I drink a pearl of Kuding everyday. Like puer it is suppose to lower
blood pressure, bad cholesterol. I've also seen it sold as loose
leaf. It is a herbal and bitter. The di1ng character in my
dictionary means 'cube'.

Jim

(The Immoral Mr Teas) wrote in message . com>...
> I picked up some Qing Shan Lu Shui earlier this year in Gansu. I'd
> never seen (or heard of) it before (and haven't seen it since outside
> west China). I am told it's a Kuding (Ku meaning bitter, ding meaning,
> well, um ding?) though it looks totally different to the twisted big
> leaves one associates with Kuding. I picked it up thinking it an
> interesting new green tea. I was (not UNpleasantly) surprised when I
> tasted it.