Iggy > writes:

> > >The vendor with the
> > >highest quality tea I've ever tasted in fact refuses to name his teas
> > >-- he'll just present us with a tasting of a half-dozen greener
> > >oolongs, never saying if it's a ti kuan yin varietal or something
> > >different. *He wants the taste to speak for itself. *I understand this
> > >was a common approach to tea sales in China before Western customers
> > >demanded fancy names and concrete classifications.
> >
> > I would not buy from this vendor. I find this arrogant. I have no
> > problem with him offering this as an option, but when he gets to
> > refusing information, he has forgotten who the customer is. ;-)
> >
>
>
> Actually, Stephen (the proprietor of Spring Cottage Tea House in
> Richmond B.C.) is anything but arrogant.

I completely agree!

/Lew
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