On Apr 11, 3:47 am, "Nigel" > wrote:
> 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.
>
I checked the nbtea web site you listed; zero evidence of the African
whites and oolongs. Can you be more specific, please. There is not a
single example on the Web of a Malawi or Kenyan silver needle or
oolong and the two sites that you and another RFDT discussant claim as
selling them don't list even one. Sorry, but I sense a scam of some
sort. Give us the exact link to locate the teas you say are being sold
by nbtea.

> On Apr 10, 8:15 pm, "pgwk" > wrote:
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> > Kenya white silver needle and oolong? There are no references to these
> > on Yahoo. Kenya's industry is black CTC- and export-driven,
> > How and when did Kisii, which is a region in Kenya, build its tea master capabilities
> > and shift to hand-plucking, which is the only way Silver Needle can be
> > produced, at a time when it is increasing mechanization everywhere?
> > Didn't you know that all whole leaf tea is natural and has no
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