Re: Request translation from chinese

Dong Ding TGY is not an oxymoron. As I stated the source of the
varietal for Dong Ding mtn in Taiwan came from Fujian. You can refer
to it as Dong Ding TGY. Dong Ding is also a reference to leaf style.
It is lightly oxidized in nugget form. That style came directly from
the south of Fujian. That is the way it is made in Taiwan today.
Does Dong Ding TGY taste different than Tung Ting Taiwan?. Yes. By
Darwinian definition, it isn't TGY anymore. However it still can be
considered Dong Ding in the technical style and historic reference.
If you go to the .TW sites they still refer to Dong Ding as TGY. I
don't call them cons ripping me off saying TGY only comes from the
mainland. It is a relative term like the mainland Dong Ding. When I
buy Dong Ding or TGY I really want to know where it came from.

Jim

PS The only tea I've tasted from Fujian that tastes very close to
Taiwan mtn teas is BenShan. In fact I will say I probably couldn't
tell the two apart in a blind taste test.

On May 4, 11:34 am, Mydnight <mys...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On May 4, 10:04 pm, Space Cowboy <netst...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I find a statement like "An Xi Ji Pin Dong Ding Tie Guan Yin" to be
more technically correct than a misrepesentation.
In my several years of living in China, meeting hundreds
of different vendors, mainland and Taiwanese, and drinking countless
brewings of both of these types of teas, I have never heard of Dong
Ding TGY. I stand strong with my assumption that the shop is either
trying to create some kind of blend for marketing purposes or is up to
something dishonest. Regardless of your argument, TGY comes from
AnXi, Fujian and DongDing comes from Taiwan; so how could both names
appear in this tea especially after it's being cited as coming from
AnXi, Fujian?

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