GOLDEN MONKEY

This tea has a lot of subtlety to it. This gives it a soft and smooth character you don't always get with black tea, and it's one of my favorites. The only downside in my opinion, is that because of the subtle complexity of this tea it's easy to over-brew. If you're new to tea, or unfamiliar with how brewing effects the leaves this is an easy mistake to make. Logic would say that to get a stronger flavor you would brew the tea longer, and technically this is true. However, what you're really doing is pulling out different chemical components from the leaves that give it a more astringent taste. This isn't necessarily bad. It compliments some teas, and ultimately you're the one drinking the tea; so brew it to your taste. But, if you're looking to brew a pot or cup that plays to this tea's strength, then less is more in this case. If you want stronger flavor try using more leaves.

I love all the teas I have tried at Golden Moon. Very smooth flavors, easy ordering and fast shipping. I recommend the tea to all my friends.

After reading the glowing reviews, I expected more from this tea. It doesn't hold a candle to Golden Monkey tea I received as a gift several year ago. What I received was merely an average black tea, with nothing special about it. Not worth the price, in my opinion.

This Golden Monkey tea is the BEST black tea ever! I really appreciate the organic nature of the tea. Thnx for such a superior product!!! 🐵. katie

I love Golden Monkey tea and order every month from this company, I can give a glowing review to this tea and the company.

This is a subtle but flavorful black tea; Sweet and light. The quality of Golden Moon tea is first class.

This is a remarkably delicious tea! I really enjoy Golden Monkey! It's so refined and tasty - sweetish and with a hint of chocolate. It's perfect to sip in the afternoons because it gives me a nice caffeine boost but not too much for me. I've tried many of the Golden Moon teas and have been thoroughly satisfied with each and every one! Great teas!

This is a premium tea I order when I want to treat myself. Delicious.

The teas are tasty and I love that they're real, no weird artificial junk. Price is reasonable and arrived quickly. I will definitely be buying more!

Great flavor. Another good one from this great tea company

Golden monkey has a subtle complexity that I have never experienced with any other tea. The gentle sweetness and touch of chocolate flavors are just the tip of the iceberg. If you haven't tried this, you really should. If you have tried it, you should get more. In fact, I'm going to order some more right now!

This is a special tea. It’s subtle and full bodied. Love this tea.

I just purchase golden monkey for the first time and had a cup this morning before going out Christmas shopping. It was great!

I'm normally a coffee drinker, but this is a wonderful tea, and the natural sweetness means that I don't have to add milk or sweetener. I love this tea!

I have enjoyed my teas so much that I have purchased more to give as Christmas presents. I plan to try more blends as soon as I can stop being obsessed with the Masala Chai and the Golden Monkey teas.

The Golden Monkey is a lovely tea with caramel sweetness along with light earthy flavors. I like it with raw goat milk which brings out the creamy caramel hints. It's earthiness is light though, not dense or rooted, like other black teas, but rather like wind blowing over the desert after a rain.

I'm trying all the samples and, I haven't stop. I find the difference type of tea especially good and the Eral Gray to be very good with a rich flavor. I will update you about the other teas.

Love the Golden Monkey Tea!! A good wake me up tea!!!

It is my favorite black tea -delicious, smooth, sweet and satisfying hot or cold.

Golden Monkey is delicious 😋 I have a new favorite tea 🍵

This tea is by far my absolute favorite. It's my "go-to" tea morning or afternoon . . . hot or iced.

I really like this tea with honey. It has replaced my morning coffee. I will definitely be buying again.

Sweet and light and caffeinated! Goes well with honey and milk. A delightful addition to my tea pantry.

The golden monkey tea is delicious. Slightly sweet and nutty. It’s my favorite black tea!

We drink many differnt kinds of tea, but Golden Monkey is the hands down family favorite! We usually make a pot on Sunday mornings and start the week off on a high note.

I got five sample size teas and they are all outstanding! I drink a lot of tea, and this tea is some of the best I’ve had. The quality is apparent. I will definitely be a regular customer!

I ordered Golden Monkey and absolutely love it!!!! Will definitely be ordering more!

I ordered a few of these teas..one was English breakfast it was very smooth.I also have the vanilla, it’s really good, I keep wanting to come back to it..I haven’t tried my other one yet though.You can tell after you brew them and look at the leaves that this is quality tea.will be ordering more for sure!

One of my favorite teas. Hint of sweetness, just enough flavor without being overpowering. Can drink with no sugar or honey. Tasty hot or cold.

Only complaint, I bought the largest size. Would've liked a canister of some sort for that price point.

This is a great tea!!! On my second order. Awesome company to deal with, I’m so glad I found them on the web. Great customer service & fast shipping. Quality all the way! I alway try s few new teas when I order,

It doesn't get any better than Golden Monkey tea! Good hot or cold! This has been my favorite & go to tea since I discovered Golden Moon. I keep it on hand at all times! Thanks for a great product!

