Young Hyson is the pidgin for the chinese characters $B1+A0(B $Bt&=U(B yuqian
xichun. In the Chinese stores Ive seen 'Eastern Beauty' more than
'Oriental Beauty' as an English description.

Jim

On May 4, 11:44 am, (Scott Dorsey) wrote:
> In article >,
>
> icetea > wrote:
> >"$BElJ}H~?MCc(B" I have seen some other translations for this, asian/
> >eastern...translating can be such a pain. How does the asian community
> >think about the traditional english name "oriental beauty tea"?
>
> A lot of the 18th century trade names are pretty bizarre. "Oriental Beauty"
> and "Young Hyson" have a long history in the west but in Asia they are just
> found to be silly.
> --scott
> --
> "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."