I am not a tea specialist, just a normal person who likes to drink tea more then coffee or anything else. This is my first buy on loose leaf green tea. I have tried many brands in the bags, but never tried loose leaf green tea before, so i thought I would give this a try. what I found was this tea to be good and bad at the same time.

The Tea did have a decent strength of flavor. When i make a glass of tea, it is usually somewhere around 20 to 24 ounce cups. I use one of those 3/4" or 1" balls to put it in. I found that with it just under half filled with tea, I can get 2 cups of decent strength tea out of one batch. What I do is boil water, then pour it in the cup, let it sit for about 2 minutes to let it cool down a little, then put the tea ball in for about 2 minutes. The second glass, I do the same, but leave it in for more like 5 minutes. the second glass of tea, is still stronger in flavor, then most brands of bagged tea that I have had before, and those, I only get one cup of tea out of.

This comes with a large amount, so if you drink a lot, it will last you for some time. I usually drink about 4 cups of tea a evening. I have gone through, about 1/4th to 1/5th of the container, in about a month. that is about 120 20 ounce glasses of tea so far. so for the container, I am expecting to get probably around 500 - 600 glasses in the container. for under 13 dollars, that is not bad. The price is one of the cheapest that I have found for loose leaf green tea too. The tea comes with the outside cheap plastic, in a cheap cardboard box, and the tea is in a bag (made out of wax paper if I remember right, or something like that) inside the box. I took it out of that box, and bag, and put mine in 2 sealed plastic containers.. This way, one half of it stays somewhat fresh while I am constantly opening the other container to make it.

I have seen others make remarks about a smokey flavor, and mine did have that too. It was not overwhelming, but was there. I have seen others remark about giving the tea a 30 second cold bath before they put it in their cups, and it did help them. I have not tried it, so I can not say as to if it does help with that smokey flavor. The way I look at it, it still is not bad tea, and for the price, I guess you can not expect perfection. Like they say, you get what you pay for. So far, overall, I am happy with the purchase.

Overall, it is tea, and it is cheap. The reason that this one won out of the ones I was looking at, was because of the price. I figured, it if was good, then all the better, but the one that is half this amount, if I would have had to pay the amount for that one, I probably would have tried a different brand because of the reviews.. but this one was just a couple dollars more then the one half its size, of the same brand. so for the small price difference, I got this one instead.

If you are just an average person, that is not completely picky about their tea, then you probably will not mind this. If you are someone who is picky and has to have their tea just so..then this probably is not for you. I personally, can not say if the next time I need tea, I will buy another batch of this again, or if i will spend the extra and try a different brand. I can not say, and from the amount that you get in this batch, it will be quite a while before i need to worry about it, so for the time being, i am set. As to if I could say I would recommend this or not, it is up in the air. I can not really say I would, or would not. It is all a matter of preference as to if you want to give it a try. but for me, i am just happy to know that I am not having to run to the store constantly to get more tea. Other then that, what more is there really to say. If you are happy with a decent, but not great, cup of tea, then I would say to give it a try.. and if you don't like it, you at least are not out much.
I am not a tea specialist, just a normal person who likes to drink tea more then coffee or anything else. This is my first buy on loose leaf green tea. I have tried many brands in the bags, but never tried loose leaf green tea before, so i thought I would give this a try. what I found was this tea to be good and bad at the same time. The Tea did have a decent strength of flavor. When i make a glass of tea, it is usually somewhere around 20 to 24 ounce cups. I use one of those 3/4" or 1" balls to put it in. I found that with it just under half filled with tea, I can get 2 cups of decent strength tea out of one batch. What I do is boil water, then pour it in the cup, let it sit for about 2 minutes to let it cool down a little, then put the tea ball in for about 2 minutes. The second glass, I do the same, but leave it in for more like 5 minutes. the second glass of tea, is still stronger in flavor, then most brands of bagged tea that I have had before, and those, I only get one cup of tea out of. This comes with a large amount, so if you drink a lot, it will last you for some time. I usually drink about 4 cups of tea a evening. I have gone through, about 1/4th to 1/5th of the container, in about a month. that is about 120 20 ounce glasses of tea so far. so for the container, I am expecting to get probably around 500 - 600 glasses in the container. for under 13 dollars, that is not bad. The price is one of the cheapest that I have found for loose leaf green tea too. The tea comes with the outside cheap plastic, in a cheap cardboard box, and the tea is in a bag (made out of wax paper if I remember right, or something like that) inside the box. I took it out of that box, and bag, and put mine in 2 sealed plastic containers.. This way, one half of it stays somewhat fresh while I am constantly opening the other container to make it. I have seen others make remarks about a smokey flavor, and mine did have that too. It was not overwhelming, but was there. I have seen others remark about giving the tea a 30 second cold bath before they put it in their cups, and it did help them. I have not tried it, so I can not say as to if it does help with that smokey flavor. The way I look at it, it still is not bad tea, and for the price, I guess you can not expect perfection. Like they say, you get what you pay for. So far, overall, I am happy with the purchase. Overall, it is tea, and it is cheap. The reason that this one won out of the ones I was looking at, was because of the price. I figured, it if was good, then all the better, but the one that is half this amount, if I would have had to pay the amount for that one, I probably would have tried a different brand because of the reviews.. but this one was just a couple dollars more then the one half its size, of the same brand. so for the small price difference, I got this one instead. If you are just an average person, that is not completely picky about their tea, then you probably will not mind this. If you are someone who is picky and has to have their tea just so.. then this probably is not for you. I personally, can not say if the next time I need tea, I will buy another batch of this again, or if i will spend the extra and try a different brand. I can not say, and from the amount that you get in this batch, it will be quite a while before i need to worry about it, so for the time being, i am set. As to if I could say I would recommend this or not, it is up in the air. I can not really say I would, or would not. It is all a matter of preference as to if you want to give it a try. but for me, i am just happy to know that I am not having to run to the store constantly to get more tea. Other then that, what more is there really to say. If you are happy with a decent, but not great, cup of tea, then I would say to give it a try.. and if you don't like it, you at least are not out much.