Da Hong Pao Big Red Robe Oolong Tea Loose Leaf - Wuyi Rock Tea | Roasted Wuyi rock oolong with a toasty mineral character and lingering sweetness enjoyed for generations across China

Some of the best oolong I’ve had in a long time. Intense fruit and mineral flavors and held up to many steeps.

Good

I like the tea good taste.

Bottom line on the Da Hong Pao Nov 2023: It's fine, not bad at all, but nothing special. I'd classify it as bare minimum acceptable quality for drinking, but there's much better out there for not much more money. Brewing gongfu style I was 3 infusions in before it reached full potential, but dropped off immediately. No fines in the package, picking looked nice. The cup pic is the 4th infusion.Notes in case anyone is interested (brewed in well used Chaozhou clay pot): dry leaf - light nose, honey, lemon, wheat straw, cut grass, tobacco; rinse water - generic black tea nose with not much else, surprisingly strong minerality, slight honey sweetness, thin feel; wet leaf - powerful impression on the nose, charred broccoli, cut mint, peach cobbler; 1st infusion 200F 30-35s: same non-descript nose as the rinse, good color, not much flavor, a bit of minerality, but light feel; 2nd infusion 200F 1min: lighter nose but with a little of the vegatal notes back, slight improvement of black tea flavor, slightly more assertive minerality, a little of the sweetness from the rinse, slightly thicker rounder feel; 3rd infusion 200F 1.5min: more of same, slightly denser generic black tea flavor, thicker feel, as good as it's going to get - fine but nothing special at all; 4th infusion 210F 1.5min: some of the honey and wheat straw nose is back, minerality holding, but flavor and thickness are dropping off.

I tried this tea before. It was delicious and probably the best oolong I'd ever tried. Then you couldn't get any for almost a year thanks to COVID. Well, now that it's back it tastes very different. All the beautiful floral notes are gone. This new one is almost bitter. I wish I hadn't ordered 3 bags of this pricey tea as it is non-refundable. So disappointing...

First of all, I’m Chinese.I wish I can request a refund. It’s cheated.Not sure if it’s an Oolong tea, but i’m sure it’s not tasting like Da Hong Pao at all.Not to mention rock rhyme or baked flavor.

For the price you can get a better value and better flavor from another brand I always buy. But for the shipping time this one is super fast. If you need your tea super hurry buy this one.

I'm looking for the best cup of tea and research led me to Da Hong Pao and the wonderful story about it. I was very disappointed and it is the most expensive tea I've ever purchased! I only bought a small amount to try it and am so happy I didn't buy a big bag! It must not have been harvested in a manner that I've read about, but apparently someone went in and hacked away.

Tè leggendario, uguale a nessuno. Strepitoso

Average aroma, a bit earthy. Not very strong tea leaves for this price.

Nichts besonderes viel zu teuer

Es buen té, pero por sabor...

Lo uso quando voglio coccolarmi e ho freddo. Buono