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Space Cowboy
 
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Default My first yellow tea

Okay I got a response from the owner of the local tea shoppe. He said
the Yellow tea was from Guangzhou. Isn't that a city in Guangdong
province? Day Ye Qing means big leaf green.

Jim

samarkand wrote:
> I'm not questioning the German, but it is hard to believe that a german
> vendor does not know where his tea - especially Yellow tea - comes from.
> Large leaf tea:
> Guangzhou province : Guangdong Daye Qing
>
> Danny
>
> "Space Cowboy" > wrote in message
> oups.com...
> > He's always got stuff that hasn't hit the shelves. This time it was a
> > yellow tea from China via a German vendor. He mentioned he'll be
> > stocking more teas via Germany because in the Western world Germany
> > gets the first choice because they'll simply pay top dollar for their
> > teas. He didn't know where this tea came from in China. It is very
> > sexy twisted whole leaf which looks brown with lots of white hair. The
> > spent leaf is brown on top with a green underside. It doesn't remind
> > me of any other tea taste from China.