Davidson's Organics, Dragonwell Green, Loose Leaf Tea, 16-Ounce Bag (Packaging may vary)

As good as any Dragonwell coming out of China. Not overly brown or under dried and green. Well balanced and flavorful.

For the price I really can't complain. Of course it is not high grade, and the flavor is a bit grassy. This sells for 5 cents per gram, for that price it is really good.

In anticipation of receiving my first Dragon Well tea, I went on the internet to learn how to brew it properly. I learned that high quality tea is made from the terminal bud and the first two leaves. When the tea leaves are placed in hot but not boiling water, they sink to the bottom. The steeping creates a pale green colored fluid that is not cloudy. It has a nutty but not bitter flavor. Upon opening my bag, it smelled like yesterdays lawn clippings. The tea leaved were gray/green with lots of stems and broken leaves. When placed in the hot water, they did not sink, but floated. The color that emerged was a golden brown and cloudy. The taste was bitter and unpleasant, even when sweetened. I also brewed some cheep green tea I buy at Dollar Tree (100 tea bags for a dollar) that I have been drinking and compared the two. The Dollar Tree from Shri Lanka produced a pale gold but uncloudy fluid. It had a pleasant taste when sweetened. I thought I was buying special Dragon Well tea from China un-bagged and in bulk and thus a better price at $40 per pound with shipping. The product didn't taste good or meet the standards of what Dragon Well tea should be. This product is a total misrepresentation. It is un-useable bulk tea making the low per oz. price irrelevant.

This is my husband's favorite tea AND brand. We have tried others and always return to Davidson's. Thank you!

Quality product with a great taste! This is what natural raw tea is supposed to taste like. Well done, you keep making it and I'll keep buying it. Cheers!

If you're looking for prime dragonwell taste, this is probably not the tea for you, but of course at this price point you aren't really going to get super fresh first picking tea. Product is generally what one would expect frorthe price, the leaves are mostly broken and there is a fair bit of stem in the product. Leaf color is somewhat mixed and not as vibrant as might be desired. Aroma is somewhat muted compared to really fresh dragonwell, taste from the first steeping is okay but somewhat thin on the rich umami that one expects from dragonwell, so probably a good bit of the theanine has broken down already. Subsequent steepings become astringent quite rapidly, as opposed to higher end pickings where the umami lasts at least through 3 or 4 steepings before the astringency becomes predominant. But you do get quite a lot of tea at an inexpensive price, so I'm increasing leaf : water ratio and replacing after 2 steeps. Update: pretty good results with 10gm leaf / 250 gm water, 80C. Wouldn't go hotter as that will increase extraction of (bitter) catechins, whereas amino acids like theanine extract optimally at 80C.

I am a snob when it comes to Dragon Well green tea, my absolutely favorite. This is product is excellent and you get such a large quantity for the price. Great purchase!

WOW! A pound of tea is a lot! The flavor is very good. Haven't ordered from them before but I'll order again. There are a lot of stems in the bag. Not sure if that's normal for them but the flavor is good so I'll allow it since it's cheap.