I didn't know this. I just did a quick Google search.

PongFong tea is Taiwanese for 'puff tea' and AKA BaiHao or White Hair
or Oriental Beauty.

See http://english.www.gov.tw/index.jsp?id=135&recid=100584

Jim

Yugen wrote:
> Hello all!
> Does anyone know anything about Taiwanese pomfong tea which is
> supposed to be some particular type of wulong? I have heard
somewhere,
> that what makes this pomfong (?) special, is the fact that the tea
> leaves ar being sucked by some "tealeaf hoppers" during summer before
> the leaves are picked. This should lend some particular kind of aroma
> to the tea, but production is very limited because only these kind of
> basically "inferior" leaves are used. Does anyone know something more
> about this treasured tea? Are the leaves sucked by the adult tealeaf
> hoppers or by their larvae (or caterpillars)?
> Just curious, Yugen.