Space Cowboy wrote:
> I find it curious Kuding is on the shelves with the teas and not in the
> herbal section. Even chrysanthemum is in the herbal section. It
> stumped me that qing shan lu shui means 'green mountain green water'
> but I got the two characters for green.
>
> Jim

I find it curious that anyone finds this palatable. I have now tried
multiple infusions with all kinds of variables tweaked, and even a
whole different brand of Kuding that is in a pearl shape rather than
the spikes. I can't enjoy it. I like bitter things too, so it is a
mystery to me how anyone can have an even greater tolerance for bitter
than me but it must be.

I have seen it sold in herbal sections at a few places, and I bought
mine from the caffeine free section of herbal/decaf teas and as I was
informed in this thread that it does contain caffeine. I haven't been
able to confirm 100% that it does, but I'm guessing I was wrong and
that it does. Maybe that is why other places do not sell it in the
herbal section, I could imagine a number of problems with selling it as
herbal.

This is certainly not my cup of tea.

- Dominic