The Tao of Tea, Osmanthus Oolong Tea, Loose Leaf, 2.5 Ounce Tin

This tea is amazing. I love the taste and aroma.

Great floral flavor and earthly smell, that mixes well and doesn't outweigh the natural oolong flavor. Great quality, full leaves that unfurl after an initial wash of hot water. On the greener side than some other oolongs by Tao. Fresh, beautiful, and great for the price!

Can't figure out what this is. Does not taste, feel or effect as any of the teabag oolongs I've enjoyed_prince if peace, triple leaf. I tried brief research but not sure what it is. Is it a green oolong. Seems a boxed in thing. No roasty toasty nasal. A bit "thick"? Might have made me sleepy. I'm keeping to try again in various settings. But in no rush. Unlike Tao if teas 500 mile chai and their Dragonwell green which I love and try to get to every day. The Dragonwell was a very beautiful surprise. I'd been heavy into Gunpowder green. And now -white silver needle makes all other whites put on hold. You know what I'm going to try it again right now. I've not been getting the flavor profile that it's known for.*just tried it again and had a similar but more aware experience. Apparently "oolongs can vary from green to darker to dark. The production process for oolongs is somewhat more involved than for black or green teas. The level of oxidation varies widely, with subjective estimates of the level of oxidation ranging from 10% to 75%. The level of roast also varies widely, independently of the level of oxidation. Oolong can be dark in color either due to greater oxidation, or greater roast." Well I guess I prefer the darker "wuyi" region oolongs at this moment of time. I would not buy this again. The analogy to jasmine green tea doesn't work for me. Though the green dragon Tao of tea caught my eye. But again the reviews weren't that encouraging.

Reading the other reviews I realize people might be reading the description wrong. A lot assume there are actually flower buds and, just like sone or coffe descriptions, hints of cherry or vanilla are only guidelines in a flavor profile. This tea is wonderful! It breed to an emerald green and is a perfect oolong for a large tea pot. Highly recommend!

I feel like a lot of reviewers here don’t know how to properly steep this tea. After the second steep the flavor really takes off with apple undertones and apricot after taste . Don’t go more hotter than 195 degrees. The caffeine is very moderate and crisp !

I love Osmanthus Oolong Tea because it has a wonderful aroma that feels as if it's directly from Osmanthus.

I cannot really smell any osmanthus in this tea. Pls don't buy it if you enthusiastically like the fragment of osmanthus...

from the description, I expected something totally different. I do see a few little flower pieces in with the leaves but can't taste or smell anything like the description states. i'm no tea expert, but, to me, I might as well have purchased a grocery store green tea, which I can barely tolerate. I purchased the wuyi tea from this company and loved it's mellow taste so much that I thought I'd try another one of their teas. i expected a light, slightly fruity flavor or at least aroma ... much different than what i received which is a heavy slightly bitter green tea. i'm going to try brewing at different strengths to see if anything will change and report back, if i can get a better flavor from this tea. as for their wuyi, i just love it sooooo much and will definitely be purchasing more. this review is just my very uneducated opinion of how i think a good tea should taste.