This is the feed of all reviews of Pure Tea (Camellia sinensis) on RateTea.http://ratetea.com/style/tea-camellia-sinensis/1/http://ratetea.com/review/7151/http://ratetea.com/review/7151/Wed, 15 Apr 2026 19:29:21 ESTGreat Yunnan aroma, with the expected spiciness. The liquor (5 min steep) is a dark brown. Flavor is a solid Yunnan, this would a be an easy sip all day tea.http://ratetea.com/review/7149/http://ratetea.com/review/7149/Thu, 12 Mar 2026 15:34:36 ESTThe aroma is mild, slight hint of fruit. The liquor (5 min steep) is a dark, coppery brown. Nothing outstanding, mild overall. Easy to sip all day.http://ratetea.com/review/7148/http://ratetea.com/review/7148/Wed, 11 Mar 2026 13:19:34 ESTEnjoyable Ceylon aroma. The liquor is amber (5 min steep). The flavor is a smooth Ceylon. No surprises. Wonderful tea. I will add this to my regular rotation.http://ratetea.com/review/7146/http://ratetea.com/review/7146/Wed, 25 Feb 2026 14:17:04 ESTThis is a very interesting tea; I don't think I have ever tasted anything quite like it before. The aroma is complex, and the flavor changes as it cools off. It starts out with a grain-like flavor and aroma, and eventually it tastes more peppery and beer-like, with a mild taste of hops. Good. http://ratetea.com/review/7144/http://ratetea.com/review/7144/Thu, 19 Feb 2026 18:00:12 ESTMy version (with photo uploaded as of Feb. 2026) is just called "Organic Black Tea" with no "Royal" on the packaging. Presumably this is different from the "Royal Tea" depicted in another entry and in the previous photo for this tea. Or maybe not? Either way, it's truer to the name of this pre-existing listing, so here's your review. ;-) The dry-bag aroma is faint, but unmistakable in that is smells like a Ceylon tea. Brewing brings that aroma out more strongly in-cup. Quite quickly, the liquid d...http://ratetea.com/review/7142/http://ratetea.com/review/7142/Wed, 11 Feb 2026 13:01:18 ESTThe best feature of this oolong is its aroma, which has a bit of sandalwood incense in it. The flavor is bland at first, but gets better as it cools, and has a very light bite to it. For me there is just a dash of cream in the flavor. This is a pretty good tea overall, but it is nothing special.http://ratetea.com/review/7139/http://ratetea.com/review/7139/Wed, 21 Jan 2026 10:22:00 ESTThis is a good Yunnan. It has a very nice aroma of autumn leaves plus a little wood smoke. The flavor is earthy, with a dash of iron, but things stay under control. Adding milk softens it a bit. This is a mellow cup, and well worth the low price. Thanks again to RateTea for introducing me to another fine tea seller. http://ratetea.com/review/7138/http://ratetea.com/review/7138/Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:10:35 ESTThis is a very nice surprise. I am used to lapsang souchongs that are thoroughly smoky, in fact I even thought lapsang souchong meant smoked tea (duh) - but this is another animal entirely. It is mellow and earthy, with a soft mouthfeel. There is no astringency or unpleasant notes, and it is nice with milk or on its own. Thanks to Rate Tea for introducing me to Tea Vivre; I will certainly be buying more teas from this company. http://ratetea.com/review/7125/http://ratetea.com/review/7125/Wed, 05 Nov 2025 22:04:02 ESTYamamotoyama still packages this tea in the same box shown in the original image, which is at least 15 years old. Oddly, I got it on discount at a Safeway in Hilo, for less than I've seen it at Asian stores in the mainland. So I drank about half the box while staying near the volcano, and am finishing the balance after returning home. Whether on filtered rainwater of my rental house there, or well water of my own here, the in-cup flavor and taste have been quite consistent across various brewing tim...http://ratetea.com/review/7119/http://ratetea.com/review/7119/Wed, 08 Oct 2025 14:34:10 ESTClassic Assam aroma, with a bit of a fruit under tone. Liquor is a deep amber/red (5 minute steep). Flavor is excellent Assam. Overall, an excellent blend.http://ratetea.com/review/7113/http://ratetea.com/review/7113/Wed, 24 Sep 2025 12:32:39 ESTAs should be expected, strong earthy aroma with a hint of fruit. the liquor (s min steep) is a deep brown with a slight red. Flavor is a nice strong black tea blend. This tea is an all sipping choice.http://ratetea.com/review/7110/http://ratetea.com/review/7110/Mon, 22 Sep 2025 21:57:11 ESTThe aroma is a strong black blend, with a 'peachy' under tone. The liquor is a deep amber (5 min steep). The taste is very enjoyable, the Oolong addition mellows the blend a bit. This would be an all day sipping tea for me. I will work this tea into my regular rotation.http://ratetea.com/review/7105/http://ratetea.com/review/7105/Tue, 29 Jul 2025 03:34:57 ESTI expected a rather bland, uninteresting oolong, based on the big-brand mass production and long-ago reviews here, but came away rather impressed. The dry-bag aroma mixes toasted rice with moist hay or newly mowed alfalfa, while still picking up the underlying base tea. The taste came across nice and strong, as if somebody took a typical oolong flavor and turned up the volume knob a few notches. I like that! There's a little bit of grassy or vegetal element to the flavor too, which gets more