The postmark on the package was 3/25 and was on my doorstep 3/30. It
was sent par avion with USPS delivery. The customs declaration was
dated 3/25 and the new FDA Prior Notice System Interface sticker 3/23.
See http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~pn/pnoview.html to see what hoops a
vendor in China or any place else has to jump through to send you tea.
You notice this is an English only webpage and lucky for me the vendor
could understand and follow. I've got another puer order from China
hung up somewhere for over a month because they probably didn't meet
this requirement. I ordered some 50g green puerh rammed into capped
hollow bamboo tube for aging. I got 200g of black smoked pipe tuocha
sliced in 10g pieces wrapped in layers of bamboo leaf making a tube for
aging. I got some expensive loose leaf black Liuan wrapped in bamboo
leaf with basket which is identical in degree if not substance to a
cheaper compressed Liuan in a similar bamboo leaf lined basket. Looks
like I can start selling the cheap compressed Liuan from a Hong Kong
company found in my Chinatown and claiming on Ebay it is the same
expensive loose version from China. Actually this Liuan came in a
large zip lock bag because they removed the original packaging and the
loose leaf was falling between the bamboo leaves into the basket which
is only lightly woven. I'll even hold this in askance because this was
a last minute subtitution for green puer Liuan but of course became
unstocked after I ordered.

Jim