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Surprise! This not your usual Tie Guan Yin. As opposed to it’s ususal fresh notes, this one is darker and fruitier.
I was getting honey and dried fruit notes, but would need to spend some more time with this one, as I have around 50g left.
I would recommend this to those who enjoy black teas.

My method:

Tea Tumbler 250 ml, 6g for 10/15/30/45… sec @ 90°C

Gaiwan 100 ml, 3,33g for 10/15/20/30… sec @ 95°C

Flavors: Dried fruit, Honey, Baked Bread

So I just finished a 100g bag of this tea with a certain feeling of relief.
The quality of this tea in not in question, it’s just that I’m not not really fond of roasted oolongs.
I was hoping this tea would change that, but I don’t see myself buying it again.
Make no mistake, if you like roasted oolongs, this would probably be a really nice budget option, as the tea is refreshing and endures many steeps.

My method:

Tea Tumbler 250 ml, 6g for 10/15/30/45… sec @ 90°C

Gaiwan 100 ml, 3,33g for 10/15/20/30… sec @ 100°C

Flavors: Mineral, Toast, Wood, Rowan

As I haven’t really tried many chinese greens to my liking and mostly stick with japanese sencha.
For chinese greens, this affordable longjing has been my go-to tea. Refreshing, sweet and fragrant.
Probably will stay on my regular purchase list.
Organic Superfine is also a more expensive option, but this one is perfectly fine with me.

My method:

Tea Tumbler 250 ml, 6g for 5/10/15/20/30… sec @ 80°C

Gaiwan 100 ml, 3,33g for 5/10/15/20/30… sec @ 80°C

Flavors: Vegetal, Grass, Spinach

Now this is a special tea!
Comparing it with other black teas from Teavivre, it’s in a whole other category.
First, the taste. It’s strong. Then stronger. Give this to your coffee loving friends and watch them overdose… If not, you’re doing it wrong.
Perfect for work, better for overdosing and then leaving home early…
I was getting dried fruit (maybe fig), nuts, honey and then speeding towards some light roast coffee, but without acidity.

Second, the smell is strong. Mostly reminded me of tobacco (the good smelling part of tobacco) and then some wood and malt.

Last part, the price. It’s good, it’s fair, you get more than you pay for. And if you want strong, I don’t think you can find it cheaper.
This is a 9/10 material of black teas, but for the price, it goes almost full perfect.
And strong!

Tea Tumbler 250 ml, 6g for 5/10/20/30… sec @ 90°C

Flavors: Dried fruit, Tobacco, Coffee, Nuts, Honey

My last order from Teavivre was mostly black tea. This one is a really nice one for the price.
I was getting coffee, wood and maybe mushroom notes for the first 2 infusions. Later infusions revealed more citrus and cocoa flavors.

This is a good tea for casual drinking. I’m mostly brewing it with my tea tumbler for those long working hours. For gaiwan style brewing I’d recommend the Yun Nan Dian Hong Full-leaf.

Tea Tumbler 250 ml, 6g for 5/10/15/20… sec @ 90°C

Gaiwan 100 ml, 3,33g for 5/10/15/20… sec @ 90°C

Finally managed to get around tasting this magnificent tea, on a lazy, warm, late afternoon. Just the smell promised a treat, and a treat it was…
The taste was fruity but tender, with hay notes present during every infusion. Speaking of, with my Gong Fu powered Gaiwan I managed to get 10(!) whole infusions before losing that precious taste. Sweet!

Recommended 9/10.

Gaiwan 100 ml, 3,33g for 5/10/15/20… sec @ 82°C