Early Spring "Cui Ming" Premium Yunnan Green Tea

Tasty green tea, sweet to grassy shift, not bitter

"Very good fresh sweet flavor in the first few steeps shifting to grassy and rich. Very tasty tea, not bitter steeped at 175."

— Michael B. (5/5)

Booming with flavor!

"Excellent tea! After a quick rinse, the wet leaves have a beautiful vivid color. Early steeps are sweet and fruity, with a brilliant mild umami. Middle and later steeps add another dimension of nuttiness and a little peppery Assamica astringency. The tea soup is thick, strong and lively. Cui Ming is one of the few Yunnan green teas that give me a raw puer-like stony cha qi feeling. I tried ten Yunnan green teas in 2025 and ended up drinking Cui Ming the most, 300 grams. I guess that means it’s my favorite."

— Ryan P. (5/5)

Good tea

"I just found my 2025 early spring of this type of tea in my cabinet this morning. I see the poor reviews from others and wonder if the tea just needed to settle. Mine has good aroma and flavor currently. At some earlier point this year I had opened it, so although it was zipped it wasn't factory sealed and my house is pretty un-ideally dry in winter for tea storage. Grassy sweet aroma and while the flavor isn't strong it is pleasant, leaning more toward savory than the smell might lead one to believe (was also less than a minute steep as my steeping time perception is more aligned with faster puerh steeps, so that could well be on me). I'm not a super-taster like some tea lovers so I can't really describe beyond that but I hope the others who left poor reviews give it another go. Being 2025 I suspect I purchased from the U. S. Yunnan Sourcing branch so I don't know if that shipping and different storage might also make a difference."

— Sara C. (4/5)

Worst tea I've ever bought from YS

"Spring 2025 - Weak and bitter. Tastes like dirty water."

— C (1/5)

Not impressed

"Sorry to report that there was no grassy satisfying mouthfeel, and very little aftertaste. I brewed it at 80C."

— Susan A. (2/5)

Green stuff

"The taste tends to grass and green leaves. i think this tea is better when you are thirsty on a hot summer afternoon and not when you need a buzz You can make numerous infusions the tea is comletely bitterfree and does not give up suddenly. ."

— Wolfgang D. (5/5)

Cui Ming S2025 not equal to Cui Ming S2024

"I bought 1kg of Cui Ming Spring 2025 after savouring Spring 2024 Cui Ming numerous times. Unfortunately, the 2025 material does not live up to the wonderful aroma and taste profile of Cui Ming Spring 2024. That said, I realise that growing conditions change from year to year, and so, the nuance of flavour and one's perception therein may vary across a group of individuals."

— Jim D. (3/5)

"Weak flavor, no smell or aroma."

— Alexander (2/5)

Always great service and product

"Always great service and product quality"

— Aaron K. (5/5)

Excellent teas and service, as always.

"Excellent teas and service, as always. More more!! We are getting spoiled here and drinking a cup of tee to it ; ) Thanks !!"

— Roger B. (5/5)