• Tea packaging with a spoonful of tea leaves and a cup of tea on a white background
  • Dry tea leaves on a leaf-shaped dish with a cup of brewed tea on a decorative saucer.
  • Close-up of a tea cake of dry tea leaves on a white background
  • Close-up of a compressed tea cake with intricate leaf patterns on a white background
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Bana Tea Company

Sweet Clarity Raw Pu-erh Tea (4.7) · 10 reviews

Sweet Clarity Raw Pu-erh Tea

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Vintage 2016 Spring Harvest
Type: Raw Pu-erh (unfermented)
Grade: 1-3
Production area: Xishuangbanna Prefecture, Yunnan Province

Taste characteristics:
Made of leaves from arbor trees in the famous Xishuangbanna area, this tea offers a rich mouth-feel and a quick and long lasting "hui gan" (return sweetness). Enjoy the fragrance and briskness of this young tea. You will not be satisfied with just one cup.

Brewing guide

Use 5 grams of leaves in 6 oz pot or cup. Brew with 205 F degree water (95 C).
RINSE: 1 seconds
1st BREW: 10 seconds
2nd BREW: 5 seconds
3rd BREW: 10 seconds
4th BREW: 20 seconds
5th BREW: 20 seconds
6th BREW: 30 seconds
7th BREW: 40 seconds
8th BREW: 50 seconds

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Customer Reviews (10)

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My trust in the Xishuangbana teas

By Harold Lee
It took me over a year before I could sit, relax and sip Pu-erh tea from the Xishuangbana region. My whole tea experience has been from this region. Sweet Clarity is perfect.
Our Response:

Thank you for the review! Xishuangbana is very special to us. Linda even named the company after the region - Bana Tea Company. It is an amazing place where each peak offers an unique taste.

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Description is spot on!

By Tsuh
Just received my order and immediately started a tea session. The description provided is spot on. This tea has a nice silky and thick mouthfeel with a very sweet fragrance. Huigan begins around the 3rd infusion and keeps growing. Amazing tea and an even more amazing purchasing experience. Will definitely order more in the near future.
Our Response:

Thank you so much for such a nice review. We appreciate your kind words and votes of confidence of our products and service.

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Great daily tea

By Carolyn W
This tea is really good quality at an everyday tea price. Sweet and powerful, it will continue to age and get even better.
Our Response:

This tea is made by the same maker in the same year as the 2016 Commemorative Raw Pu-erh. The difference is that the trees from which this cake was made were younger than the commemorative cake. It is a good tea nonetheless.

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an excellent first pu-erh experience

By Terry93D
sometime ago I and my boyfriend moved in together. earlier this month we agreed to order one of the fancy teapots, as well as the 7-tea sampler, as a "homewarming" gift. this marks a first experience with pu-erh for both of us �? and what an excellent first experience! a gentle, smooth tea. the real pleasure was watching the flavor change. notes of coconut began to emerge, then disappeared. a couple brews had a cooling aftertaste almost akin to mint. we steeped nine times; the ninth, we steeped for one minute at 190, at which point dark, rich notes of chocolate appeared. extremely pleasurable and unique experience, which we look forward to repeating with the other teas of the sampler!
Our Response:

So glad to know you and your boyfriend had such enjoyable experience with your first try of pu-erh tea. You will find more surprises as you move through the sampler.

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Another sip please!

By Kathy L.
I find myself reaching for this 2015 Sweet Clarity on mornings I can't decide which tea to start my day. It has just the right balance of bitter cooling for that wake up punch (not too much, quite subtle, but enough) and return sweetness; in fact, somewhat of a latent or delayed return sweetness that keeps calling you back for another sip. Which is so true to the description, you are definitely not satisfied with just one cup.
Our Response:

Good teas always call you back for more. Thank you for sharing your experience with Sweet Clarity.

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Sweet Clarity!

By Deb MB
I am very new to Pu-erh tea. This is my third tea of the sampler selections. I am enjoying this one a lot! I am starting to understand the amount of tea to water and the difference between the amount for ripe vs. raw. Obviously I know almost nothing yet! When I opened this tea the smell reminded me slightly of my grandfather's pipe tobacco--just in a gentle sweetness. I am on my first 10 second cup and am enjoying a gentle, sweet flavor I'm excited to keep trying the different brew times but have to be patient with each cup or I will miss half of the fun. I've tried Bana Limited Edition Raw and Denong Red Label Ripe. So far, I think I like this best. But I am so new. I'll find out more in the next months/years. Thank you for such a wonderful and welcoming tea experience!
Our Response:

I am so glad you are having fun with the tea and taking the time to appreciate the nuances pu-erh tea has to offer. Thanks for taking the time to share your tea experience with us.

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By Christine Corbit
I have enjoyed this tea very much. It is refreshing and soothing . quite mild
Our Response:

Thank you! This tea can only get better.

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Love it

By DA
Love it
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Sweet Clarity

By Cha Kaula
I'm not a good judge of any complexities or nuances of RAW Pu'erh (what's with the added h and hyphen anyway... so pretentious). The few emails with Linda Louie have been great... the packaging, advertising, and marketing are superb. The pomp and circumstance, even if it is traditional doesn't seem to be able to sustain a strong foothold in America. I like RIPE even knowing that it's process began in Kunming and perfected in MengHai in 1973 was more artificially accelerated... still appeals to me and I suspect/ sense the American palate. Besides, the American behavior patterns in tea consuming is not geared to tea tasting with every house guest. Aloha
Our Response:

Ripe pu-erh will be your choice of pu-erh! As to the hyphen and the apostrophe, they are used solely to separate the syllables as Chinese words are of single syllables. I agree, the "h" is not necessary.

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Wonderful Tea

By Kristy Smith
This tea is perfect for me. I enjoy it every morning. Purchasing from Bana Tea Company is a good online experience. My tea is usually waiting in the mail within two days. I will order again.
Our Response:

Thank you so much for the nice review. It speaks a thousand words!