"Nigel" > wrote in message
ups.com...
> White Tea from Africa is really old news. For a year Nothing But Tea
> < www.nbtea.net > has been selling African White Tea - Silver Needles
> and Peony - produced by hand in Malawi (hand plucked buds, hand
> withered with care and attention, and hand dried over three days, then
> hand sorted to ensure uniformity and quality). These tea have been
> available in six varieties on the website and wholesale since 2006. I
> will be showing them all and some hand rolled Malawi Oolongs at World
> Tea Expo at Atlanta in June where we will also be showing for the
> first time our latest African White Tea creation - Antlers d'Amour -
> tender velvety white tea stems with an amazing floral bouquet on the
> infusion (it has to be experienced to believe that this came Out of
> Africa).
>
> However, as we have shown, White Teas can be made in Africa extremely
> well, and with attractive improvement over the traditional sources.
>

Nigel,

Thanks for the info. My pastor was recently doing some work in Malawi.
Knowing I love tea, he brought back a bunch of pictures of the tea fields.
He said some of his contacts there had connections to the tea industry and
could probably get me some, if I knew what I wanted. I've been doing some
online research, but so far was only able to find BOP from Malawi. It's
good to know there is other options as well.

Blues