Shen wrote:
On Feb 5, 6:41 am, SN wrote:
that looks like it is knotted like in a braid,

maybe its a sort of displaytea...

Found this: http://en.restoran.ru/msk/detailed/r...nu/?half=72044

A few of these teas are described as "braided".
Is this tea from China, by way of somewhere else??

I've added some more picturese he
http://www.telmon.org/tea

As you can see, it's not a braid, the small piece is hollow. It is
as if the rolled leaf had been bended around a stick to form a
spiral, and then the stem is put in the hole that is left when the
stick is removed. No, the tea was not bitter at all, it tastes
like... well, like a good green tea, but I'm not an expert

I purchased the tea in Shanghai in 2001. I asked to my guide for a
place where I could see the "tea ceremony" (I knew about the
japanese tea ceremony, but I was told there was something "similar"
in China too), so we went to a tea shop, were I was shown how to
taste tea... you know better than me. There, I purchased this
strange tea and another one. I think I've found the original box,
I've put a picture of it too (the number on the box is 010-64295788).

Thanks again,

- Claudio