The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane Tasting Kit

I purchased this tea while reading Lisa See's book, "Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane." It was so fun to read about the details of the tea whilst drinking it — and it aligns perfectly with how it's described! The tea is delicious and easy to steep. Zero regrets!

I wanted to let you know how much my book club enjoyed the wonderful Book Club Tasting Kit for The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See! I lead the Noonday Nosh Book Club at the Roswell Library in metro Atlanta. This month, Lisa very kindly took time out of her schedule to join us online. Before the discussion, we tasted the different Pu-erh teas included. Everyone loved the tea! We were so excited to taste the tea that is featured so prominently in the novel. Thank you for creating the tasting kits and helping us explore this unique and delicious tea.

This tasting kit came with great explanations and wonderful samples. My good friend and I both ordered this and have had several ZOOM tea tastings as I am in MI and she lives in NC!

The tea was wonderful ! So sweet as mentioned in the book.

A friend and I enjoyed a lovely afternoon tasting the tea samples available for this book. They were all interesting and delicious. Thank you for putting this package together!

The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane was our September 2024 title. As hostess, my menu included wine, of course, delicious Chinese food along with Tuo Cha Ripe Pu-erh tea. When I took out the mini cakes of tea, everyone jumped up and came running into the kitchen to see them and smell them. We were all excited to taste it...Let me tell you, it did not disappoint! This tea took me back to my childhood in New York City when and where the tea served with our Chinese restaurant meals was distinctively smooth, aromatic and comforting. After everyone left, I poured the remaining tea into a mason jar, refrigerated it and used it for the next two days cutting it with fresh boiling water. It is delicious as well as embracing with its uniqueness. The tea leaves are safely stored awaiting their next use. This tea was praised by all of us.

What a lovely idea and compliment to Lisa See's book. I loved tasting these great tea's.

The tea was perfect, and so beautifully packaged, especially for our book group.

Pretty with attractive presentation, and pretty expensive. I doubt it’s the very good pu-erh, but my bookclub of 8 had fun with the 3 tea samples and the 2 mini tea cakes the diameter of a quarter. Some instructions were included, but I needed more information on prep (rinsing) before the meeting. We enjoyed identifying the different tastes and smells and sensations. I’d buy it once for the experience.

I ordered this when I hosted our book club after reading The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane. It was a complete success! Everyone was excited to learn about pu’er tea! There was enough tea for the 10 attendees. And the literature provided was SO helpful!! Thank you for making this so easy! And Special!!

This company, Bana, was so responsive as we needed the tea by a certain time and received it earlier than anticipated...plus Linda answered every question I had, gave us brewing instructions and returned email in the fastest possible way! The tea: extraordinary and fabulous and made our Book Club Day...don't hesitate to order from these very nice people who own a wonderful tea company not to miss!

My friend and I read the book and were very curious about the teas - this sampler pack was perfect both in price and the variety to try. It also had excellent accompanying information to help the purchaser understand the teas. Thank you for creating this package!

Buy and enjoy!!! Wonderful site for unique quality tea!!! The owner is a gem !! Knowledgeable, helpful, and easy to reach!!!

I hosted a tea tasting for my book group, and it was lots of fun. I wasn’t sure how to organize it, but ended up gathering my 4 little pots, and brewed one package of tea at a time. We sipped and kept notes of our impressions. We then referred to the pamphlet and appreciated the background information on the various teas. It was a real education. The tasting drew us back to See’s book to reread pertinent passages. Thank you for making the kit available.

This is a great addition to have while discussing “The Tea Girl on Hummingbird Lane”. Even the usual coffee drinkers got into tea this day.

I received the tea gifts baskets, tea cakes, and book club sampling quickly after ordering. I immediately read how to prepare my pu’re tea and made my first cup. Everyday I used the same loose leaf tea, and the tea tasted better each time. I highly recommend Banatea Company and will purchase from the. Again!

Everything came fast and so far tastes great, but I haven’t tried everything yet. They have such a great selection and I love that I can get a little bit of the really expensive ones to try.

Things on our world are so tragic now. This order brightened my life. We all need this now. These products will do it for you. Wonderful quality and selection.

My book club absolutely loved trying the varieties of Pu-Erh! Such a great addition to our discussion. The tastings put us in the right frame of mind and gave us a better understanding of the attraction to Pu-Erh. The packets served 8 perfectly.

We got the tea sampling to taste as we reviewed The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane. All enjoyed it and it was very interesting to see what the whole ritual of making tea is and what a real tea cake looked like.It was funny how our American palates thought the tea was so mild, guess we won’t make it as tea tasters

My book club thoroughly enjoyed the tea tasting as part of our discussion of The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane.The tasting guide brochure was helpful in trying to identify the different properties of the teas. No one in the club was familiar with Pu-erh tea, except from the book, which made it a fun evening of discovery.

Excellent service. My order was packaged safely and arrive quickly. Lovely teas.

Used it with our book club & it was a big hit! Informational to see what was discussed in the book. All had favorite teas & you could definitely tell the difference between the teas. Always fun to learn new things. Well packaged & good directions for brewing.

Thank you Bana Tea Company! Our club has about 10 members and just finished reading Lisa See's The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane. I chose Bana because it was endorsed by the author and we wanted to taste authentic Pu-erh tea. Easy to order online. Arrived quickly. Nice packaging and explanation of each of the four teas. We were limited in time, so a few of us compared the Ruyi Ripe 2020 tea with the 2008 Bana Vintage. We chose the Bana 2008 Vintage to pour for the entire group because of its mellow flavor and no bitterness. We did not get to compare the two raw vintages, so I split the remaining teas and tea cakes among the members to take home and try later. Definite cha qi among the group! Thank you.

We had a small group of 5 due to post-COVID-19 anxiety issues. The tasting kit for book groups worked nicely.Not sure how it would be for our full group, but we may give it a try. Speedy delivery was much appreciated! The teas are distinctively different and fun to discuss.I’d like to do the Sea Women tea tasting for my full group but it looks like the kit would only work for a few people with those snacks being limited in number…we’ll see.

The product arrived on time. It came with good brewing directions. It is easy to use. The taste is good. Unfortunately for the book group due to the pandemic we couldn't share the tea as a group. We were able to discuss the book at a zoom meeting, but we were not able to meet in person.

This is the perfect gift for a tea lover. The tea pot is the perfect size and easy to use. Being able to sample the different teas is great! I love the raw tea!