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Default Which kind of Pu'erh tea to get?

On Apr 12, 9:39*am, "J.Venning" > wrote:
> > wrote in message
>
> ...> 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.


Oh!! come om, JV, you're too hard on them. We are only pointing out
divergent views of the subject under discussion.