Comments on: Floral and Leaf Teas

By: emsy

emsy — Wed, 15 Jun 2016 13:55:55 +0000

Footloose, at that time I was using Baidu online translator, not dictionary. Now I mostly use Pleco which is much better because it also tells you what it’s slang for, Internet/online language, etc.

By: Footloose

Footloose — Wed, 15 Jun 2016 08:14:19 +0000

But it’s exactly the same pronunciation and characters though. If Emsy was using the same dictionary I use, she would have gotten a warning that it’s the slang for #2.

By: Mary chen

Mary chen — Wed, 15 Jun 2016 02:40:50 +0000

emsy! I almost flipped! In chinese wrong pronounciation can get u in trouble. Even us tsinoys. Hearty laugh for today!

By: Marketman

Marketman — Tue, 14 Jun 2016 12:39:16 +0000

emsy, hahahaha, I had a good laugh at that one. You’d have to leave one’s anus in the water longer if you want the tea darker… hahahaha. Oh, that’s gross. :)

By: Footloose

Footloose — Mon, 13 Jun 2016 23:29:15 +0000

@emsy, ditto Natie says: “They must be fragrant teas!”

By: emsy

emsy — Mon, 13 Jun 2016 15:31:26 +0000

Funny story about buying chrysanthemum tea. In Shenzhen, it is almost always the service/house tea of choice and I have soon developed a taste for it enough to get myself some of it for home consumption. I asked a friend what I should ask for at the market, she just said “hua cha” so off I went. When I got there and asked for “hua cha” the vendor presented me with probably 10 different flower teas (the literal translation of hua cha). Unable to see chrysanthemum in the selection, I used a translator app to check “chrysanthemum” which is “ju hua.” I looked back at the vendor and asked “juhua cha?” The vendor BURST OUT LAUGHING and worse, kept on repeating what I said to other vendors! I was so embarrassed that I stormed off. When I asked the same friend she also laughed and said that “ju hua” is slang for anus!!! So I actually asked the vendor for anus tea!!! I never asked for that tea by name ever again. I just look around and when I find it on display, I just point and ask them to weigh out what I need. LOL

By: Natie

Natie — Mon, 13 Jun 2016 01:25:30 +0000

They must be fragrant teas!

By: Marketman

Marketman — Sun, 12 Jun 2016 05:00:11 +0000

Marbles, Muslim Market in Xi’an. Google “Lost Plate Tours” and you should find all the information you need. Footloose, we were close to booking two nights at Amanfayun on the last buying trip to the area, but just didn’t go through with it. It’s still on my bucket list.

By: Marbles

Marbles — Sun, 12 Jun 2016 03:46:48 +0000

Hi. May I know where this market is? And the contact number for the tour guide? Thanks.

By: Nina

Nina — Sun, 12 Jun 2016 02:53:23 +0000

In Yangshuo we went to a huge tea plantation and have some tea tasting of their best tea and bought a big can based on the sample tested. Upon arrival home, we discovered that what was given us was different, more inferior than the one we tasted. Mainland China is rampant with so many fakes that nationals themselves go to Hongkong to buy. Though this tea was the only one we bought in China, still, we got a fake!