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Japanese Ocha
I lived in Japan for a long time and got totally hooked on their green tea (ocha). The bags and bottles you buy in the US aren't nearly as good as the simple vending machines that every business had that dispensed fresh green tea. I also liked going to tea plantations there...gorgeous to see from a distance.
I had a French friend there that steered me towards fermented teas as well. Can't say that I ever got in to them. Tea was her passion and she would go to Hong Kong just to try to convince tea vendors to sell her 100 year old tea. It took her years, but eventually the vendors figured she was a true tea freak and sold her some. I have to say...I didn't like it and it was amazingly expensive!!
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