I have not tried Dai bamboo yet, I am waiting for the right moment.

The moment came today. Dai bamboo 1996 is a good tea but nothing special.,
if you ask me.
May be it requires a more experienced drinker, may be cooler than 180 water.
may be longer wash (I did 2 washed 15-20 sec each)
I have not noticed anything bamboo in it. It may as well be kept in a PVC
pipe. But I did noticed it's bitter aftertaste. Just plain bitter, no
under-over-tones.

So, among the teas listed in teh thread, I lean more towars Mini menghai
Beencha 1999. Of course my dissapointment with it that it does not say
"Menghai" anywhere on therapper, so unless I am willing to buy it
exclusively from Dave, I have no chance of buying it. That botheres me.
Teas should be like wine - "appellacion d' origine controlee", name and a
year. Otherwise - too much fraud possibilities. I need to call We Jia Bao
about this. he is a former field geologist himself, he will understand

Sasha.