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Default Can anyone identify this?

(Scott Dorsey) writes:

>What is this?
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http://www.panix.com/~kludge/tea_3.jpg
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>The first character is clearly "gold" jin. But the other three I can't
>figure out. Boxwood?
>
>What am I drinking? It's some sort of light oolong.


Its Jin1 Tan2 Que4 She2, or [place name] Sparrow Tongue, which is a
cultivar that I *think* is usually made into Long Jing style green tea.
But Im sure you can tell the difference between green and oolong.

/Lew
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