Bana Tea Company Limited Edition Premium Raw Pu-erh (Puer, Puerh) Tea Cake - 2008 Vintage, Early Spring Harvest (200 Grams) - All Natural

Shipping was excellent. I am familiar with this variety of pu-erh tea, but i did not enjoy this specific variety. I am definitly not a connoisseur, but Teavana (?) pu-erh tea tasted better, which is rare for me to say. Ill happily try the company again, but this specific tea was not worth ithe price. Disappointed with brand of tea; not with the company. I plan on buying from them again, but company needs to better price flavor vs price. This was not $40 +/- tea. Ill give 2 stars because I enjoyed company's shipping.

It's very potent, doesn't take much to make a nice pot of tea. There are may sites that give nice recommendation on how to maximize your enjoyment of the tea. Read up and follow what makes sense for your taste.

This is my second purchase of the Bana Tea Company Limited Edition Premium Raw 2008 Tea Cake. I'm enjoying the first one so much (bought directly from Linda Louie at the L.A. Tea Festival) that I bought this second one as a gift. I might buy another and stash it to experience how it ages.A previous review said that this tastes like green tea. Yes, a very refreshing green tea, which is what raw Puer is, I believe. This particular tea tastes slightly fruity rather than just "green", and the flavors stand up to repeated brewing: 9 or 10 (small, Chinese) cups. It's great as iced tea, too.

I've had really good pu erh tea and this does not taste like it at all. It tastes and looks more like green tea. Although it tasted decent, I was expecting something that did not taste so much like green tea. Alot of vendors are jumping on the pu erh bandwagon charging customers alot of money making them think it's pu erh. I do not believe this is 100% pu erh as stated in the description.

I'm relatively new tp Pu-erh, but recently I've tried at least 25 different kinds from across Yunnan Province, and the Six Famous Tea Mountains. Each has its unique flavor, changing slowly through multiple steepings.This particular tea is my favorite "Sheng" or raw tea from Bana. Flavorful from the first through 6-8 steepings, holding a balanced bitter/sweet flaver so enjoyable to me. I think I'll get an extra cake and see if I can keep out of it to age it for a decade or so! Looking at the spent leaves in my gaiwan, this cake seems to be made of high quality materials, carefully handled from harvest to my doorstep.

This tea is wonderful, subtle pleasant flavors are abundant and refreshing. I have had it for over 8 months now and really enjoying it!

It has a very nice flavor and will last a good while.