Anybody famliar with a factory called 'Lin Pao Cha' or something similarly
sounding ?

Possibly makes or made Tou Cha ?

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>> Jim,
>> There is - it's semi-entombed in tea at the moment. Plan to brew some of
>> this on the weekend - I'll try to pry it free and post on my blog.
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>> "Space Cowboy" > wrote in message
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>>> There should a little slip of paper embedded in the Bing that
>>> identifies the factory. That is my experience with the ubiquitous
>>> CNNP Zhongcha wrapper. There is some new CNNP on the shelves but the
>>> Bings are $10. I'm not even curious. Everytime Danny says something
>>> about Puer it hasn't been said before.
>>>
>>> Jim
>>>
>>> On Apr 5, 3:48 am, "Mal from Oz" > wrote:
>>>> > wrote in message
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>>>> s.com...
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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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>>>> >> Mal
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>>>>
>>>> > 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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