Ti Kuan Yin Customer Reviews

Today’s communiTea an oolong slightly floral aroma with an earthy green tea taste. So mesmerizing to watch the leaves unfurl slowly steeping into a beautiful lime lining in my glass teapot. Such a beautiful way to start my Sunday. On this crisp morning, I’m sitting outside with my dog, sipping this toasty, deliciously smooth but earthy and lightly floral cuppa tea. Hmmmm, as the sun was rising over my backyard view, creating such a beautiful quiet moment, representing Ti Kuan Yin so perfectly. Also noted, able to enjoy multiple steeps, that if possible, actually seemed to be even better. (2 mins @ 195F, re-steeps 3 mins @ 195F) If your an oolong sipper, and enjoy earthy notes of green tea, sipping today’s tea won’t disappoint.

19 helpful votes

I really enjoyed this oolong tea. Very smooth and balanced.

1 helpful votes

Tasting along with the communiTEA today: Strong spinach scent from the dry ingredients and packet today. After steeping about 2:40 mins at 190° F, I detect a floral almost subtle gardenia essence from my cup. When I take a sip, there is a pleasant earthiness and nuttiness with a long green leafy vegetable finish that complement the floral nose.

11 helpful votes

What an elegant, sophisticated treat! Take the time to fully embrace such a complex tea. Steep her gently, allowing her graceful leaves to unfurl and awaken. At first steep (3 minutes) she released a gentle floral essence, with a tiny bite of peppery note. Second steeping, (3 minutes) a bit more of the flavor of greenery, still peppery like new greens, not vegetable like. I must say I enjoyed the first steeping more, but this is definitely an oolong experience worth repeating.

13 helpful votes

A delicious cup of tea. Light beautiful color and wonderful smooth taste.

Despite the description of toasted walnuts and collard greens, I remained hopeful when making the CommuniTea pack this morning. I remember loving oolong tea as a kid. This wasn’t it. I didn’t detect any toasted walnuts. What the tea smelled and tasted like was the water from a pot of boiled greens. Not a tea flavor I’d like.

2 helpful votes

Loosely rolled green oolong tea leaves were noted in my communiTEA packet this morning. They were curled-up in bed and needed awakening. Mild vegetal aromas were noted.

I steeped at 190°F ‘cuz I don’t got no 195 button on my kettle. I pulled the first steep at three minutes, when most of the leaves had opened. Subsequent steeps, three total, were for two and a half minutes, as the leaves were already primed.

When hot, mild and slightly nutty vegetal flavors were noted.

When warm, mild mineral tastes were noted alongside mild freshly blanched sweet pea flavors. A very mild tingle was noted on the front of my tongue all the way to finish.

Towards the end, very mild gardenia floral tastes and aromas lingered on my palate. This tea was a pleasantly mild to moderate tasting oolong. Subsequent steeps were even tastier. You should be able to get more than three steeps from this tea. (1st steep: 3 mins/Subsequent steeps: 2 mins 30 secs @ 190ºF, no additions)

49 helpful votes

This tea was a nice surprise. I prefer strong black tea to green 99% of the time and have a strong aversion to any 'grassy'' taste. But I follow my personal rule to try all teas in my CommuniTea assortment each month and to not make assumptions until I actually drink a cup of each one. This is a special tea that has many steps in the harvesting/drying process, which makes it highly prized and expensive. Brew carefully...less time, lower water temp. I brewed mine at 195F, 2.5 minutes. Upon opening my packet, the aroma was herbal, slightly floral. The tightly rolled leaves unfurl beautifully into gorgeous green leaves. My IngenuiTea brewer was perfect for watching this process. The brewed tea definitely has a light floral scent, with a background light, vegetal quality. Not grassy, just lightly herbal. The taste and mouthfeel is light...floral with just a hint of honey sweetness and... leaves (best word I can come up with). The floral is not cloying, but just a kiss of sweet aroma and flavor. This one works for me -- lovely tea. Not bold and grassy...just a kiss of warm dappled sunlight shining down on newly opened flowers and a hill side of tea plants. It's like a cool spring morning in a cup. A meditative tea to be sipped slowly and with appreciation. I tip my cup to the farmer who lovingly grew and prepared this wonderful tea. It started this crisp March morning with a blessing.

40 helpful votes

Definitely all the bitterness of kale.
Even with added sweetener it remained unfortunately bitter.

