'Tibetan' jincha

Apr 26, 2007 2 Replies

One often sees reference to Jincha or mushroom shaped tea referred to as 'Tibetan'. Why Tibetan ?



Is is just that this shape was marketed at Tibetan consumers; or did the shape actually originate in Tibet; or was tea itself a style preferred by the Tibetan people ?



Tried to find some answers on my day off yesterday, but nothing much cropped up.



TIA



Cheers Mal Ox


method of adding milk and salt. Shen

The mushroom shape may be something else. See a previous thread "Unknown puer architecture". The XiaGuan brand name is "precious flame" which also has been discussed.

Jim

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