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11 responses so far ↓
lochantea // June 20, 2008 at 1:23 am |
Darjeeling, of course – whole leaf grade
Rajiv Lochan
Anonymous // June 20, 2008 at 2:51 am |
Menghai Fangcha (sheng) 2004
Phyllo // June 20, 2008 at 4:54 am |
Uneven colorings among the leaves. Looks like Darjeeling (oolong?), as Rajiv observed, or Nepalese.
Anonymous // June 20, 2008 at 8:02 am |
Judging by the colour, bright green, it must be Indian Black tea.
Labels make life so much easier.
Wesli // June 20, 2008 at 11:55 am |
Sheng
MANDARINstea // June 20, 2008 at 1:14 pm |
bad left over dragon well from eons ago : (
djn7304 // June 20, 2008 at 1:53 pm |
Hmm, bright green, mixed and fairly broken…probably not a border tea. ’07 or ’08 Menghai blend?
ancientteahorseroad // June 20, 2008 at 8:58 pm |
TGY
Anonymous // June 21, 2008 at 12:16 am |
the only things i can tell for certain about this leaf:
– picked by a woman (youngish)
– she was not speaking english when she picked it
and i’m sticking to the sheng pu-erh idea — either fang or tuo cha
tho i see why the others might say darjeeling in particular and they could be right.
lochantea // June 21, 2008 at 7:14 pm |
Most interesting findings – ha ha.
teautja // June 24, 2008 at 4:54 am |
wen shan bao dzong. It is easy Quiz.