Oo la la, oolong!; fragrantly unfurling leaves; fit for a goddess! (Haiku review)

24 helpful votes

Absolutely delicious! This tea has a lovely sweet flavor with a full and quite soft mouthfeel. A little mineral taste keeps it from being cloying. The subtle floral aroma is perfectly balanced with the taste. It finishes with a hint of astringency making it very refreshing. I could drink this all day, and being able to do multiple steeps is wonderful. The second steep was my favorite.

13 helpful votes

This tea tasted downright ambrosial. When I first tried Oolong Goddess teabags from Adagio I was disappointed, and the 'Collard Greens' description of ti kuan yin didn't sell it either. But today's tea was absolutely magical. I brewed with a modified gong fu style of 1 tsp leaves per 6 oz water at 195 degrees for 1 minute. This gave me >12 satisfying steeps and a quart of iced-tea leftovers after I tasted away. The first steep tasted like wildflower honey with the tiniest bit of astringency. By the second steep, the leaves were almost fully unfurled yielding a sweet and delicious brew with a crisp finish and a full mouthfeel. The lingering sweetness reminded me of the scent of walking through a tropical garden, more like the intoxicating floral headiness from gardenia or plumeria than the simpler honeysuckle or orchid notes I've found in other floral oolongs. Overall, it wasn't grassy at all and blew away the 'Flowery Tieguanyin' I purchased from another vendor. The intense and lingering sweetness was incredible. It's not as deeply rich as the red oolong, and not as buttery as the Formosa Pouchong, but I haven't found its rival in sweetness or lingering aftertaste. It is just divine.

27 helpful votes

Not too bad for a palate that generally prefers deep blacks! Agree with others that it gets better with each steep.

This is such as wonderfully smooth and high-quality oolong! Light, sweet, and delicious. I'm glad I was able to try it in my communiTEA packet, and I think this would be a perfect gift for any oolong lover. No complaints here!

3 helpful votes

There is a fresh green aroma from the CommuniTea packet, as the hard, tightly curled and crumpled leaves roll out into the infuser. Delightfully they unfurl, stretch, and float as sea nymphs in hot water creating a lovely, light gold tea. The nymphs make the tea soft and buttery with no astringency. It is a delicate, and multi level flavor of nutty, fresh green hay and sweet fruit. A floral aroma fills my nose on the crisp and clean finish. What a great tribute to the oolong Iron Goddess of Mercy. There are two legends about this tea’s discovery, and a complicated and very involved process in preparing the leaves. No wonder it is one of the more expensive teas in the world. How exciting that I get to taste it here. It steeps multiple times, and tastes good each time. This is a tea to take time to enjoy. (1st steep 3 mins @ 190ºF, Multiple steeps: 2 mins @ 190ºF).

18 helpful votes

This was my first time to try this tea. it is a great one! I loved it from the first smell, through the whole steeping process down to the last drop. The leaves are so beautiful to watch 'grow' and unfurl! I followed the instructions on the package exactly. I also did not sweeten. I steeped in 12oz of water, but next steep I will try 8oz. I really love Oolong tea, white, green teas, and herbal teas. This Oolong was extra special though! I can't wait to make an order to get more. I have the leaves drying out now and plan to do a second steep in the morning for even more taste...maybe I could even do a third and fourth! If you like Oolong teas this one would be great one to try.

19 helpful votes

Perhaps I would enjoy this more if it was blended with other flavors, but otherwise I really don’t appreciate this since I am not all that into oolong.

2 helpful votes

What an absolutely delightful oolong! I enjoyed every sip of this tea and had fun watching the leaves unfurl. Each spoonful is good for multiple steeps. Brewed for about 4 mins at 185.

6 helpful votes

Loved this oolong! Really well balanced. Light mineral flavor, somewhat floral - It’s so hard to describe, but I got a woodsy feel. Multi-layered and wonderful.

8 helpful votes

just like what a oolong should be! one of my Favorite oolongs out there

1 helpful votes

Smells really floral and wonderful! it's almost grassy like a green tea despite being oolong.
I bought a sample &liked it enough to grab a bigger pack.

3 min steep · 212°F

Maybe I went into this one with the wrong expectations (I'm still pretty new to the tea world). I love oolong teas and wanted to try as many as possible, but this just tastes like a green tea to me, which I'm not a fan of. My husband conveniently likes green tea, so I've passed this one off to him. It's just not for me!

Different than the other greener Oolongs I have tried, but still unforgettable and a joy in a cup.

A really delicious oolong tea with tightly furled leaves that expand beautifully. Lovely!

Great tea. It develops flavors over 3 steeps. My fiance does not usually like straight tea without flavors, but we both really enjoy this.

