Hi All,

It has come to my attention that there is a new website out there
called "Best Tea" located at http://www.besttea.cn/ however they are
not to be confused with the "Best Tea House" in Hong Kong, no relation
at all.

At first blush it looks like they have a decent selection at OK
prices. However, upon closer inspection many of the pictures and
descriptions will look *very* familiar. No, it is not your
imagination.... It appears that they have stolen massive amounts of
photos and descriptions verbatim from Jing Teashop. Upon careful
inspection you will see that they have stolen just about the entire
Jing teashop website and claimed it as their own.

Look at http://tinyurl.com/22o3tk
Now look at http://tinyurl.com/2ykl9r

This is just one example, the entire site is packed full of similar
plagiarizations.

I have spoken with Seb from Jing Teashop and Seb assures me that "Best
Tea" is in now way related to them, "Best Tea" does not buy any of
their teas from Jing Teashop, and "Best Tea" did not ask permission to
use their website content.

Frankly, if their ethics about stealing website content are this low,
I would hate to see what their tea business ethics were like. I bet
much of their stuff is fake, or at least not what they advertise!
Certainly much of what they advertise are teas that were privately
sourced by Jing/Seb and are not available on the open market, so it is
highly unlikely that these guys have the exact same stuff. You will
also note they do not accept credit cards, only wire transfers and
such, so you have no protection whatsoever when dealing with them.

I am in no way affiliated with either of these shops, I just can't
stand blatant plagiarism. I strongly encourage anyone reading this to
avoid these "Best Tea" people like the plague.......

Mike Petro
http://www.pu-erh.net