Previous assertions made by others about VCBC said you can't even buy
Chinese commercial packaged tea in Chinatown. I can walk down aisles
in many stores with dozens and dozens of different brands with even
more teas to choose from. I'm not talking about the urban areas with
loose teas in jars. So if you can address the general availability of
Chinese commercial teas in VCBC. In the Bay area you have to go to
Oakland to find the selection and not SF.

Jim

"Peter" > wrote in message >...
> In Vancouver, Chinese
> merchants have taken over the bottom level of what was supposed to be a
> Gap-Banana Republic-Foot Locker style mall on the edge of Chinatown. But
> still, you don't find the best tea there. It's elsewhere.
>
> Peter
>
> "Space Cowboy" > wrote in message
> om...
> > You're the second person since I've been here to say the largest
> > ethnic population outside of China is a lousy place to buy Chinese
> > teas.