Cheers, Ralf, Lew & Livio,

Unfortunately, the documentary didn't actually show any of the
preparation of the tea - they just talked briefly about it, and there
was a brief shot at the close of the segment of pouring hot water into
the 2 cup pot, which itself was pretty much stuffed with leaves. (As
y' know, I'm a committed jar drinker, my knowledge of Gong Fu limited
to jumping on my opponent's leg and clobbering 'em on the head).

I kind of assume they smoke a lower grade woody oolong - I can't
imagine anyone smoking the delicate floral Taiwan oolongs ... but I
might be wrong.
And Lew and Livio, could either of you guide me to the written form of
the words "Tampei" and "beilong" (tones or radical or meaning)? I
assume the latter is pinyin, tampei could be mandarin or colloquial?

And finally Livio, "used for drying tea, as well for the finishing or
"re-fining" of many oolong tea."
Such as which ones? Might it have been fairly common years ago to buy
"fresher/unfinished" leaves and finishing the preparation of oolong
teas oneself?

I'll try to get to watch the doc again (the film, A CITY OF SADNESS,
meanwhile has no tea scenes in it as far as I recall, but it's very
good if you get the chance to see it as are most of his films - the
non-costume epics in my opinion) ... if it says the name of the town,
or the cafe owner, etc, I'll let folks know.

Thanks all, J