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Phyll Phyll is offline
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Default Interesting article on the pouerh boom and bust

Thank you for bringing this up!

Phyll

On Jun 25, 8:26 am, "Melinda" > wrote:
> Found this in Asia Times today, it's pretty interesting about how the puerh
> prices got driven up and how they are falling now. It also mentions some
> producers making poor quality tea to cash in on the boom (not a surprise of
> course). It shows the fact that tea speculation is just that-speculation and
> the investor takes the risks, but also that some producers or buyers were
> hoarding to create a false scarcity. Interesting.
>
> http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China_B.../IF26Cb01.html
>
> Melinda
>
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