Oh yes, I forgot to add, the 50/60s samples of red label - the zhao qi hong
yin - do not have plum taste (? - you meant taste, not fragrance, right?).
The fragrance is distinctively floral and ?orchidy?, the tea, by comparison
to those from the later date, is sweeter, perhaps that's where you discern
the plum note?

But technically, Almond / Plum / Date fragrances and tastes are mostly (and
majority) the products of hydro-thermal fermentation process.


"samarkand" > wrote in message
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> "Michael Plant" > wrote in message
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>> /11/06
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>>
>> Well, I beg to differ with you here. *Some* of the 50's/60's samples --
>> red
>> labels most specifically -- matched well to the plum essence. By the way,
>> "prunes" for us are specific in taste and aroma. The chinese versions,
>> which
>> are red, are quite different. (But, I'm sure you know this; I don't mean
>> to
>> preach.)
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> Hmmm, I still think you are hunting down the wrong lane...The chinese
> versions (plum? prune?) are red - you said...?
>
> No, that's not the one. Am I correct to say that Plum is the fruit and
> Prune the dried or preserved version of plums? If that is so, then as I
> have mentioned, it is the fragrance of black prune (It is called Wu Mei, I
> think I wrote it wrongly in the previous post) that's in the tea, not the
> plum essence.
>
> http://zhuliy8888.cn.alibaba.com/ath...8-5816003.html
>
> Wait, the scientific name for it is called Fructus Mume, what's the
> scientific name for plum? Hmmm...
>