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Default Which kind of Pu'erh tea to get?

> wrote in message
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> Hi folks,
> I heard about Pu'erh yesterday and I'm intrigued. After reading the
> About.com article, which is really just one guy's opinions, I am
> curious what you folks think is the best type of Pu'erh to get. My
> local Asian supermarket sells a few kinds of Pu'erh.
> For instance, is there a particular Chinese brand that is good or bad?
> And which is best approach to fermentation? My goals are improved
> health, since this tea has been shown to lower cholesterol, and
> flavor.
> Also, (since I am also posting this to soc.culture...) if the
> container lacks any English text, what characters indicate the various
> characteristics?
> Thanks.
>

A simple Google search yields 52,000 possible links to answer your
question. Thar y'gaw: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=pu%27er+tea .
Yes, this newsgroup is well known for its being troll-infested with anti
China characters that vent their real-life frustrations in cyber space by
bashing everything that is Chinese.
J.