I have several favorite Golden Moon teas and Golden Monkey is one of them. It's my go to late morning pick-me-up. I like the bright clean taste and smell. Usually, I like it black, but sometimes add a pinch of coconut palm sugar to take it up a notch. Another perfect tea from this company!

I became a fan of golden monkey tea years ago from a retailer that is no longer in business. I searched for golden monkey tea elsewhere, but could only find blends - which are a far cry from replicating the taste and smoothness of this tea. Golden Moon Tea's golden monkey tea is the real deal, plus it's organic and priced a little lower than I paid in the past. I am now using Golden Moon Tea's auto-delivery to get my favorite black tea ever delivered each month.

Amazing Tea! Wonderful taste with lots of choices plus excellent customer service!

Has a nice, light, distinctive flavor. Very pleasant. I've set it up for a scheduled monthly delivery. I switch to the pur-eh, which I also enjoy, when I want a stronger flavor.

This is one of my several favorites at Golden Moon Tea. I first discovered them about 20+ years ago one day when I stopped in a shop in Harvard Sq. It was years later I went to their online site and discovered more of their teas and the ability to buy in bulk. They are my favorite tea supplier.

I discovered Golden Moon Tea a year ago and it’s some of the best tea that I’ve enjoyed. Their customer service is very good! And they have great advice for enhancing your tea drinking experience. It’s also nice to know that they care enough to keep harmful chemicals and plastic away from their leaves. This is great tea! Enjoy!

Wonderful taste. Sweet not too dark. Taste delicious. So glad i found this. Will be ordering more very soon. I work in a coffee shop and have converted most of my coworkers. We did a blind tea tasting and pairing with a pastery. Golden monkey came out as the winner! Nicely done golden moon!

The Tea I ordered is lovely. Golden Monkey is mellow, light; Irish Breakfast is hearty, as it should be; and Keemun is dark and strong. Each separately is good, and I've enjoyed mixing them for various taste alternatives. Good stuff!

I think I have to buy double of this tea next time. I got it for myself but my boyfriend loved it! Great vanilla flavor.

I never thought that I would become a black tea fan, but Golden Tea has made me a fan! And Golden Monkey is really good! It's very smooth with a hint of sweetness. I usually sweeten my tea with a teaspoon of sugar, but use only half of that now! The taste is full and satisfying.

Surprisingly sweet, but not too sweet tea. I have switched to this as my morning tea, no longer needing to add sugar to my tea.
A slightly sweat note, smooth black tea. Unlike other reviewers I didn't mind the foil package, however, not the most earth friendly packaging.
Not sure about the caffeine rating.

would recommend, will purchase again. price seems on par for a quality tea.

I selected 8 teas to taste and I have been pleased with all of them. Black tea is not been my go to but this is flavorful and if I add a touch it goes down well. Order was processed quickly and arrived very timely. Glad to have found my tea company.

good, clean and tasty

Just tried the golden monkey tea I think this is my new favorite. I will order this again.

First time ever trying loose leaf teas and I am now a lover of it! Order shipped quickly and was a perfect tea for my tastes.

I have ordered the Golden Monkey tea for my son twice now. He Ioves the flavor and the aroma. Doing business with the company has been easy and efficient. Thank you

Golden Moon Tea ☕️ is great, refreshing tea . I like all of varieties I picked

The quality and richness in the flavor of Golden Monkey tea offered by Golden Moon far surpasses competition. It is truly an ahhh moment with the first sip to the last. No bitterness or aftertaste with each cup. Mellow, smooth, buttery, just terrifically full flavored. My greatest testimony is that I keep buying it because of the wonderful flavor. Satisfied is putting it mildly. :)

Received my tea promptly and it tasted as advertised. I question the caffeine rating it was given, but my real complaint is that the packaging and amount of tea received is not what is pictured in the listing. You can increase the order size (and more greatly the price) and upgrade from a foil pouch to the tin displayed. Just don't assume you are getting what is advertised. It's a shame because if I wasn't surprised upon open the package, I would have given this tea a much higher rating.

Excellent tea! I start my mornings with Golden Monkey - it has become my new favorite black tea!.

I had heard if this tea but didn't think much about it until I decided to order it. I was NOT disappointed. It had a very nice light and on the slightly sweet side taste. Glad I purchased it

I love all the Golden Moon tea I drink, but this is my go to cup.

For the ultimate morning cup of tea, look no further. There are other great teas out there, but just drink the best. Rich and silky smooth, Golden Monkey satisfies every craving. A great cup of tea.

Whereas Pu-erh is my go-to daily tea, Golden Monkey is my Sunday special. Sweet and smooth and rich with flavor!!! So grateful that Golden Monkey is dedicated to such high quality!

