> [Michael]
> Well, I had been drinking Tie Guan Yin starting around 1982 and the
tea was
> definitely fisted. So, I think either we mean two different things by
the
> word "fisted" or your information is not quite correct. (I use
"fisted" to
> mean tightly balled in a circular form rather than elongated and
twisted.)

[Jing]
I think that we are talking about the same type of tea processing. The
two sources i asked to told me the same thing. I will now ask to people
who were working for the Chinese tea import and export company in the
1980's.

Jing