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Steeped in controversy: Tea guru in the fight of a lifetime

liuzhou

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Thanks for the Crepes

Thanks for the Crepes

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Yes, our government must wet its beak or you will be destroyed here. It's such a shame that individuals like this tea man, David Lee Hoffman, are so often crushed under the wheels of the machine of it. I think it's actually the cause of our ineffectiveness anymore. When motivated people were able to act freely, we came up with some really impressive innovations. Not so much anymore.

 

Lyme disease is harsh. I had a young friend in his twenties that got a replacement all metal hip because of it. The docs said the plastic wouldn't hold up in a person as young, and he would have to face other surgeries. I haven't heard from him in years, but I think about it every time those ads for law firms suing over metal replacements run.

 

In a kinder world, our government would be trying to help this tea man instead of tear him down.

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Martin Fisher

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27 minutes ago, Thanks for the Crepes said:

When motivated people were able to act freely, we came up with some really impressive innovations. Not so much anymore.

 

Yep!!!!

~Martin :)

I just don't want to look back and think "I could have eaten that."

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Great article. Thank you. Here's another article, in Saveur, about another American pu-ehr merchant, Paul Murray.

 

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If you're hardcore about pu-erh, soon enough you'll hear about Paul. To some he's an enigmatic ambassador for a community of Western tea enthusiasts that trade brews and bravura in chat rooms and forums. To others he's a recalcitrant asshole who refuses to release enough details about his products and charges too much for them. In the world of pu-erh, such lacunae are more common than you'd think. Because while tea has drinkers, pu-erh has addicts. And here, in this magical grove on a mountain in Yunnan I'm not allowed to name, is a taste of the lengths those addicts will go to get their fix.

 

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