On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 21:17:14 -0500, "Doug Hazen, Jr."
> wrote:

>> what kind of tea is it exactly then, Lew? the people that I talked
>> with that referred to it as Gunpowder were people that were trying to
>> market their cheap wulong to foreigners; it was in one of the Shanghai
>> TianFu tea shops, I think. I've been a little confused about it since
>> trying to research it here in the states. Can you explain a bit about
>> it please?
>>
>> I'm really curious and I want to learn more about it.
>
>What's typically referred to as "Gunpowder" in the USA is definitely a green
>tea, though one that often doesn't taste much like a Chinese green; it's
>also usually pretty cheap compared to other Chinese greens. For example:
>
>
>http://www.sevencups.com/proddetail....d4774a69c2b792
>or
>http://www.harney.com/gunpowdergreen.html
>or
>http://www.specialteas.com/product_d...00+31+1&cid=43
>or
>see Upton's ZG20, ZG21, 24, 25, 30, 32, or ZG34.
>
> Doug
>

ahhh, i see now. it's just interesting though; i have been to
zhejiang and i never heard of a tea being called gunpowder or zhu cha.
it looks like a cheap version of tie guan yin called 'guan yin wang'
(iron goddess king). i had a friend of mine that worked in a shop
just give some to me because she said she got it for so cheap at
market. heh.


i did see a website with some biluochun that looked a little like
that.....but it was low grade.


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