Handsome Spring Leaf Raw Pu-erh Tea (4.7) · 3 reviews

I'm saving my five star rating for the best tea I will ever taste, but this is pretty close. It has a strong enough taste; it is smooth but not too smooth. I get a bit of green grass flavor, and a medium level of tingly mouth feel. Definitely a good tea for a fair price.

Really enjoyed how the flavor increased with each steeping crisp and clean. Would definitely purchase more.

I used 8 grams of tea in a 5 oz gaiwan; I enjoy a more muscular brew. This was a mistake, as my socks were knocked clean off! I otherwise followed the recommended brewing times/temperatures.

On the nose honey, clove, alfalfa, dark chocolate. Throughout the brew there is a powerful initial hot toddy taste, if the latter is made with clove honey, which hastens to citron zest or timut pepper (you will miss this if you aren't paying careful attention) and broccoli sprouts. Now strong honey, and almond, almost amaretto-like. Ah, I could chew this tea! I get more spice than greenery. Cardamom/coriander, smoke, saffron, old tarragon. Then bitter: kale, arugula.

The description notes the hui gan to be quick and strong. If most hui gan is rich, this one is opulent.

For hui tian -- even one hour after my last cup there are waves and waves of menthol, peppermint (mind), sarsaparilla, plum, horehound, and California Everlasting. Qi is meditative. I can only image this tea in twenty years!