Dilmah Premium Ceylon Tea BOPF 400g Loose Black Tea

Read the reviews and look at the pictures. This is not loose leaf tea. It is finely ground tea. It is amazing and delicious and I really enjoy it (even though I have more expensive and fancier teas and yadda, yadda, blah, blah...) I started out unhappy with this, tried to make a cup with a strainer and it was not what I was looking for but I could not deny that even as over-strong as I made it it was smoooth and good. Really good. My best results come from pouring a tea spoon into a small pot and letting it steep for a bit - I then our off the top and use a strainer. It is magnificent. I have also used the kind of tea bags I fill myself and they were OK but I should have weighed the tea. (It is in the instructions, I think 2 grams. I use a little tea submarine in cold water for iced tea and it is now my favorite tea for that. It is so smooth I nearly got high last time I drank it, I drank so much. The fact is, if you are on here looking for new tea to try this is one you may want to pick up. It may not impress the fancy tea fanciers and it is a very good cup of tea. Caveat emptor: you may drink more than you planned.

This Dilmah Tea brought over from the Tea States in Sri Lanka is the real deal. Want to half milk tea like you did when you went to Sri Lanka? This is the tea to buy. Or any other kind of Tea, this one is very delicious! My wife and I bought one bag, and within a week decided to buy another because we had it almost gone already!!!

This is basically the dust left after the teabags have been filled. It is dust. So fine that it can’t be easily filtered and you and up with slightly muddy tea. This likely not meant for “export” since the company does not offer this for sale on their site. Don’t fall for the “loose leaf” terminology—it is technically true but so is dust.

First saw a reference to this tea in a New Zealand mystery and decided to try it. Great choice! Nice, strong tea, dark color. Bought the loose tea instead of the tea bags and this worked well for me. Highly recommend for the flavor and price!

I heard from a Sri Lanka acquaintance once that Dilmah is a great Ceylon tea brand. So I tried this one. First, it’s tea dust, feels kinda like ground coffee. It’s very thin and is difficult to strain/filter. It is NOT loose tea leaf. Second, it’s super strong. If you traditionally use one teaspoon of black loose leaf tea per cup, you need 1/2 or 1/3 of a teaspoon of this tea dust. Otherwise the tea would be super strong and even bitter. Regarding flavor, I grew up drinking Ceylon tea so I’m very familiar with the flavor profiles. This one is good, but not super excellent as I thought it would be. Not sure I’d buy again.

I love it

They are not leafy teas, didn't expect them to be. They suppose to look like coffee, tastes wonderful.

I have bought Dilmah tea in the tin cans and it was very good. Even though this is BOPF (broken orange pekoe fannings) I expected it to have a good rather strong taste. I am disappointed that it is so flat tasting. Would not buy again.

Best tea in the world - leave to infuse for 4 or 5 mins. I now have a selection of single cup tea infusers to use the leaf tea.

great tea, we use a drip machine to make the tea

You can see the state of the tea in the photo. It’s just dust. It is not broken orange pekoe loose leaf tea. I am not even sure what to do with it now.

i buy this tea times. The price has risen too much!

This tea is junk, pure unadulterated junk. Dilmah created a well regarded reputation for themselves decades ago and now is been riding on it ever since while the quality has plummeted and the people at the top line their pockets with money and leave the farmers with scraps. I refuse to buy this tea ever again, there's a multitude of loose leaf teas of far better quality and more readily available.