"Shen" wrote in message
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On Jun 28, 5:43 pm, Lewis Perin wrote:
(Richard Chappell) writes:
On Jun 28, 6:36 am, Shen wrote:
I'm very interested in trying some Sichuan Teas. I have a
particularly
delicious Sichuan Gong Fu Quality Black Tea from Teaspring;

Mydnight replied:
Gong Fu Black Tea from Sichuan?
That hardly seems accurate...I didn't even see Gongfu Cha until I came
to the South of China.

Don't Chinese refer to shu Pu Erh as black, and fully fermented tea as
red?
And don't lots of people, all over China, gongfu pu erh, even shu?

Not only that, but gongfu has more than one meaning. It doesn't only
refer to a brewing method, it also gets used to refer to red tea
itself, or at least, decent red tea. You sometimes see that
transliterated as Congou. I suspect the vendor is using Gongfu in
that sense, or maybe they're saying the tea is good enough ("Gong Fu
*Quality*") for multiple steeps.

/Lew
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Lew Perin /

It seems that, in many cases, it means, a superior tea that is good
enough to be served to esteemed guests and, as you said, holds up.
Shen


Upton has a Sichuan Zao Bei Jian listed in their Chinese black tea section
under "Other Congou". I haven't had any for probably a year and a half, but
enjoyed it very much the several times I purchased it. I remember it being
similar to how you described the tea from Teaspring.

Blues