or "everyday drink" type. Some puerh's have some interesting/unusual flavors such as sweet cigar, brown sugar, maple syrup, wet sock, distant fish. When I smell seafood/fish in a tea, it's generally in the smell of the brewed tea only and not in the flavor. This tea has none of those strange flavors, for better or for worse. My main complaint, which is a small one (considering the price) is there is a large amount of twigs/stems in this tea. Which compared to a higher quality puerh cake, brings the value down a bit. One reviewer noticed that the twigs increase the bitterness, but I didn't notice an iota of bitterness, despite the twigs. It's still a very good value. Generally I brew with boiling water. 30s rinse, 60s steep, 90s steep, 120s steep, etc. I get about 5-6 steepings from this tea before it's mostly water. I also purchased this tea because it claims to be organic. In the Q&A section, someone asks if the tea has USDA Organic Certification. The seller responded very honestly by saying no, but to take their word for it that they have high standards and the plants are grown organically. They even reference some kind of Chinese certification about standards, which I've yet to look it up, but my 'spidey sense' is they are genuine and telling the truth, or at least as much as they know of it. On the word 'organic'. In the USA, there is a growing trend of farmers who grow organically but choose not to seek certification. The certification is extremely expensive and thus they have to sell their product for more money to recoup the cost. Plus, if they have a bad crop year, they are still out the certification expense, which affects their bottom line unfairly. So many farmers are choosing to let their customers decide if they trust them or not when they say, "I grow organically," or "I don't use any pesticides or herbicides and use compost for fertilizer". I'm sure there are some bad apples out there abusing customer's trust, but I haven't met them yet.

This is my new favorite tea! Just try it!

I was iffy buying pu-erh online, but this is a great tea... clearly not gushu, but the taste is phenomenal; it has the earthy, woodsy undertones, but carries the sweet dark plum, mushed banana flavors to the finish, which lasts quite some time. If brewed a little harder, on the second, thirdish infusion, you can get some astringency and bitterness if desired. Still, overall, this is a very warm, sweet, mellow pu-erh worth the price for everyday drinking. I strongly recommend a Yixing clay teapot when brewing any pu-erh.

This tea is like drinking stale water. The only flavor I get is a VERY VERY faint after taste reminiscent of a mild black tea, but you really have to try to even notice it. I've tried 30 second brew times, I've tried 5 minute brew times. I've tried 2 grams / cup. I've tried 5 grams / cup. No matter what it comes out the same. NO FLAVOR. This stuff is horrendous. I'm not sure it's even tea. The coloration of it also looks a bit off and my suspicion is that it may have some sort of dye in it to make it appear to be of a higher quality. At best this stuff is flavorless, at worst I have no idea what I am drinking.

Good price for beginners but the flavor is definitely factory floor. Might turn off people who are new to Pu'erh.

This is a fine tea for the price they are asking and very good with proper gongfu technique, and is a great place for beginners to practice with something inexpensive but still worthwhile. Now some of the really nice (and expensive) pu-erh teas will blow your mind and leave you literally speechless after every steep, and this isn't one of those. Someone who isn't careful about how they steep their tea is likely to think that this is one note and not a very interesting note at that. However, if you use the right ratio of tea per water, take care to time your steeps, and make sure the water is piping hot before every steep, and of course take the time to pay attention to the tea as you drink it, you'll be surprised at how much this has to give. Every steep is a little different, and I found this tea going from sour to aromatic to sweet to bitter and back over the course of seven or eight steeps. Look up how to do proper gongfu style steeps and you'll spend hours enjoying this tea.

Il est vraiment bon. C’est un excellent rapport qualité prix pour un 200g. Je le recommande.

Only a teaspoonful of the broken up tea is needed for about half a litre. Colour of the tea is deep amber (very pleasing), aroma + flavour is mild and earthy, almost no finish/after taste. The packaging was smaller than expected (compared to the ones I am used to buying from Chinese grocery stores) and it comes with a plastic ziplock bag to keep the tea in once it has been opened.

Item arrived nicely packed. Tea has almost no smell, dry or brewed. It has almost no taste too. Advertised as a black tea - sure enough it is black, but I was expecting also strong, which is not true. Clearly for those who understand the value - I'm not, I prefer nice taste. Fall for this due to multiple ads in different places. Will not buy again. And that stand on the picture - for show only, but not included.

It’s good.

J'espérais un goût rehaussé par rapport à d'autres Puer...mais pas vraiment.