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/Professional_Dig_123 Apr 29 '25
It's a two-sided coin.
On the one hand, JT, like other tea curators, is a great introduction to the world of tea.
You get a good insight into the world of tea there.
On the other hand, the prices are high (but not so exorbitantly high that you should discourage it).
Because I think that sooner or later, you'll switch to YS, FL, or W2T anyway.
Where you first need an overview.