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Monkey Picked Oolong Question
Posted: May 4th, '13, 12:35
by John Delaney
I have a question about monkey picked oolong. I seem to be getting conflicting answers as to whether it is a top grade for Tie Guan Yin only or whether it is a top grade for all oolong teas? What do you think is the correct answer? Has the answer evolved to have a broader definition now due to marketing purposes than maybe its original intent?
Re: Monkey Picked Oolong Question
Posted: May 4th, '13, 13:53
by edkrueger
Means nothing, just marketing.
Re: Monkey Picked Oolong Question
Posted: May 4th, '13, 14:03
by John Delaney
edkrueger wrote:Means nothing, just marketing.
It is astounding how much marketing influences the tea industry in terminology through the years.
Re: Monkey Picked Oolong Question
Posted: May 21st, '13, 18:54
by gasninja
Re: Monkey Picked Oolong Question
Posted: May 21st, '13, 19:03
by gasninja
And we won't even get into how inhumane it is to force monkeys to pick tea they are not even allowed to drink. They are forced to work in atrocious working conditions and are paid literally bananas. ChETA-(Chinese for the ethicle treatment of animals )has been trying to shut down this horrible Industry for years.
Re: Monkey Picked Oolong Question
Posted: May 21st, '13, 19:14
by tenuki
I believe the monkeys in question are of the great hairless ape variety...
Re: Monkey Picked Oolong Question
Posted: May 21st, '13, 20:13
by Joel Byron
I thought these guys had gotten into the tea business....
http://tinyurl.com/l7phuo4
Re: Monkey Picked Oolong Question
Posted: May 21st, '13, 22:07
by wyardley
gasninja wrote:And we won't even get into how inhumane it is to force monkeys to pick tea they are not even allowed to drink.
If you knew how they got their revenge on the humans, you wouldn't feel so bad...