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Default Tea article of interest

writes:

> On hucksterism and the collapse of the pu'er tea market:
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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/17/wo...pagewanted=all
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> The market may have collapsed, but the hucksterism is still doing
> fine, of course: “The best thing about Pu’er,” he said with a
> showman’s smile, “is that the longer you keep it, the more valuable it
> gets.”


That happens to be true, assuming the Pu'er is stored well. (I am
*not* in the tea business, I should say!)

/Lew
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