"pgwk" > wrote in message
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> 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.
>

I have to disagree with your post. There are six examples of Malawi white
teas on the site. They are the last six teas listed under White Teas. They
are also listed under Wildcrafted Teas (again, the last six teas listed). I
didn't see any oolong, but then Nigel doesn't mention any African oolongs
from that site. He only spoke about white teas.

Blues