Wow, that sounds wonderful! If you get any info on it, will you pass it
along?
marlene

"Bill Wolfe" > wrote in message
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> Hello All,
>
> I just subscribed to this group after lurking off and on for years.
>
> About 10 years ago Silk Road Tea, Republic of Tea (who got it from Silk
> Road), and Harney's carried a remarkable green tea called Spring Spear
> Tips. It consisted of enormous downy buds--more than 1.5-inch long and
> nearly as thick as a pencil, at least in my memory--yielding a sweet,
> full-bodied, almond-scented liquor and cabaple of a 10-minute steep
> without bitterness. I've asked David Lee Hoffman of Silk Road about it
> once or twice. He gets a little whistful and says he hasn't
> encountered any lately. Does anyone else remember this tea? Does
> anyone know what's happened to it?
>
> Bill
>