Nice link. Which made me think Russia wouldnt need to buy tea from
England when they should have had an historical overland connection
with China which Ive never seen mentioned in books. Where is Sasha
when you need him. He is one person I miss of the many who have come
and gone.

Jim

On May 29, 3:19 pm, Lewis Perin > wrote:
> 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
....a rose is a rose...

> 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...hqmKybvRvCEJ%3...
>
> 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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> Lew Perin /