Michael Plant wrote in
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....
Right, I've had it in this form too. I find it puzzling that
kudingcha exists in two such radically different configurations. But
real tea has lots of puzzlements too, and I suppose I prefer to spend
my attention on good old C. sinensis.

Likwise. Agreed. I got it in a neighborhood teashop that didn't quite
hit the mark, but deserved support nonetheless. Unfortunately, they
quickly went out of business. Such is life in Brooklyn. Michael

Brooklyn? (Applause from the '40s and '50s audience.) I live in the borough
of homes and churches too. I feel compelled to ask if there are any worthy
teashops still in business there?

Ozzy

On Feb 6, 5:05*pm, Ozzy please.answer@NG wrote:
Michael Plant wrote :

...

Right, I've had it in this form too. *I find it puzzling that
kudingcha exists in two such radically different configurations. *But
real tea has lots of puzzlements too, and I suppose I prefer to spend
my attention on good old C. *sinensis.

Likwise. Agreed. I got it in a neighborhood teashop that didn't quite
hit the mark, but deserved support nonetheless. Unfortunately, they
quickly went out of business. Such is life in Brooklyn. Michael

Brooklyn? (Applause from the '40s and '50s audience.) I live in the borough
of homes and churches too. *I feel compelled to ask if there are any worthy
teashops still in business there?

Ozzy

Grew up there (Williamsburg!) Love Brooklyn!
My husband's from Park Slope.
Shen

Ozzy please.answer@NG writes:

Michael Plant wrote in
:

...
Right, I've had it in this form too. I find it puzzling that
kudingcha exists in two such radically different configurations. But
real tea has lots of puzzlements too, and I suppose I prefer to spend
my attention on good old C. sinensis.

Likwise. Agreed. I got it in a neighborhood teashop that didn't quite
hit the mark, but deserved support nonetheless. Unfortunately, they
quickly went out of business. Such is life in Brooklyn. Michael

Brooklyn? (Applause from the '40s and '50s audience.) I live in the borough
of homes and churches too. I feel compelled to ask if there are any worthy
teashops still in business there?

There's a semi-worthy one run by a Fujianese family around the corner
from the 8th Avenue Sunset Park Chinatown strip on - what? - 48th
Street? I'm not sure. They have, or had maybe a year ago,
vacuum-packed greenish oolongs, but also fairly cheap tea in bins,
including pretty good Dian Hong and Phoenix. They also have Chinese
herbs, but that would be off-topic...

/Lew
---
Lew Perin /
http://www.panix.com/~perin/babelcarp.html

In article ,
Don't know, I've put a picture he
http://www.telmon.org/tea/IMG_1520.JPG
Remember it's an old leaf, I purchased it in 2001.

Although some have suggested that this is bilochun, it looks absolutely
nothing like any blc I have every seen; they are very small delicate
leaves with a natural curl. Others have mentioned kuding (not tea - a
very bitter tisane), which it might be. Given the discoloration, it might
also be an extra bold real tea. But it isn't bilochun.

Best,

Rick.

On Feb 7, 10:54*am, (Richard Chappell) wrote:
In article ,

Don't know, I've put a picture he
http://www.telmon.org/tea/IMG_1520.JPG
Remember it's an old leaf, I purchased it in 2001.

Although some have suggested that this is bilochun, it looks absolutely
nothing like any blc I have every seen; they are very small delicate
leaves with a natural curl. *Others have mentioned kuding (not tea - a
very bitter tisane), which it might be. *Given the discoloration, it might
also be an extra bold real tea. *But it isn't bilochun.

Best,

Rick.

I am pretty sure this is Jin Si Luo, after seeing the photos and
following the discussion.
Bi Luo Chun is more delicate and that suggestion was made prior to
seeing the pictures.
Shen

Shen wrote:

I am pretty sure this is Jin Si Luo, after seeing the photos and
following the discussion.
Bi Luo Chun is more delicate and that suggestion was made prior to
seeing the pictures.
Shen

Yes, it looks like it. The silver part of the leaf may be the one
that is now the darkest.

Many thanks to everybody

- Claudio

Lewis Perin wrote in
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There's a semi-worthy one run by a Fujianese family around the corner
from the 8th Avenue Sunset Park Chinatown strip on - what? - 48th
Street? I'm not sure. They have, or had maybe a year ago,
vacuum-packed greenish oolongs, but also fairly cheap tea in bins,
including pretty good Dian Hong and Phoenix. They also have Chinese
herbs, but that would be off-topic...

/Lew
---
Lew Perin /
http://www.panix.com/~perin/babelcarp.html

Thanks much Lew. I've been going to the Micro-Chinatown on Avenue U east
of Coney Island Avenue, and mostly their teas are disappointing. But off-
topic or no, I'm always on the lookout for a more convenient place to get
Chinese herbs than the original Chinatown or Flushing...

Ozzy

Shen wrote in
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Grew up there (Williamsburg!) Love Brooklyn!
My husband's from Park Slope.
Shen


Both those neighborhoods are much changed (it's generally safe to say that
about nearly any neighborhod, as long as the persons have been absent more
than a decade or so. ). I grew up in Midwood myself in the '50s. The
latest area of development is Coney Island -- they're yuppifying fast and
furiously, with the independent amusement sleeze that has delighted so many
children for greater than a century slated to be one with Babylan and Troy
ASAP...

Ozzy

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...I got it in a neighborhood teashop that didn't quite
hit the mark, but deserved support nonetheless. Unfortunately, they
quickly went out of business. Such is life in Brooklyn. Michael

Brooklyn? (Applause from the '40s and '50s audience.) I live in the
borough of homes and churches too. I feel compelled to ask if there are
any worthy teashops still in business there?

Hi Ozzy,
Unfortunately, I know of none. In addition to the shop Lew mentioned, there is a Ten Ren up close to 60th Street on Eighth Avenue in which two/three years ago I had an unusually positive experience -- unusual for Ten Ren, that is. I've heard rumors of a new place in Park Slope, but I haven't visited yet.
Michael

Michael Plant wrote in
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Hi Ozzy,
Unfortunately, I know of none. In addition to the shop Lew mentioned,
there is a Ten Ren up close to 60th Street on Eighth Avenue in which
two/three years ago I had an unusually positive experience -- unusual
for Ten Ren, that is. I've heard rumors of a new place in Park Slope,
but I haven't visited yet. Michael

Thanks Michael. I'm tempted to say any positive experience in a Ten Ren is
very unusual indeed, but that would be unfair, I suppose, and involve
overgeneralization

Ozzy