/20/06

> "MarshalN" wrote:
>> So does this whole thread mean that the "Xihu has no good
>> Longjing" rule ...
>
> From: http://kamleung.com/triplog/0111huan...angshan_07.htm
> "Here is unconfirmed information I heard about LongJing.
> XiHu LongJing is seriously under supplied. Let's not talk about meeting
> world-wide demand, LongJing produced from the small area around the 5
> peaks is not enough to even go around friends and relatives of the tea
> farmers. Solution? Farmers "import" LongJing grown in other provinces,
> which is not as tasty, and sell it as XiHu LongJing.
>
> Sorry I have to break someone's heart. If you think you are drinking
> the original LongJing when you visit these tea farmers of XiHu, you are
> a happy tourist, and they are happy farmers."

All joy is dead, killed at one stroke by Elona.
And sad to say you're most likely 100% right.
Michael