Organic Positively Tea Company, Pinhead Gunpowder Green Tea, Loose Leaf, 16 OunceUSDA Organic

the flavor of orange and aroma is bold and green tea gives it a bitter taste. also the bag is large. will be ordering more.

Delicious tea! Great flavor. No bitter aftertaste even after a long steeping time. I re-ordered.

We drink a lot of green tea with rice in this household. This is the first time I have tried this brand and going forward I will not purchase any other kind. Smooth taste at a reasonable price. I can recommend it highly.

More stems than I’m used to but not the worst.

I love tea. I've tried a lot of teas, everything from bad tea to fine tea, and I also like variety often switching between black, green, oolong, and puh-erh. And for all the green teas I've tried Dragonwell is a relatively new addition to my collection and so I've ordered a number of different brands to identify which is best. There are several brands sold on Amazon that are good, like Davidson's and Solstice Tea Traders, but I would argue this one is the best I've tried yet.The first time I tried Dragonwell tea, it was in a tea sampler, and I had no idea what awaited me. It has a mild sweetness with a smooth, toasty flavor with nutty undertones. It's a clean, balanced, and satisfying green tea.Unlike other green teas, the leaves are rolled flat and they don't seem to swell up when steeped. I heap my infuser basket full of leaves, to the top, and re-steep it all day long. It's somewhat forgiving, but will begin to bitter if steeped too long and weak if not steeped long enough. I find steeping until it develops a slight cloudiness makes for the ideal cup. If you like a good gunpowder green, you'll probably find this an enjoyable variety.

IDK what it is with this green tea. I tried it multiple times out of stubbornness thinking maybe I was somehow making it wrong. Even got exact with the prep using a timer and temp probe following the instructions exactly. Then I tried underbrewing it with a -15F temp & steeping just 2 minutes. It was better when weaker, but only because there was just less of the tea tannins in the cup. Still quite rough compared to a very typical Sencha.Every brew tasted very bitter, slightly smoky, the color came out brownish orange (presumably because it's a fired-tea) despite the tea itself looking pale greenHeadaches for about an hour after drinking a full cup. It reminded me of the times I drank extremely hoppy beers & got a headache. It doesn't taste like hops, but IDK, it's just not good. Not enjoyable on any level. I tried it 4 times & could not make it pleasant.No idea if this is how it's supposed to be or not, but whatever I got was pretty awful & I just threw out $15 of tea. Wish I'd thrown it out after the second confirmation brew instead of suffering through two more.I guess it's back to the expensive Japanese brands for green tea, have not been able to find a Chinese green that is even vaguely in the same realm... and I've tried. Figured there must be a Chinese organic that's at least 70% as good as the $20-40/100g Japanese greens I'm used to, but for less money. $16 for 450g tempted me but I guess I've learned my lesson.Back to Gyokuro & Sencha.

I have found that if I want to stay hydrated during the day, I need to prepare my drinks in advance in the morning. I have also noticed that most of the time plain water is not something that I reach for.To date, I have tried the Earl Grey de la Creme, Butterscotch, Apple Cinnamon, and Dragon Green tea Lemonade. They are all of excellent quality, I like the taste all of them, Apple Cinnamon is not my favorite, but that's me, and it's good, I just put it in rotation less. (Who knows, I might change my mind.) My favorite thing to do with the Earl Grey and the butterscotch is to finish them with a bit of half and half or whole milk.It's good to have options so that one doesn't get burnt out on one flavor. As I write this review, I'm trying the Dragon Green tea Lemonade for the first time, it takes a bit of an adjustment, you know, black tea to green, and all of that. It's a good addition.I like that the company offers a reliable, quality product with many variations, and a one pound bag is bigger than one might think. It's a lot of tea!

Brew 1.5 tsp in 350 ml of 175F water for two minutes. Zero astringency or bitterness. I like to add two packets of Splenda to my tea, and it’s a game changer.I can get several steepings for each batch of leaves, at least two- but three or more are possible. The leaves unfurl and become enormous, so do NOT use a tea ball or a smaller teabag for this. The leaves need room to fully expand. Use a basket infuser, or brew it in a gaiwan or kyusu.I also recommend removing the tea from its bag and storing it in a glass canning jar. For maximum freshness and a longer shelf life, I suggest adding an oxygen absorbing packet and a moisture control packet to the jar, and keep it stored in a cool to cold dark area.