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Default Which kind of Pu'erh tea to get?

On Apr 12, 9:29*am, CharlesLiu > wrote:
> On Apr 12, 7:26*am, wrote:
>
> > Hi folks,

>
> > I heard about Pu'erh yesterday and I'm intrigued. After reading the
> > About.com article, which is really just one guy's opinions, I am
> > curious what you folks think is the best type of Pu'erh to get. My
> > local Asian supermarket sells a few kinds of Pu'erh.

>
> > For instance, is there a particular Chinese brand that is good or bad?
> > And which is best approach to fermentation? My goals are improved
> > health, since this tea has been shown to lower cholesterol, and
> > flavor.

>
> (Just for reference, SCC is an english-language group, and is
> currently filled with China haters, the kind that would attack
> paralympians in wheelchairs, you know...)


Honest Charles isn't telling the whole truth... there are people who
dislike China here, but there are also a large number of apologists
for the Chinese government who will assert with a straight face things
like China has freedom of speech and that anything bad you hear about
China is a CIA plot.