The problem lies with you, Sasha, not with the Dai Bamboo. I'm going to
brew
up some right now. Seriously, there is the issue of great differences from
batch to batch and cake to cake as Mike described in a previous post. You
might be the victim of that kind of thing. Mine piece really is lovely.
(Don't even go there.)

Can you, please, give me more advice on how to brew Dai bamboo? Just more
detailed instructions?

I'm not sure about this. Control could bring the whole industry into the
middling range. That is, you can't get great unless you're willing to
sometimes get lousy. Know what I mean? It's the thrill of the hunt.

As a true Conservative of a "paleo" persuasion that would firmly vote
Democratic this year I have to be ashamed of my calls for control of tea
labelling.
But some time ago I studied the history of French wine labelling and found
it to be the very reason how small French vineyards were able to survive and
preserve their quality standards. If a farmer or a small factory will have
law protect their unique logo or name of the product, they have an interest
to maintain the quality. If not - all bets are off and the largest shark
wins the markets with mediocre products.
That would also allow them to resist the pressure of traders who treat the
producers like cattle and allow producers to get better share of the
profits. making a producer rich is more in our, consumer, interests than
making a trader rich.

Sasha.