>I want to offer great teas, and if the taste of flowering teas can be
>anywhere as good as they look, then I would love to offer this to the
>British public.

I have had quite a bite if experience with these in the last few
years. Scott was dead on in his post. These are NOT high quality tea
in terms of the flavor of the cup. They are "display teas" whose main
claim to fame is their visual impact. They are often made from large
leaf Yunnan varieties processed as white tea(sometimes green but
usually white) . The larger leaf from these varieties makes them easy
to tie into different configurations. To date all of the ones I have
tried had real flowers in them yet virtually no floral aroma. They are
best consumed in tall clear glassware to make the most of their visual
impact. I have found that tall slender beer mugs work quite well.
They are particularly good for after dinner tea with non-tea drinking
guests as a novelty. Real tea drinkers wont find much in them beyond
theirs looks though.

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Mike Petro
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