Julien ÉLIE > writes:

> Hi Lewis,
>
>>> But maybe, as you say, nobody really knows and it depends on the
>>> initial quality of the puerh...
>>
>> Don't forget the moon phase!
>
>
> Yep, you're right!
> And the season the leaves are picked.

Right, they're different, though one season might not necessarily be
better than another.

> And the quality of the water used

Definitely. But once again, I'm not sure one water's better than
anothere for all teas.

>(the best would probably be the one of a spring near the
>plantation...).

Well, that's a tradition, but so is monkey picking.

/Lew
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