200g / 7.05oz 2006-2008 Year Ripe Shu Top Aged Lucky Dragon Puerh Tea Cake - Yunnan Pu-erh Pu erh Puer Pu'er Chinese Tea

Enjoying my second cup right now. Brewed tea is very clean tasting. No evidence of “dust” though I rinsed tea leaves before brewing. It is easy to break Tea leaves off tea cake if use a knife and start at the edge of the “nest.” Need to get back to drinking my tea :-) Will buy again. Update: I continue to enjoy this tea. It is not bitter after 3 or 4 infusions. Has pleasant after taste that lasts long after finishing cup. It has a subtle taste that deepens after tea begins to cool. Some reviews critical of too many stems...I This is a 14 yr old cake and looks like leaves have broken away from some stems. Looked at tea leaves after brewing this morning. I had to carefully unfold leaves to avoid breaking. For the price of this every day tea I have no criticism. It’s a pleasure for me to drink. I’m an avid strong coffee drinker. I am surprised that since drinking this tea I have not craved my morning coffee. I do have a pleasant alert feeling after drinking this tea. I broke up the tea cake after looking at some YouTube videos. Don’t know if that is necessary but had to try. I think I’m Now going to brew a fresh cup and get back to my work THIRD MORNING BREW: brewed another section of tea cake and found larger leaves. There were more leaves but too fragile to unfold or in roll...flavor was fuller. Fun to see what is inside the cake :-)

The aroma and taste of dirt. Seriously, this is poor quality. A lot of big hard stems, and a lot of small bits as if they swept up what was on the floor. *After more steeping sessions: strong hay taste with the dirt taste. Feel like im consuming a very poor product made with very low standards. Will be throwing this away.

After steeping, the tea exhibits vibrant colors and a sweet flavor profile. One of the best Pu'er teas.

This is a very good, entry level, ripe pu'erh cake at a very decent price! Although I've been drinking and loving tea for decades, I'm essentially new to pu'erh teas, but this stands out so much among the ones I've tried so far, that even though I know I have more to try, I bought another cake. There is absolutely no hint of mustiness. The initial impression has punch, somewhat similar to a good coffee, but with more subtlety, and with smokiness, a strong hint of mushrooms, something reminiscent of walking in a forest the day after it has rained, and an aftertaste of honey. Subsequent steepings gradually lose the bracing effect, but become increasingly calming and centring, with a mild taste which still has the sweetness of honey.

I by no means consider my self a connoisseur of what’s good Puerh and what’s not. Although I have in my years drank ripe puerh brewed from many different Puerh cakes I’ve purchased. I really wanted to like this one. I’m not saying it’s bad quality. Some might like it a lot, as some other reviews clearly show. Please do try it yourself as to make up your mind about it. You might like this one. But personally, it isn’t my favorite Puerh. I know very well that Puerh has woody mushroomy flavors. That, I often like. But this one, the specific woodish flavor it has is rather off putting for my personal taste. I’ll have to go and buy another cake of the Puerh I usually drink.

I’m new to Puerh Tea but not new to teas. This cake or “Bing” has a rather earthy smell that I’m told by folks here in Japan is preferred when considering this type of tea. I steep this tea in a Japanese 10oz cast iron tetsubin in the tradition of rinsing the tea twice before steeping. There are plenty of YouTube videos on the subject. I really like this tea. The earthiness and pungent flavors really stand out and sets this tea apart. It took a few sips to appreciate what this tea had to offer. But now I’m hooked. I really don’t understand the negative reviews. I guess they were unsure of what they had or how to brew this tea. I’m sure that there’s better Puerhs out there and I’m sure to find them.

This is a very good shu puerh. I will certainly buy it again. The negative reviews make no sense at all and probably were written by people who have no clue what puerh is or how to drink it. I have been a fan of puerh teas for more than 20 years. This isn't the greatest, but it is quite good and gets better with each infusion. It's a small bing, but probably big enough for about 40 servings. The price is very fair for this quality and with Amazon prime, it comes in 2 days.

Do you like wet, slightly moldy cardboard? If so this is for you. I'm no expert, but in the year that I've been drinking puer I've tried 20-30 kinds of low to mid priced varieties and this is, hands down, the worst. The worst. It smells like an old gym bag, not a damp forest floor. It has zero flavor and what little color it has is gone completely after the second 30-60 second steep. (After a quick initial rinse) It's not fishy it's not anything. Doesn't boost my mood at all, makes me feel worse and kind of upsets my stomach a bit. Spend just a few dollars more and get the Yunnan longrun cake. It's still not great, but head and shoulders above this crap. Also yes, it comes wrapped in plastic. Puer should never be wrapped in plastic.