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This was the first tea I bought when I stumbled upon Teavana while vacationing in Florida. I tried the sampler they had and instantly fell in love with this tea. Yes this tea is expensive ($25 for 2oz) but worth every penny. Every time I brew this tea, I find the flavours change very subtly, all depending on how you brew it. If I won the lottery, I’d drink this tea every day but until then, this is a “treat” tea, only having a few cups now and then. According to Teavana, this tea improves with age. Besides tasting amazingly delicious, this pricey tea can be re-steeped several times and will keep you pondering on the many subltelies this tea holds. Go try it for yourself and let me know.

Don’t follow the directions on the tin unless you want a dull flavourless cup of tea. I use just bellow boiling water and let the rosettes sit for about 4 to 5 minutes for a nice brisk flavourful cup. An overall good tasting tea but is it really worth $40 for about 4oz of tea? The high price must come from the very chic and re-usable tin and for the fact that the tea is all tied by hand and can be re-steeped several times. This would be a great gift to give to someone who enjoys tea.

I just got this tea and was nervous on how to prepare it since I’ve never tried a dragonwell tea before. I’ve read some articles on how to prepare a dragonwell tea but ended up following David’s Tea directions. From this, I found the brew to be very weak. I’ll have to experiment more with this one!

The strongest and best peppermint tea you’ll ever find!

The dry leafs are beautiful and the work they put in this tea shows in its taste.

This is not an every day tea because of its richness but a wonderful treat and will always be re-stocked when empty.

This tea has two wonderful qualities: it carries darjeeling & black tea characteristics. I am very impressed with this tea and I love the fact it’s organic plus comes from a cooperative of farmers.

When I brewed this tea as indicated on the label, I found it smelled like an old musty basement and tasted like brewed rotten wood. So now I wash the leafs for about ten seconds, dump the water and then steep for 30-45 seconds. What a difference!

This tea is the first loose-leaf black tea that I’ve tried and since then have tasted dozens, and this one is still being re-stocked every time I almost run out. Delicious, chocolaty, malty, light yet full depending on the amount and time of brew beautiful cup.

A subtle yet complex taste that cannot be ignored. Once you try this tea, you’re stuck with it. One of my staple black teas.