Tea (rec.drink.tea) Discussion relating to tea, the world's second most consumed beverage (after water), made by infusing or boiling the leaves of the tea plant (C. sinensis or close relatives) in water.

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> You can see Taiwan from Xiamen? Really? I've spent some time in
> Xiamen, and I could see Jinmen, which is administered by Taiwan and
> produces really good cutlery but no tea.


Yeah, but technically, that is still Taiwan, isn't it?

> The closest point to Taiwan, which I believe is the Gaoshan area near
> Fuzhou, is about 80 miles.


Well, Lianjiang county is a county near Fuzhou that is partly
controlled by Mainland China, and partly controlled by the ROC. The
outlying islands anyway, are controlled by the ROC, and that's a tea
producing area. In that area, they all speak Fuzhou dialect. It's only
about 19 Km to the mainland.

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