pronou...http://ratetea.com/review/7103/http://ratetea.com/review/7103/Wed, 23 Jul 2025 02:05:28 ESTWhen I think of what an English Breakfast tea should taste like, after having a few good-quality loose and bagged brands early on, most others have fallen short. However, this one hit the spot right away at a motel, and a few days later at home too, living up to the standard. It left me wanting to try more of both this one and others from the same company. The tea brewed up dark and thick-looking, quickly. The aroma was rather mild, so I expected the usual motel-obtained, bagged EB tea. However, the...http://ratetea.com/review/7100/http://ratetea.com/review/7100/Sat, 12 Jul 2025 21:35:39 ESTFinding a variety of Bromley teas at a Holiday Inn Express in Nebraska, I figured to try a few, both there (which had good water) and on the well water at home. This one was a winner, probably the best motel-obtained green tea I've had, and up there with several decent loose-leaf Chinese green teas. The dry-bag aroma was weak, but the tea's smell and flavor both lit up nicely in-cup. A little bit of experimentation with a few bags showed that steeping this about 3–4 minutes works to bring the flavor...http://ratetea.com/review/7097/http://ratetea.com/review/7097/Fri, 27 Jun 2025 22:22:54 ESTThis is a decent, budget-priced Assam. It lacks the full, malty flavor that a first-rate Assam should have, but it is not bad. A little thin and mild, but perfectly drinkable. http://ratetea.com/review/7096/http://ratetea.com/review/7096/Fri, 27 Jun 2025 13:48:27 ESTThis is a smooth, easy to drink Ceylon tea. It is versatile - it goes well with milk or lemon, and it would probably be just fine on ice. The aroma is pleasantly earthy. You can't go wrong by choosing this.http://ratetea.com/review/7095/http://ratetea.com/review/7095/Wed, 25 Jun 2025 19:30:20 ESTThe aroma has a mild stone fruit scent. The liquor (5 min steep) is reddish brown. Flavor is a pleasing Darjeeling. the tea would be an excellent sip all day. I will move it into my regular rotation.http://ratetea.com/review/7091/http://ratetea.com/review/7091/Wed, 04 Jun 2025 17:03:40 ESTSurprisingly, this was one of the smoothest and most pleasant flavor experiences I've had with bagged black Ceylon tea, and perhaps Bigelow's best in that category. How much of that resulted from a baseline of lower expectations? Admittedly, most of the "Steep" line hasn't impressed me much, especially considering the negligible difference in taste relative to price for similar non-Steep teas in their portfolio. Regardless, Bigelow should keep the supply line wide open to whatever estate(s) produce this...http://ratetea.com/review/7090/http://ratetea.com/review/7090/Fri, 23 May 2025 23:20:30 ESTLikely, I'll never rate a decaf black tea in the upper 20%, simply because the processes involved usually strip away aroma and flavor and add some sort of unnatural (usually metallic) tinge to the taste. Imagine my surprise, then, when this decaf tasted rather smooth and moderately strong, with only the very faintest and barely detectable rustiness. It also contained a weak but still noticeable fruity element, something like kiwi or starfruit, as well as a hint of damp, fallen autumn leaves. This may be...http://ratetea.com/review/7089/http://ratetea.com/review/7089/Thu, 22 May 2025 12:32:13 ESTThe aroma is sweet, solid Ceylon aroma. The liquor (5 min steep) is a deep brown. Flavor is good, and has a distinct fruit taste ( I get peaches). Overall a good Ceylon. I would add this tea to my regular rotation.http://ratetea.com/review/7087/http://ratetea.com/review/7087/Wed, 21 May 2025 12:58:07 ESTStrong smoky aroma. The liquor (5 min steep) is a brownish red. There are cherry notes that linger as an after taste. This tea might be a good pairing with dessert. I would use it for all day sipping.http://ratetea.com/review/7083/http://ratetea.com/review/7083/Thu, 17 Apr 2025 14:52:12 ESTThe aroma has a pleasant fruitiness. The liquor (5 minute steep) is a medium brown. The flavor is mild, and tasty, with a slight sweet after taste. Would be good as a base for a blended tea. Tasty.http://ratetea.com/review/7082/http://ratetea.com/review/7082/Tue, 08 Apr 2025 02:38:17 ESTFinally, after trying several Darjeeling teas, I think I've finally found one that expresses how they're supposed to taste. Most of them, in my relatively limited experience so far, have been "off" in some way: flat, or metallic, or weak, or muddy, or "old" tasting, or just ordinary and nothing special (like a lot of motel food-service teas). Given their high repute, I was starting to wonder if Darjeeling-appreciation buds are simply missing from my tongue and this tea type won't work for me, or if I've...http://ratetea.com/review/7081/http://ratetea.com/review/7081/Sun, 06 Apr 2025 01:02:24 ESTITO EN's Oi Ocha has become my favorite straight Japanese green tea pretty quickly. It was one of my favorites of several teas in my daughter's pantry in Bangkok, on decent water (reverse-osmosis filtration of the otherwise risky city tap water), and seems even better on my mineralized but filtered well water at home. The dry-bag aroma is predictably ricey, slightly vegetal and slightly grassy, but well-balanced. The tea brews up a light yellow if hot-steeped the wrapper-recommended 30 seconds, but I ...