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Lewis Perin wrote:
> Alan Petrillo > writes:
>
>> Scott Dorsey wrote:
>>> Alan Petrillo > wrote:
>>>> Space Cowboy wrote:
>>>>> I wouldn't necessarily throw it out.
>>>> Throw it out? Good grief no! It was nectar!
>>> That same brand of keemun is still available today from the same
>>> sources. Kam Man supermarket in NYC stocks it, for example.

>> Well, if it's still available then it's findable. Since I work for an
>> airline I get to travel free, so it might be worth a trip to NYC to
>> find it, if need be.
>>
>>> But as with any
>>> agricultural product, it will change from harvest to harvest.

>> Indeed. This is the nature of truly natural products, and I wouldn't
>> have it any other way.

>
> Sure. But at the risk of saddening you, let me say that I live in New
> York, and I have bought the very tea in Kam Man, though not for
> several years now, and it's been nothing special for the last decade
> or so.


A pity indeed.


AP