Travel Vietnam wrote:
May be.
In our country, Jasmine and Lotus is not the same, but isn't it in your
language? So, when you say "jasmine tea", what do you mean?
In Vietnam, we use Jasmine Tea for Tea which has been processed with
Jasmine flower, and Lotus Tea for tea which has been processed with
Lotus flower. So, they 're different and make difference flavours, of
course.

Right. However, when that tea is sold in the US, sometimes it is all
marked "Jasmine Tea" on the box, no matter whether it is Saigon jasmine
tea or Hue lotus tea or something else. I think the problem is either
with the export markings or the importation on this side, but it is not
unique to one company.
--scott

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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

I can't guess this truth.
All companies always want to mark their trade -marks on products. So,
you can understand where the tea was made from the company name.
When you see the tea-box with label Jasmine Tea, you should know that
it is' made from Jasmine flower with tea, exactly, not from Lotus at
all.
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Travel 3/1/06


I can't guess this truth.
All companies always want to mark their trade -marks on products. So,
you can understand where the tea was made from the company name.
When you see the tea-box with label Jasmine Tea, you should know that
it is' made from Jasmine flower with tea, exactly, not from Lotus at
all.

OK, so you have answered a very important question: It is not the custom in
Viet Nam to use the phrase "jasmine tea" to mean that the natural tea has a
flowery aroma and taste; you use it to mean precisely that it contains
jasmine flower or the essence of jasmine flower. Thanks for clarifying that.
We were looking for some explanation for the labels beyond just sloppy
labeling.

Michael

I've got a compound Chinese character on one of my Vietnamese boxes
which I think is a locale in Vietnam. I know the locale in Vietnamese
but can't absolutely be sure the two are the same.

Jim

PS I couldn't find anything on Lew's character.

Alex Chaihorsky wrote:
No idea.
May be some local geographical name.

Sasha.


"Lewis Perin" wrote in message
news
(Scott Dorsey) writes:

[...]

I may be able to scan and e-mail as a pdf. Would you be okay with that?

Thanks for sending the PDF of a photo of the can. There are four
characters, and unfortunately I was able to figure out only the first
three:

Cha = tea
Xin = pith
Lian = lotus

To visualize the fourth character, think of quadrants. What you see
is:

NW = river (3 strokes)
NE = head (9 strokes)
SW = person (2 strokes)
SE = spoon (2 strokes)

Anyone know what character that forms?

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

Travel Vietnam wrote:
I can't guess this truth.
All companies always want to mark their trade -marks on products. So,
you can understand where the tea was made from the company name.
When you see the tea-box with label Jasmine Tea, you should know that
it is' made from Jasmine flower with tea, exactly, not from Lotus at
all.

However, I have a box of tea which says "JASMINE TEA" on it in English,
but it says "Tra Sen Co Do Hue" in Vietnamese, and the contents are very
clearly lotus tea.

There is a lot of this kind of thing showing up in the US.
--scott

--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

Michael Plant wrote:
OK, so you have answered a very important question: It is not the
custom in
Viet Nam to use the phrase "jasmine tea" to mean that the natural tea
has a
flowery aroma and taste; you use it to mean precisely that it contains
jasmine flower or the essence of jasmine flower. Thanks for clarifying
that.
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There're some misunderstands here, i think.
In our country, Jasmine Tea (or Chè Nhài), Lotus Tea (Chè sen) are
types of natural tea is procecced with these flowers to have specified
aroma, and they are different.
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Mr Scott Dorsey
I have a question for you, when you read the box with label: Jasmine
Tea, which type of type you will think in it, according to your custom.
If there is any different between your custom and ours, i will try to
notice the exporter.
Some companies use english without caring the custom of the country
where their products will be exported, i think. You can help us by
provide the Name and Address of company in your box, i will give them a
sugguest about this problem. And hope that will be appreciated to
improve our export.
Thank you verymuch on behalf of them.

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Travel Vietnam wrote:
Mr Scott Dorsey
I have a question for you, when you read the box with label: Jasmine
Tea, which type of type you will think in it, according to your custom.
If there is any different between your custom and ours, i will try to
notice the exporter.

The one that I have on my desk here was imported by New Japan International
at 4560 Worth Street in Los Angeles. It also says "Hu'o'ng Vi Ha~o Ha.ng'"
underneath that. Sorry, I have no accents on this 1978-vintage DEC terminal.

I have seen this on a couple other boxes of tra sen, however, from other
vendors. Maybe it is an attempt to get it through customs more easily?
--scott
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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."