Nigel > writes:

> [...]
> My retail company Nothing But Tea Ltd based in the UK sells around the
> world (34 countries to date) and our second biggest market is the USA
> from which I have noticed over the past five years increasing clamour
> for teas that are "earliest", "youngest", "first", "this season's".
> Many of the teas we sell are better for some aging - our hand made
> Georgian teas are an example, where given the choice of a range of age
> from our stock, I prefer drinking ones at least two years old - but
> impossible to sell a 2005 season Georgian into the US, already we are
> being asked for 2008 season samples - unobtainable until June.

Have you given thought to addressing this issue directly on your
company's website? Your customers may already be buying aged oolongs,
not to mention Pu'ers.

/Lew
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