Smells fishy
"When I opened the package, I immediately smelled an unpleasant fishy odor. I did some research, and found that if the pu’erh is rushed through processing or not stored or handled properly, this can result in a fishy smell. In other words the tea is of poor quality. I brewed the tea without rinsing the leaves first and then with rinsing the leaves. Both times the tea had a very mild taste, almost tasteless, but still had the fishy smell. I’m glad I only purchased the sample size. Very disappointing."
