VAHDAM, Imperial White Tea Leaves From Himalayas (25 Cups/1.76oz) High Elevation Grown, White Tea Loose Leaf Tea | Pure Unblended Loose Leaf Tea | Vacuum Sealed

I am impressed with this tea as well as the packaging. The tea is fresh, smooth, and delicious. No sweetener needed. It has a beautiful light golden hue. Inspired me to drink from my (clear) glass tea cup. The tea is thoughtfully packaged. It comes in a vacuum sealed pouch along with a resealable bag to transfer and store the tea once the vacuum sealed pouch has been opened. I am new to this brand of tea. I will definitely buy again. Good value for the price. One last thing. I personally love a brand with a story. Be sure to read the insert from the Founder & CEO. Enjoy!

Mild, fragrant white tea. Delicious! Sustainably sourced.

The loose leaf Vahdam Imperial Himalayan White tea is truly the most delicious tea I have ever had! If you like Jasmine tea, you will LOVE this tea. It smells and tases so delicate, yet it is full of flavor, smooth, and a mix of fruity and floral with no bitterness at all. I brewed it exactly according to the package directions and didn't even need sweetener. It comes in a vacuum sealed package and also has a ziplock package to store it in once you open the tea leaves. It even has a sticker you can put on the ziplock showing what kind of tea is inside. I purchased it because of the health benefits of white tea and wanted to try this brand because of its great reviews on Amazon. I love everything about this tea and will definitely purchase it again!

The media could not be loaded. When buying tea on Amazon it can be difficult to find what is actually good quality tea and what is just mass produced junk.The thing that drew me to this one was claims that it was fresh (harvested within 3 years), small batch from local Himalayan farmers, and stored vacuum sealed to preserve freshness.Of those claims, I can only verify one and that is the freshness. The bag I received was vacuum sealed with no air in it, complete with a card with notes about the storage process. They clearly take it seriously. When I cut open the bag I definitely got an immedite strong aroma that smelled fresh.The one I ordered was the Himalayan white tea. The aroma was nice, floral. Taste is good, a mellow taste which is what I like in white teas.Overall I am impressed and will be ordering again.

This tea is called Himalayan, and Himalayan covers a lot of tea territory, but it can't be too Himalayan or Camellia Sinensis wouldn't make it through the winter. Picking date was February 2018, maybe it's from Arunchal Pradesh. It is well-made: big leaves with velvet, deep fresh smell but not floral. Relatively full taste, nothing insipid about this white tea. It has a round body or mouth feel, and some subtle "northern" flavour notes when brewed the low end temperature, about 175F, for five or six minutes. This is a very decent tea, way better, for example, than any familiar brand or grocery store tea, and, given that white tea production is still small, the price is also decent. Tea from this part of the world is capable of more but it is mostly in terms of complex, even multi-dimensional, flavour notes. But this taste bouquet makes things pricier in a hurry and and may or may not be your cup of tea. Vahdam has it down in terms of packaging and marketing, and this tea shows that they are interested in moving into more quality as well as the market develops greater awareness.

I love this and will be trying varieties of this brand!

review of VAHDAM Maharaja Earl Grey Oolong Tea Loose Leaf:An excellent early grey, with full body flavor and subtle bergamot aroma. Highly recommended. Notes below.Leaves appearance: a mixture of nice long strip-style leaves and broken tips. Some moderate inconsistency in size, shape, and color. The minor imperfections did not have an adverse effect on taste. See below.Aroma of leaves: out of the bag, the smell of bergamot is pungent, fierce citrus perfume. Stronger than other earl greys I have sampled, and for me, verging on the slightly unpleasant. Black tea smells are muted in background. The heavy-handedness with the bergamot additive does not come through in the tea's flavor. See below.Tea color: a medium amber color with brighter, honey-colored orange around the rimTea aroma: wonderful and one of my favorites. a warm, deep and inviting smell of black tea with very subtle cirtrusy bergamot note (much more subtle than the pungent leaves aroma would lead you to believe). Very slight aroma of earthy bread grain.Tea flavor: a really exceptional, well-rounded black tea flavor hits the tongue. A bergamot citrus rings the sip very mildly (which I prefer). A very slight sweet malt flavor and trace note of leather on the finish. Stand-out tea flavor.Comparative notes: Compared to Pantenger Early Grey (another fine quality tea), I slightly prefer the Vahdam. Both have very similar flavors. The Pantenger has a more pleasant leaves aroma, and better quality leaves out of the bag. However, the subtle bergamot in the Vahdam and its very minor notes of bread grain make it more pleasing to sip, if just slightly. The Pantenger (which I've also reviewed) has instead a very minor bright point in its flavor, something akin to mint. And it's color, while very similar, has a more yellow, chartreuse ring. Either tea is excellent. At the same price I'd repurchase the Vahdam. If the prices differ by much, I'd grab whichever is cheaper. I recommend both. Vahdam gets the slight edge.

Interesting tea but not for everyone. The Olong flavor is a bit unusual. Once made, it has a hint of Sulfur (taste and sniff), like boiled eggs. If you make it as recommended (1 teaspoon) the tea is "too thin" and the "egg" flavor/smell is pronounced. I recommend to make the tee bit stronger. Double the recommended portion (or make it the old fashion British way: 1 flat-tsp per each cup/person +1tsp for teapot). The tea will be quite strong, but it will have a nice Earl Gray/Oolong flavor. You can then add some honey to your cuppa, to temper the bitter notes or have a cookie or some pastry instead. It is actually quite pleasant, tempered/combined with a bit of sweetness that way.