"Melinda" writes:

So...is this 1) a stupid question that no-one wants to bother with, 2) a
heretical question, how dare I ask it, or 3) a question that no-one actually
has an answer to? I thought it made sense, after all, if early greens are so
much more desireable and expensive, it stands to reason that someone
somewhere will try to make a spring green that might not be "all that" and
try to foist it off because it's early rather than anything else.

I've heard it said that, due to the premium early green teas bring in
China, tea agronomists have developed cultivars that leaf out very
early but yield a mediocre cup. How true this is, I don't know.

/Lew
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