>Which version of BLC is that? The green tentacles with white tip or
>the snale curly cue. After checking with my chinese book I found out
>I had some of the first versus the more common second you find in
>Chinatown which is really ragged bug eaten leaf. My second choice
>would be Yin Hao without the jasmine scent. Commonly it is labeled as
>Spring Bud. How did you find a gal with common interest in tea? My
>wife will drink anything so long as it isn't 'smoky'. Weddings are
>fun. Congratulations.
>
>Jim
>
>I'm posting this with the first release of Mac 10 and IE 5.1 circa
>2001. Hey the Mac and OS was free.
>
>Dominic T. wrote:

>> What a sad day. For my upcoming wedding we are planning on
>> incorporating tea into the gifts for guests, one of her favorites and
>> one of mine. She is going Shui Xian, and I had been planning on BLC.
>> However, I just got news that this years BLC is not up to snuff and it
>> seems like I will have to go with a substitute now :(
>>
>> I figured I'd share for two reasons, one being a warning so that no
>> one pays any exorbitant rates for BLC claiming to be high-quality or
>> super fresh, and the other just to pass along the info and let other
>> Bi Lo Chun fans down as easy as I can.
>>
>> - Dominic
>> teasphere . wordpress . com
>>
>> ...now I have to come up with a fairly universal green that the
>> average person can brew and will like. I might have to go down a notch
>> to sencha.