>I'm beginning to wonder if we aren't talking about two different things
>which maybe sound similar in Chinese and are translated into English
>alphabet similarly, but in reality have different names? Is such a thing
>possible? It seems like one Chinese tea name can have a half-dozen English
>incarnations, so maybe the reverse can happen too.

na, i was talking about that they said the tea was refined and good
for all kinds of different ailments. The qing shan liu shui means
green (blue/green color) mountain green water. But, yes, the
translations of certain kinds of teas aren't exactly correct. The
thing that gets me is that many teas are sold with their regional
dialect equilivants but when I ask the vendors, they assure me they
are right. Tie Guan Yin, for instance, is the mandarian name;
cantonese is like ti kuan yip or something...and sometimes i see it
under the fujian/taiwan language name too. heh. how confusing.

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>Well it's entirely possible I was. FWIW I have only ever heard of
>"kuding" as meaning holly, but I have a fairly novice knowledge of tea, and
>only from a Western perspective. It sounds like you've gotten to experience
>Chinese tea on its own turf; if you've encountered a green tea called
>kuding, I am definitely prepared to believe you.

I'll ask some of my chinese friends about it i think it's a class of
green tea (kuding means bitter) as well as a specific type...sorta
like wulong.

My experience in Chinese tea comes from the time I spent in China,
mainly in Guangdong. They drink the more expensive teas there because
there is alot of money in Guangdong...I learned more about green tea
in the Sichuan province where they are more likely to drink this tea.

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>Some of the teas pictured on the page Apprentice sent are so lovely...a
>feast for the eyes. I keep going back to look!
>
>Jennifer
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Mydnight

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thus then i turn me from my countries light, to dwell in the solemn shades of an endless night.