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Default China reds vs Indian reds color

Space Cowboy > wrote:
>Another reason you should shop ethnic markets for tea. You'll never
>find two brands of the same type that taste the same.


Hell, for a lot of those brands, you won't find two boxes that taste the
same.

>PS I can't believe the fresh leaf from a tea bush in Africa would
>taste the same as one from China.


I can believe it, BUT I can believe that the extensive processing required
would kind of kill the subtlety and art of the whole thing. That's not
necessarily a bad thing in some cases, though.
--scott

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