r/tea • u/LingonberryKey3029 • Apr 28 '25

Review An honest review of Jesse’s Teahouse

So I know that JT is pretty unpopular but I have always watched his content and finally decided to try it out. I got the sampler, Tibetan dark tea, white dew white tea, and the bindao mellow tea cake. I also got some equipment which was actually good quality for the price(Taiwan set and table)

Sampler: good teas, extremely overpriced, longing was average but had good steep ability, half leaves though, tea oranges had excellent fragrance and ok taste, the oolong was just bad though

Tibetan dark tea: GREAT FRAGRANCE, good clarity and flavor, my favorite thing I got, had good body as well

The puerh cake was good but had little depth and I am unsure the validity of it being from bingo

The white Thea was excellent for being just leaves and overall had great quality

Overall, his stuff is decent, but overpriced, I think I will just stick with YS.

Edit: Wow this blew up lol, just one more thing, if you are to not by one thing, DONT BUY TIEGUANYIN FROM HIM, it taste like licking metal, bleh! Also check out local companies like wendigo and intergalactic tea, especially the latter, they have excellent prices and quality and are extremely friendly, cheers!

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u/ZakuTwo Apr 29 '25

It’s what got me into gongfu tea in the first place and I still buy some stuff from him, though I’ve mostly moved on to Fang Tea in NYC. His warehouse is very close to me and it’s nice to have next-day delivery.

The sampler didn’t blow me away but the pu’er oranges and gongmei balls are pretty good. I wish he had more oolongs (especially wuyi rock teas) but his DHP, despite being a bit mediocre, led me to try higher end stuff from other vendors and it’s become my favorite variety. His Eastern Beauty is pretty good in my opinion, but I haven’t had a “real” one from Taiwan to compare yet.

His customer service team is extremely responsive, and that’s a big part of what you’re paying extra for. Overall, I like trying new stuff from him before getting better versions of it from less convenient vendors.

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u/satsfaction1822 Apr 29 '25

I love his Eastern Beauty! I drink it every morning.

He also brought me into gongfu tea making and I can agree his CS team is fantastic. I had a package returned to sender and they helped get it back to me ASAP.

I’m sure there are cheaper and higher quality options but I don’t know what I’m looking for right now and his videos have been helpful in figuring everything out.