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About Pomfong tea

Hello all! Does anyone know anything about Taiwanese pomfong tea which is supposed to be some particular type of wulong? I have heard somewhere, that what makes this pomfong (?) special, is the fact that the tea leaves ar being sucked by some "tealeaf hoppers" during summer before the leaves are picked. This should lend some particular kind of aroma to the tea, but production is very limited because only these kind of basically "inferior" leaves are used. Does anyone know something more about this treasured tea? Are the leaves sucked by the adult tealeaf hoppers or by their larvae (or caterpillars)? Just curious, Yugen.

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Yugen
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I didn't know this. I just did a quick Google search.

PongFong tea is Taiwanese for 'puff tea' and AKA BaiHao or White Hair or Oriental Beauty.

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Jim

Yugen wrote:

somewhere,

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Space Cowboy

Thanks for doing the research for the rest of us, Jim.

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Derek

Anothter link with the name of the grasshopper:

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I'm out of Oriental Beauty. I never did notice if the leaves looked knawed. Only the East can sell the West a bug decimated leaf as something special. I'll be sure to add some Puer the next time so I can get rid of the gimp.

Jim

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Space Cowboy

Kopi Luwak springs to mind.

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Derek

When I get backed up I'll drink a cup at the local BurgerKing and hope I don't run into traffic congestion on the way back home.

A picture of the oriental beauty grasshopper:

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Jim

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Space Cowboy

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