In article >,
Lewis Perin > wrote:

> It isn't tea at all, not in the sense of Camellia sinensis. It's
> Kuding Cha, a member of the holly family (Ilex.) Check the Google
> groups archive for RFDT; you'll see some discussions of this stuff in
> the past. It's sometimes called One Leaf Bitter Tea, for reasons you
> now understand.

I'm glad someone caught this, and whoever is
running that tea shop should be ashamed.
It is indeed Kuding Cha, and it's not 'tea' at
all - it's an herbal infusion. Very bitter, and if
someone is passing this stuff off as green tea,
they're going to turn a lot of people off to it.