> Drink tea from Taiwan instead? It's got to be just as polluted as the
> stuff from the Mainland. You can see Taiwan from Xiamen. It's just a
> stone's throw away. Same in Fuzhou. Remember, pollution knows no
> boundaries. What and drift in on the wind, can go anywhere. Just
> because it's from Taiwan doesn't necessarily mean it will be better.

Xiamen is a festering cesspool under a tourist-friendly guise; Fuzhou
is just as filthy. Taiwan has had some friendly dealings with the US
and Western countries for a while and for the most part understands
the concept of quality over quantity. Mainland China, still for the
most part suffering from the Imperial mindset of mine-mine-mine-now-
now-now-before-its-taken-away-from-me, only cares for profit.

I would be willing to bet all the money in my savings account, which
ain't much, folks, that any random sample of tea from Taizhong (where
most wulong is produced in Taiwan), a relatively mountainous, clean
place, would have a better sanitary rating than ANY TEA, INCLUDING THE
HIGHEST GRADE, from Fujian AnXi (where Tieguan, the most famous tea
from Fujian) is produced. I'd also be willing to bet that the Rock
teas from WuYi Mountain would have the same rating of pollution as in
Anxi.