Mydnight > writes:

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

That may be because it's made primarily for export, especially to the
Mideast. On the other hand, I just did a Google search for zhucha
using the Chinese characters, and came up with 7,920 hits.

/Lew
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