Dechunxian - China Top Ten Famous Teas- Lushan Cloud-fog Tea - Green Tea- 100% Natural Organic -High Grade(gaoshan Yunwu)

We tried this tea because all the 5 star reviews, and we were very dissappointed with our purchase. The quality of this tea doesn't match the premium price. The color of this tea is also off with a earthy smell rather the typical aroma associated with dechuanxian. Btw, the word chinese word xian refers to the unique aroma/fragrance associated with dechun. Also, the flavor is too bland, and the leaves are shreded. The tea leaves looks nothing like the picture--which makes me think twice about the "organic" label, if it's real.

I'm usually pretty lazy when it comes to teas - prepackaged (I know - yech.) Recently I've been trying others - a friend is kind of a tea snob (not being insulting) and kept goading me into trying "real" tea. So I've slowly been doing so. Not spending crazy amounts on "proper" tea brewing equipment or specialty teas, but trying different ones. Fruity, spiced, green, black. I thought I'd give the "West Lake Dragon Well" a try because of it's benefits and description. Taste wise, I had no idea what to expect.It's a mild tea with a weak aroma and mild taste that's also low on caffeine. This makes it a great evening tea or a tea to relax with on a cold evening. It has a short steeping time - steeping too long will increase bitterness.I cold brew my coffee - I'm going to look into cold brewing this tea!Update: I also tried the Iron Mercy Goddess tea. This tea resembles little pellets before hitting the water, that expand to whole leafs when steeped - almost 2.5" long. It's an Oolong, with a mild taste and slightly earthy aroma. This tea has a mild yellow coloring with almost no sediment - what there was I'll blame on my lousy strainer. I'm a fan of Oolong teas and will definitely get this one again.

Opening the package, I had a nice waft of lovely aroma from the leaves. Not musty or moldy smelling, this tea smells amazing and tastes even better than I imagined (Golden Eyebrow? sounds a little odd, but hey why not). I absolutely adore this tea, I am definitely putting it on re-order. The tin is nice and closes precisely and seems air-tight. The tea leaves themselves are vacuum packed in a bag to preserve freshness.I prepared the leaves in the following way:1. Placed about 1tblspn tea leaves in a mesh ball infuser2. Heated water in an electric kettle until boiling. Poured small amount of water over the tea leaves in the mesh ball (over sink) to prep them for bloom (pretty much just got them wet)3.Waited 2 minutes after boiling water to pour into teacup with mesh ball. Added 1/2 tspn Stevia.4. Let steep for 5 minutes and then enjoyed!

Dragon Well tea is the best green tea available from China. Like Pu-erh tea, some brands sell for a lot of money. The tea is meticulously prepared using traditional methods, from fresh young tea leaves. When you open the foil bag inside the tea tin, you find a beautifully fragrant tea that smells of a cherry orchard. The tea leaves are flat, and shaped like a sparrow's tongue. I brewed a mug of tea, and fell in love with the pale jade green color. The taste was mild, semi-sweet, and incredibly smooth. You know how cheap green tea is bitter? This is NOT like bitter cheap tea at all. Not at all. The taste was fresh, complex yet delicate. This tea is famous with the Taoist monks, and poets of old China. In Solala Towler's book CHA DOA, (The Way of Tea) she relates that her favorite tea in all of China, is Dragon Well. After I tasted a cup, I have to agree. Its the best green tea I ever drank. If you love tea, tea culture, or Chinese culture, you owe it to yourself to try this tea. The price is very reasonable, for the Champaign of tea.I received a tin of tea to try as a promotion, in exchange for an honest review.

I leave my original review below but have now have had a longer run at brewing this correctly and have changed the review from 2 to 4 stars. I realize that is actually a subtle tasting tea and when looked through that lens it does a nice job. I wash the leaves through once, as recommended, and then let the water cool down in the mug and then I get a good taste that I want to drink more of. For how much tea to use - less is definitely more in this case.-----------Very disappointed with this tea. It arrived on time and is very nicely packed with a sealed foil bag inside the canister and a clip to close the bag once opened. However, the tea itself is nothing special. I have brewed it multiple times varying temperature and quantity and just can't get to anything I like. As a quality loose leaf tea I expected it to be even better than Foojoy Lungching Green Tea 100 Tea Bags tea-bags that I buy, but no I will take them over this tea any day.

The tea arrived today and I couldn't wait to try it. I was not disappointed. It's a nice pale green tea, smooth and fragrant. No bitterness even when steeped for longer than was probably necessary. The packaging is nice too. I think the foil bag with plastic bag clip packaged inside the tin will help keep this tea fresh for quite a while. I will buy this tea again.

Had purchased Organic White Silver Needle Tea - Bai Hao Yinzhen prior to the Dechunxian Tea. Upon opening, the Bai Hao was aromatic and you could see the white fuzzy on the tender leaves. It was delicious. On the other hand, while the can is cool on this product, upon opening the bag it smelled odd. There was none of the little tender leaves as with the other, rather hard long brittle dark green leaves.So disappointed. Won't order this brand again.

I bought this tea in 2015 and immediately tried it. This tea tastes nothing like the Iron Goddess tea which I have enjoyed before. It is, in my opinion, awful. I am cleaning out my cabinets and it occured to me that I never posted a review so here it is. I see a number of recent reviews reflect my own opinion from 2015, so it doesn't appear that I simply got a bad lot.