Re: So why was the pu illegal anyway?

Alex Chaihorsky3tkef.19999$Zv5.3631@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/15/05
07:25noperson@xxxxxxxxxxx

> Well-wishing but ignorant minds of US Customs beurocrats decided to protect
> the public against being fooled into buying "spoiled" tea.
> But because "spoiled" and "fermented" are different sides of the same
> process....
> Anything that looked weird and/or smelled of fermentation was considered
> spoiled (these cunning Chinese!). That is how Puer was outlawed. Clinton
> administration for some reason was more advanced in the field of weird
> smells (perhaps the result of sexual sophistication) or may be that Oriental
> friend of Clinton (restaurant owner, remember?) introduced Bill to the magic
> of puerh. One way or another Customs were educated and puer liberated.
>
> Sasha.

Now, if we could just get the damned stuff banned in Japan and Taiwan, maybe
we could afford to buy it again.
Michael

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