I have some green tea called '3 cup fragrance' mentioned previously which I got from my local tea shoppe. It is also sold perse on websites. I assumed it was a English trading term and could find location and folklore in Chinese using PinYin. However I've noticed several other recent references in the ng to '2 cup' and '7 cup' tea names. I'm wondering if this is nothing more than a generic description obviously meaning the number of infusions more than meaningful tea name.
Jim
I think you're right about that.
/Lew
At least my '3 cup fragrance' isn't an orphan and has a home. What do you know about Liu Bei Xiang, 6 cup fragrance from Fujian? Do this mean 6 infusions or something else?
xiexie, Jim
I actually drank my way through a quarter-pound of San Bei Xiang several years ago. I found it fairly insipid, and not at all worth steeping three times. I'm aware that mileage varies, etc., but that's my experience, and I don't intend to relive it any time soon.
/Lew
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