Ever since Teavana closed I have been searching for a Golden Monkey tea that was as good as theirs. Found Golden Moon Tea one day while surfing the web and decided to give it a try, I absolutely love it! Even better than Teavana's, in the past 2 years I have tried several brands and this is by far the best. I heat my water to 207 degrees and let steep for 3 min and drink it plain.

I love Golden Monkey and all the teas I’ve tried from Golden Moon. Smooth and full of taste! Wonderful company and great service!

Excellent black tea. I had company shortly after I got it. They loved it and wanted the name and company I got it from!

The best I've had in years. My daughter sent me a sample and I ordered a pound.

This is my first time ordering Golden Moon Tea! I'm very impressed with the flavor. I was also impressed with how fast my order was shipped.

It's my first time trying Golden Monkey tea, it is delicious, as are all of your teas. Thanks so much.

The flavor of this Golden Monkey is on point. Golden Monkey is hands-down my favorite black tea. The only critique I have for the tea I received is that the leaves are a little more broken up than I am used to. This may seem a little nit-picky, but the cut of any tea will have effects on the flavor profile ranging from subtle to profound. The smaller a tea is cut, the faster bitter/tanic flavors develop. To me, golden monkey should be mild with honey-caramel sweetness. The tannin should be very discreet bolstering notes of cedar and cinnamon. This teas has all of that in the right proportions. As I got to the bottom of the bag, though, the smaller, broken up pieces contributed a little more stringency than is desired in a perfect cup of Golden Monkey. It is likely that this package of tea was mishandled in the mail. Overall, very good - I'll continue to order.

I have tried Golden Monkey tea from various places. This is the best one I have ever had!!

There’s something really special about this Golden Monkey. To me the mild earthy flavor has a nice but subtle floral finish.

Though I’m more accustomed to another brand of golden tipped tea from Yunnan Provence, I believe I will be adding Golden Moon’s Golden Monkey (as well as their Madagascar vanilla) to my Darjeeling tea subscription.

I’m a new convert to Golden Moon Tea but I’ve quickly become a huge fan. I just can’t get enough of these wonderful teas.

Comfortably mellow tea. It's my wife's go to tea in the morning with a touch of sweetener.

Love the tea. :-)

Tried this tea as a replacement for Golden Dragon. Though it has a different flavor and cannot be considered a replacement for Golden Dragon, I was pleasantly surprised at it's taste. I like it very much brewed with a light to moderate infusion, and will happily add it to my tea cabinet. As a reference point, I am a hot tea only drinker who does not enjoy flavored teas. I am a purist and do not add milk or sugar to any of my teas and my absolute favorite which I have almost everyday is Jasmine Dragon Phoenix Pearls. That has been my favorite for 21 years. So if you enjoy fruity teas my review may not be very helpful for you.

Like always you guys go over the top to bring home that great refreshing taste. Namaste

This is a wonderful light black tea. Nice for mornings and evenings.

Golden Monkey is my favorite, and I've tried a number of brands, but Golden Moon is absolutely the best. Winter or summer, I love the hint of chocolate! I'll keep buying it!

I received my order of Golden Monkey Tea and I LOVE it. What a wonderful tea to start your morning or anytime. I will be ordering again and again.

Darjeeling has long been our daily relax to cup but it may have to move over for this delightful tea. We prefer our tea without additions and this has a lovely taste. Like all your teas, none cause reflux and so happy to find such a quality company so I can enjoy my favorite beverage again.

This is the best tea. I bought several different flavors and each are uniquely tasty! I cannot drink any other tea now. My taste buds are spoiled.

Steeped as indicated, it was a little more tannic than I expected for a 'slightly sweet' tea. Didn't add sweetener or anything - might work better with a hint of honey added. All in all, not bad but not a favorite either

Golden monkey is a treat to drink. Soft, with a slight hint of chocolate. This tea has become a favorite to sip while curled up with a book on cold winter days!
Definitely adding to my subscription

Wonderful tea! Thx so much for the effort you put into to find top quality read from around the world. I used to think I knew great tea until I tried Golden Moon tea! Your tea has set a new, higher standard for other tea companies to try and meet!

I recently purchased a sampler for my husband, but I ended up falling in love with the coconut pouchong. So amazing! I will be ordering that again! The teas were delivered in a timely fashion and reasonably priced.

As a lover of golden monkey tea, I was thrilled to learn about another vendor for this sometimes difficult to find tea that those in our household love so much. Expecting a rich, delicious tea, we were deeply disappointed to discover that the golden moon golden mo key tea is a cheap imitation at best. This tea tastes like a run of the mill black tea mixed with a few golden monkey tips. Basically, it tastes like a cheap box tea with too much essential oil pungency that I could have spent $5 on. Disappointing.