This is a well-balanced black tea. It is malty without being heavy or overly rich. The aroma is creamy and malty, with notes of cocoa and sweet/woody spices. The flavor has nutty notes of walnuts and almonds, a light sweetness, and a faint cocoa bitterness. While it looks like a tippy Jin Jun Mei, the flavor is not quite as floral or delicate. It hits the right balance of malty and easy-drinking for me. This is the type of tea I reach for when i want a warm, comforting black tea without being weighed down by something heavy.

A great quality aged Shou pu-erh, I'm enjoying this one very much. Great range and great service from King Tea Mall.

I bought this as a gift for a friend after trying it myself, as I am a big fan of Shui Xian oolongs. The light-medium roast is a great introduction to roasted teas, but also good for a daily tea for those who do not like heavy roasted teas. Will brew 4-6 mugs of tea, or more from a gaiwan.

I purchased these to give as gifts mainly, but couldn't help sample a pack. Wow, very nice tea, so will most likely buy some more. I like strong oolongs, so this is perfect for me.

I love the astringency and flavour of this tea from the very start. It might not last quite as long as I would have liked, but this ticks all the boxes for a solid daily drinker. The tuo form is convenient and great to give as a gift as each are nicely wrapped in the box.

This tea took a bit of getting used to as it is a strong roasted tea, but is great for an all day drinker from a gaiwan. I can easily get 2 litres of tea from 7-10 grams. I often drink this tea in the evening and have never had a sleepless night because of it.

I've tried a number of different ripe Puerh teas now and find this to be a really good daily drinker. Since I have stored it in a closed box at 69% humidity for the past couple of months, the flavours have really come out. Thick, and chocolatey for the first several brews (Gong Fu style) in a gaiwan and keeps going. As stated in the description, the later brews bring an interesting sweetness.

This tea stood out among the teas of my most recent order. It's crisp, fruity, floral, but still has all the aged characteristics and minimal bitterness. Very enjoyable -- it's turned into a once a day or every other tea for me. I wouldn't say it can stand up to the higher-end productions, but within its own category, it's very enjoyable. I will add that I believe the 2005 production is better than this 2006, but both are quite nice.

At such an affordable price, you of course shouldn't expect anything fancy or refined from this tea. Still, it's quite strong, smoky, fruity, and pleasant to drink after the amount of aging it's had. I'm quite happy with this purchase, especially in comparison with other teas in the similar price range of 10 cents per gram or so. Relative to its own category, this is a great tea.

While not a particularly complex tea, it has everything you'd expect from an aged Shoumei.
My favourite way to brew is in a 100ml yixing pot or gaiwan, with about 10g of leaf.
Flash steeps will produce a light gold liquor with pure honey sweetness and a slight cooling after-taste.
Longer steeps see a darker red liquor closer to hong cha, and show more of the aged flavours.
I have yet to over-brew this tea, with even "death brews" yielding very little bitterness.
Even if you prefer so buy smaller samples like I tend to, I would recommend picking up a whole cake because it's just such good value.

I came into this session thinking that there was no way any tea could be worth $3-4 a gram. I wanted this to be overhyped. And it is, but just barely. This is honestly a phenomenal young sheng. If it were a buck a gram, it would probably be my go-to for that one time a month where I can have an hour-plus to myself just to drink tea. But ⅔ of the price here is for the name and provenance.

Flavor was bright, green herbal notes, paired with fast-fading bitterness, and lingering fruits and sweetness. There was nice evolution between steeps, worthy of a thoughtful and extended gongfu session. It checked every box of what I want in a young sheng puer.

Will I spend the money for a full cake of this? Not unless I win the lottery. Will I splurge from time to time for a special occasion gong fu session? Absolutely!

Great tea for every day. I brew it in the pot and have it on an empty stomach instead of coffee.

Very elegant tea. Lovely floral taste with some very gentle smoke. Wet leaf aroma is beautiful.

Thick and sweet when pushed, with pleasant bitterness underneath. But nothing exciting or spectacular.

You need to push nothern teas, otherwise they're too weak - my two cents.

Besides another solid Mengku Rongshi product, a trustworthy brand, clean and neat.

The leaves smelled like chocolate and raisins.
The wet leaves smelled like raspberry, hay and freshly baked pastry.
The tea soup was bright and medium-thick, with a rose gold colour.

The brew tasted like black cherries, cocoa nibs, plums, allspice and rose water. It was extremely aromatic and tasty.
The empty cup smelled like dark chocolate.
The tea had a lingering sweetness with a long-lasting forest berry aftertaste.

I used 5g of leaf in a 100ml gaiwan with boiling water.
On average, a session lasted for eight brews.