Old Hong Kong Raw Pu-erh Tea (4.8) · 8 reviews

this tea was so smooth and had such a delicate flavor! I would love to buy more.

This tastes like a ripe pu'er yet isn't. So this is what the ripe pu'er process imitates. This has a lingering earthy finish. If all you want is a physically flavorful tea, I'd recommend purchasing some of the excellent ripe pu'ers which Bana sells at a lower price. However, drinking tea is more than physical sensations. We also drink tea to connect us to culture and to other people, both in the present and past. Even if the physical flavor is the same, the story behind the tea increases the sipping pleasure.

I'd never tried an Yiwu pu'er tea before, but after reading so much about it I was curious, and this is the cheapest-per-gram sold by Bana. Yep, it has a plummy flavor unlike other teas I've tried. It's amazing the range of flavors which can come from a single plant species. I'm glad that I finally got to experience what the fuss over Yiwu tea is about.

There’s something mysterious and special going on with this brew. The leaves themselves are not very fragrant and the rinse does not release a big aroma. To tell the truth, I was a little disappointed with the first few sips but somehow intrigued as well. The mouth feel is very nice but somehow I expected a flavor that was less subtle and more complex and bigger.

Then you smile. There is a sort of built up joy in this tea that isn’t about a strong flavor.

Subsequent infusions are sweeter and I want to say, gladder, as weird as that sounds. This tea goes to the soul as much as the mouth. There is an uplifting, heart cleansing, life force that sits behind the flavor of this tea liquor that I’ve never felt before.

Upon the seventh, three minute infusion, a beautiful, broad, pear-sweet minerality emerges and in my heart I’m back in Hong Kong wandering uphill on the little streets off of Queen’s Road East in Wan Chai among the vendors and their stands.

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This "Old Hong Kong Raw Pu-Erh Tea" is a well aged raw pu-erh tea. Its taste and smell much like a ripe pu-erh. Overall, I would say it does not have strong aroma, but a nice thick mouth-feel. It has a lower price point is about $3 per gram and lower than the "1975 Camphor Scent Aged Raw Pu-erh". It is a nice aged tea, but probably not quite as interesting as the 1975 tea but it is better value. Since it is such a well aged tea, it is worth tasting for any Raw or Ripe pu-erh tea lover.

Thank you Linda for another treat - an aged raw Puerh. It has aged wonderfully and softened any bitterness thatt may have been present when i was younger.

Very good pu-erh but too pricey for me.

Thank you Linda, and I wish you a joyous and restful retirement. I am new to pu, and this and the precious heritage were my first traditionally stored sheng. Drinking the last of my 30g right now. The smooth texture of this tea stands out. It feels like the tea has already integrated with my body before I have swallowed. Peaceful, with a nice vanilla waffle cone ice cream flavor.