"samarkand" > writes:

> [...translating Lu Yu...]
> And to those who have read Luyu's Chajing, you would know that he listed
> several places where tea is produced (8 regions plus 11 counties), here's my
> question: why didn't Luyu mention Yunnan, where the tea plant originates?
> Ever wonder why?

Reluctance to consider that the first cultivators of tea weren't Han?

/Lew
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