Tealyra - Tie Guan Yin Oolong - Loose Leaf Tea - Iron Goddess of Mercy - 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 is a quite decent Chinese oolong for a reasonable price. It has the fragrant orchid-floral aroma when brewed that lasts through the first two brewings nicely. I was able to get a drinkable 3rd brewing from it. It's a good idea to only let it sit for a about 90 seconds and then drain off the tea into a mug or thermos so it doesn't sit and get bitter from overbrewing. If it really is "organic," hard to know who is assuring compliance with Chinese products, it is a real deal.

I was looking for a good tea to drink daily and this exceeded my expectations! I thoroughly enjoyed every last drop and will be ordering this regularly.

A bit powerful, and definitely a taste that not every tea lover will find to their liking, but we definitely like this tea and will be getting more! A deep, slightly fungal funk with a crisp green flavor. Brews quickly at 190F and stands up to multiple steeps well!

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!

This an excellent way to delve into oolong. This tea is hard to oversteep, has a the beautiful green lush that’s signature to iron goddesss tea, and isn’t overwhelming. One can say the flavor is a bit fleeting but loading your pot with extra leaf benifits the experience greatly. Make it however strong you’d like, it won’t get bitter on you.