On Apr 29, 12:35*am, Ana Vasil > wrote:
> 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." *And
> it's probably Tieguanyin that he's preparing and serving.
>
> See: *http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiuchow_cuisine

Yes, that was the conclusion I sort of came up with but the part that
threw me off was the description of it being "almost black, like
Turkish coffee." The only problem I have with this book is that it is
written with full detailed conversations and descriptions however the
writer is a white guy who simply interviewed a lot of people about
Johnny Kon. So all of the detail is invented as he wasn't actually
there as the text would make you believe, and when it comes to non-
fiction I'd prefer it to be fully accurate or not at all. So, this
account is most likely invented based on real tea experiences... but I
did enjoy the way it was told and the unknown aspect of the tea in
question piqued my curiosity.

- Dominic
Oh, and it's literary... boy way for me to screw up a post title. I
need to start reading more dictionaries it seems