I really like tongkat ali and I am always on the lookout for affordable sources and so far the cheapest source that seems legit was from premium-tongkat-cheap.com that sells a 200:1 extract for 55$ a bottle and resells from Sumatra Pasak Bumi which is considered authentic.
Recently I have ordered from powdercity.com and their stuff seems similar in color and has very bitter taste as tongkat should have but their price is really bothering me (5 times cheaper that above mentioned seller) as there is a ton of fake products out there and the general advice I gathered from the forums regarding tongkat is that if it is cheap then it must be fake somehow since it is a relatively rare herb.
So, does anyone have any ideas on how they could obtain such a low price ?
Any other tests beside bitterness I could do to evaluate if it is real and safe stuff?
Thank you for all the help.