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> On Apr 4, 10:52 pm, "Mal from Oz" > wrote:
>> Still new to this... 90's ZhongCha Yellow Stamp 7571, if I read this
>> correctly the tea came from the Kunming factory (ie factory code '1').
>>
>> However another source says that the Zhongcha brand is owned by Tea
>> Import &
>> Export Co since 2004. But was registered to Menghai from 1951 to 2004
>>
>> Can someone please clarify?
>>
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>> Cheers
>> Mal
>> Ozhttp://maloz.bigblog.com.au/index.do
>
> Which part of the 90s?
>
> "...as Kunming was not a main tea producing region in Yunnan, Kunming
> Tea Factory had to purchase its maocha from other regions in Yunnan.
> These days there are many small factories in Yunnan have their own
> production machines to produced their own pu'er teas, as such it was
> not necessary any longer for the maocha to be sent to Kunming Tea
> Factory for cake-pressing - in fact there are privately owned small
> factories in Kunming which are buying maocha from Kunming Tea
> Factory. With this and other economic reasons, Kunming Tea Factory
> was rented out from 1994 onwards to other small factories' use, and
> its former employees left to begin their own little tea businesses.
> The factory still stands today in Kunming, but it has nothing to do
> with tea production anymore..." Mr Di Jianxing, Introduction to Tea
> Regions & the factories, Chapter 7.
>
> The above is a rough translation of the article, but it gives you an
> idea what happened to Kunming Tea Factory.
>
> I have also always thought the coloured labels a thing more associated
> with Menghai Tea Factory and between the periods, the CNNP, not sure
> that it has anything to do with Kunming Tea Factory.
>
> Danny
>
Danny,
The only clue I have is 'late' 1990's - so I guess '97 thu '99. So does
that help anybody identify where this tea originated ?

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Cheers
Mal
Oz
http://maloz.bigblog.com.au/index.do
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