On Apr 12, 2:57 am, "Nigel" > wrote:
> On Apr 12, 12:36 am, "pgwk" > wrote:
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> > On Apr 11, 3:47 am, "Nigel" > wrote:
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> > > 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).
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> > > However, as we have shown, White Teas can be made in Africa extremely
> > > well, and with attractive improvement over the traditional sources.
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> > 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
Many thanks..... This puts my mind at ease. Maybe it's just old age
creeping in but I misnavigated nbtea's web site; it is not intuitive
in its design.

How many estates are producing these whites and at what elevations and
in what quantities? Is there enough momentum and scale for them to
become a serious player in the great teas market or are they just
small niche producers?

> > sort. Give us the exact link to locate the teas you say are being sold
> > by nbtea.
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> No scam, at least not for the Malawi hand crafted teas that I have
> assisted in developing. The presence of six Malawi white teas on
> Nothing But tea site has already been dealt with by Blue - seehttp://www.nbtea.co.uk/acatalog/Wildcrafted_Teas.html But it helps
> to use a site's Search Box if you fail to navigate. On Google try
> "African White Teas" = 4 hits, and "Malawi White Teas" = 5 hits. You
> will need to use the quotes for specific searching.
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