Golden Dragon - Finest Chrysanthemum Pu Erh Tea Leaf Loose Tea - 5.3 Oz

Being the cough and cold season, I wanted/needed some chrysanthemum tea - a drink that I learned to love while in Penang, Malaysia. The dried flower tisane, available from my local Chinese herbalist, helped to soothe coughing quite effectively but it is a little pricey. Seeing this listing on Amazon for "finest quality" quality tea at a reasonable price, I ordered a can for home and at work. The listed product is (apparently) a dark, well-fermented tea that is slightly flavored with a few chrysanthemum blossoms. It has a not particularly great flavor, and is not the product that I was seeking.

Yes, this tea has a fishy (almost ocean-like) smell and flavor. I drink a lot of diffrent loose leaf teas in Yixing, and this is a very fine tea with a great flavor. I highly recommend for an avid/intermediate tea drinker. This may taste a little strange for someone just exploring various teas--however, I love it.

Once you open the jar you'll see a a couple chrysanthemum leaves laying on top and that's about the amount of chrysanthemum you get. It certainly doesn't have any taste of it at all. The Pu Erh is just so so, not even as good as the free tea you get in Chinese restaurants. I don't recommend it.

Before steeped the tea smells fine, pungent, flowery. Once steeped it's rather disconcerting to note tones of mown grass and horse manure! Doesn't taste too bad though... Purchased in 2019. Nice container.

Tasted like hot water running off wood. No aroma whatsoever. No expiration date on the package leaves me wondering when the tea was made.

Too little of chrysanthemums otherwise nice. Especially for the price. Pu Erh is typical cheap pu erh. Overall I am satisfied.

Love Golden Dragon's teas. Their Pu-ehr tea (Yunnan) tea is lovely. Just the right amount of smoky flavor. The 5 oz 0f tea lasts a long time, and the pretty canisters decorate the top of my kitchen cabinets as a bonus!

i just love tea which i ordered a couple of weeks ago. it tastes truly awesome. i drink in the morning and again at night before i go to bed. i will order this tea in the coming weeks. again thank you for making such a wonderful product.