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Lewis 11/15/05

> Michael Plant > writes:
>
>> [...]
>>
>> I'm drinking a Ye Lan Xiang this morning,this one a more stemmy than average
>> Phoenix, with leaves less heavily veined than what I have grown used to,
>> indicating to me that the trees whence they came are younger. The taste is
>> mildly fruited, which I like better than the heavily fruited types; and the
>> taste of this tea is not as soft as some others, which is an observation of
>> a stylistic difference, not a criticism: It isn't harsh or rough.
>
> I *think* the vendor goofed on transliterating the name, which
> probably should be *Yu* Lan Xiang, i.e. Magnolia Fragrance. The
> unforgettable scent of magnolia is one of the things that first
> attracted me to (some) Phoenixes. Does this one do that?

Yes!
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