Ugh, I feel like an idiot saying this, but I saw a magazine cover claiming you could lose weight with iced tea.  I already drink iced tea a lot, so I wanted to see how I could use that to my advantage.  This was actually my third pu erh tea and was the better of three.  The bags were substantial and held together really well during brewing.  You might have read how many folks don't like the taste of puerh, that it tastes like dirt, well, ya, I can see that, but of the brands I've tried this one tasted a lot less like dirt. Honestly, I don't think pu erh tastes a whole lot more dirt like than cheap oolong.  Anyway.  So, for weight loss, well....  OK, the article I read says two cups with or just after each meal and a cup of green tea between meal.  I did not use this way, just can't fit that much in time wise what with brewing and all.  I made sun tea, 32 ounces of water in a glass bottle with three pu erh bags and one green chai (chai is my favorite tea of all time).  When done I'd put two packs of stevia in the raw in and I was good to go.  I'd have one cup with each meal when home.  I found that as long as I was not bad about my eating this regimen would result in a tiny bit of weight loss, a few pounds, but I just couldn't keep it going, eating out and stuff.  If I was bad with eating then drinking this tea  kept me from gaining.  I can only imagine if I really followed what the article said or if I could just keep drinking it three time every day then real weight loss could happen.  My current weight is quite troublesome as it is hormonal (perimenopause) and doesn't respond to much, even exercise.  To see what little I did see with this tea gives me hope.  I do plan to try hitting it again and try to stick with it regularly enough to affect my weight for real.  In summary, of the two pu erh teas I've tried this one was definitely better tasting and higher quality, so if you are shopping for which brand I do recommend this brand. If you are looking for a recommendation for weight loss, then I think I can say yes, pu erh can help you lose weight, but you have to drink enough of it regularly enough and paired with green tea to get it to work.  If you are looking for a healthy tea, then look no further, pu erh is higher in polyphenols than any other tea, and based on my latest cholesterol tests it really does help keep that down too.