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In article om>,
> wrote:
>I'm a long time green tea drinker. I recently visited a tea shop and
>the owner talked me into trying a Jade Oolong. It had such an intense
>floral flavor (reminiscent of a Jasmine tea-but more "orchid") that it
>was hard for me to believe the owner when she said that the flavor was
>not added or infused like Jasmine is--that it was straight from the
>leaves and the processing. The owner seemed fairly knowlegable,
>although her green selection was limited to the "standard" greens such
>as sencha, dragonwell, etc.
>
>So, experts of the tea newgroup--what is Jade Oolong and why is it so
>flavorful?


Ask if it's an osmanthus blossom tea.
--scott
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