Space Cowboy > writes:

> In another book I am reading this passage is referenced in a book
> called Against The Grain by Huysmans:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/28odbuw
>
> I looked at my lists of yellow teas and couldnt come up with anything
> matching si-a-fayoun, mo-you-tann, khansky. I do have kekecha yellow
> tea which might pair with khansky. BaiMuDan white tea might pair with
> mo-you-tann. I cant think of anything with si-a-fayoun. I just
> thought it interesting with such a early reference to yellow teas
> perse. I have some see through bone china cups. I would have trouble
> replacing them.

It might be extremely hard to track down those tea names due to multiple
transliterations. But here's evidence that yellow tea was known in
Russia as early as 1861:

http://webcache.googleusercontent.co...an&hl=en&gl=us

And, if any Western author would have found out early about something as
recondite as yellow tea, it would be Huysmans, I suppose.

/Lew
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