If you re new to trying more upscale full leaf teas or just starting out with gongfu brewing, this one will leave such an impression on you. I recommend using a gaiwan with this one, and DEFINITELY NOT a tea infuser. Using an infuser with this tea is a disservice to yourself and the beauty of this tea. The leaves expand many times its size into a gorgeous green salad. I m in love with this tea, and always will be.

3 helpful votes

One of my top oolong picks. Enjoy multiple infusions.

A uniquely flavored tea oolong that really delivers.

This is, hands down, my favorite tea. It has been for years. Just perfect in every way for me.

3 min steep · 212°F

Very floral with hints of jasmine, Easter lily, roses, petunias and maybe a hint of patchouli. Reminds me of the old ladies at church who wear too much of a fragrance that has fallen out of style - but this isn't too much! I see now why it's so expensive, it's almost ceremonial. This would make a delightful mead!

5 min steep · 180°F · 1 helpful votes

Adagio Ti Kuan Yin is good, but it does not taste authentic to me. It smells and tastes like a Jasmine green tea.

3 min steep · 200°F · 1 helpful votes

Fantastic tea to have when eating dinner or lunch. I think this is my favorite.

2 min steep · 195°F

Oh man. I feel like I m addicted to this amazing tea already. I brewed up a pot, then another, then another. It s so exactly what I want in a tea. Warm and full and smooth, with a buttery feel, a mineral taste and nutty tones. There s a light orchidness to it that flits in and out, never overpowering. I got four steeps out of one set of leaves, and I ve already added this to my next order because I m hooked. I can see why this is considered THE tea.

3 min steep · 195°F

An enjoyable cup of green tea. Pleasant and soothing.

3 min steep · 212°F

My 2nd favorite next to dragon well. Just plain good.

I ordered Ti Kuan Yin, Golden Flower and Formosa. If I had to pick a favorite, it would be this tea! The cool way the leaves expand and look like sea weed is fun. The word rich is used often in the reviews for this tea. Very accurate. I love the full-bodied, earthly flavor. So glad I decided to explore oolong.

7 helpful votes

Wonderful tea, my favorite oolong. Keep buying eat all the time

This is one of my favorites. It's hard to describe the flavor of this--maybe it's fruity and floral without being overly so. It's rich and smooth, too. It's great year round, but I like it best in the summer. Also, I always manage to get several cups out of each scoop, so I get my money's worth.

Balanced and delicious as an everyday oolong. Perfect for sipping on a rainy day.

Tastes off. I prefer the ti kuan yin from teasource more

Grassy aroma in the packet. Brews a clear pale yellow. Expands maybe 4x. Strongest aroma element is toasted chlorophyll, followed by floral and fish. Seems to have a pleasantly soft mouthfeel. Second brew was 3 minutes and is just like the first.

2 min steep · 190°F

I have been holding back on trying this one, as I wasn’t sure what to expect. I was pleasantly surprised with the smooth flavors of this tea. I kinda reminded me of a good green tea.

3 min steep · 212°F

I drink a lot of oolong and I've had more than a few different Ti Kuan Yin teas over the years, this one is deffinitely one of the best. It's good quality, not over priced, and pretty much the best I've had outside of tea brought back as gifts from China.

YUM!!! Love this tea, really delicious! Would buy again

This is my favorite tea from Adagio. It has a complex floral flavor, but also a boldness that I love. Slight hint of salty sea air.

3 min steep · 212°F

The floral quality of this tea makes it one of my favorites. I have found that this tea does not need to be removed from the pot after steeping, since it does not become bitter like some other teas.

Great for the price. I love high grade oolong teas. Worth a sip!

My go-to oolong is Jin Xuan/milk oolong as I like the deeper/richer flavour. I thought I d try this one, though. It is good for the variety of tea that it is. It has the 'greener' or more vegetal flavour expected, as well as a slightly floral perfume. Nice for a Ti Kuan Yin, enjoyable for multiple steeps, just not my personal go-to.

2 min steep · 195°F

Ti Quan yin is one of my favorite teas, so I'm quite picky about them. The tradtional ti kun yin I received this year(2020), from Anxi, was quite disappointing. Muddy, no floral notes. Not up to Adagio's usual standard. I'll try again when they get a new batch

Decided to treat myself with a sample of this, and its as wonderful as described if you're a fan of the minerally taste of oolong! I personally think I still prefer Golden Flower and Jade oolong but this is still a fantastic, meditative cup to enjoy in a quiet moment.

3 min steep · 195°F