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Michael Plant

2/19/06

>> Mydnight, having a bad day, eh? Mike, whom you've quoted above, is *not* a
>> merchant and represents no market. I'm sure his use of the word "smooth" has
>> a specific meaning, and upon closer examination, we'll get clarification.
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> Get them guns ready because it's really difficult to find such tea.
> I'm in China and right in the thick of things...I got friends all over
> in the tea industry here, and most of them say to find real 10 year old
> tea is not an easy thing to do. There are so many copies and copies of
> copies that even most merchants aren't sure about what they have.

I'm wondering what we can glean from the taste. Isn't it possible, in your
opinion, to taste the age, at least in broad strokes? Or are you saying
that, while we can find old Pu'erh, we can't rely on the information we're
given in terms of who made it, or where it originally came from?
>
> I know Mike isn't a merchant...where did it sound like I said he was?

I'm sorry if I misunderstood. Something in the original post, I suppose.
Anyway, the reference is forever lost, so I acknowledge an error.

Michael
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