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Default Another litterary account... unknown tea

Ana Vasil > writes:

> Dominic T. wrote:
>
> > If anyone has any insight on “Chiu Chao” tea I’d love to know!

>
> "Chiu Chao" is likely a variant spelling of "chiuchow," or
> "teochew."


Good catch! Another common spelling for this area is Chaozhou, which
is the Mandarin spelling. It's a hotbed of gongfu tea practice.

> And it's probably Tieguanyin that he's preparing and serving.


Couldn't it be Dancong?

/Lew
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