I chose this tea purely out of curiosity. I had heard of rice flavored teas but never tried one.

Edited to add: It is important to note that these are sized for ten ounce portions, which is really handy if you are making a mug at work. They were aware that if you are using sachets you are probably not using a gaiwan or a tiny pot for tiny cups! And you get multiple steeps, plus such a long steep time that it becomes even more convenient for work or really busy times.

I expected a hint of rice flavor mixed with shu puerh, but even the dry sachet smelled strongly of rice – the steeped tea even more so! And there is lots of the glutinous rice flavor in the cup. This tea is the essence of what you smell when your rice boils over a little and the sticky rice water slides down the side of your saucepan and you can smell it all through the house. I am amazed at how much rice flavor is in this. I really want a bowl of rice now!

The puerh aspect is an earthy one rather than a horse-y one. The first steep was quite dark, which isn’t surprising since they recommend a 9 to 12 minute steep for this. By the third steep we didn’t even time it, we just poured it up after finishing one of our school lessons and it was fine. Even my youngest daughter, who just started drinking puerh teas a couple of weeks ago, liked it!

Stephanie

oh I’ve been curious about the puerh tea bags! Good to know!

ashmanra

They are also sized for ten ounces water, which is nice because if you are using a sachet, you are probably drinking a mug of this rather than a small cup. Very convenient at work, and you get multiple steeps that retain their flavor. Now I want to try the rose one and the plain!

Stephanie

That does sound perfect :)

K S

Glad someone reviewed the sachets. I expected Teavivre to do them right – glad to see it confirmed.

Stephanie

I really want some of these rice ones! Please send me some free to review Teavivre!!! ;)

Uniquity

I couldn’t find them on their site after they announced them. Super interesting!

ashmanra

I found them under the main heading “Pyramids.” You could probably leave this bag right in your mug and keep drinking it all morning without even removing the bag.

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Stephanie

oh I’ve been curious about the puerh tea bags! Good to know!

ashmanra

They are also sized for ten ounces water, which is nice because if you are using a sachet, you are probably drinking a mug of this rather than a small cup. Very convenient at work, and you get multiple steeps that retain their flavor. Now I want to try the rose one and the plain!

Stephanie

That does sound perfect :)

K S

Glad someone reviewed the sachets. I expected Teavivre to do them right – glad to see it confirmed.

Stephanie

I really want some of these rice ones! Please send me some free to review Teavivre!!! ;)

Uniquity

I couldn’t find them on their site after they announced them. Super interesting!

ashmanra

I found them under the main heading “Pyramids.” You could probably leave this bag right in your mug and keep drinking it all morning without even removing the bag.

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