OK, I need to ask the question - why pencil lead ?

Cheers
Mal
Oz

"DogMa" > wrote in message
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> Mydnight wrote:
>> I never saw green tea rinsed before until I moved to Southern China.
>> The green tea I had drank before was beautifully clean...the stuff
>> here that you get may or may not contain pencil lead...
>
> It would be difficult to identify a more innocuous adulterant than pencil
> lead, which consists mainly of clay and graphite and is entirely insoluble
> in water. However, the point stands.
>
> Is there any progress on credible organic standards and labeling in China?
>
> -DM