$1,000 Tea and $21 Soy Sauce
China wants Puer tea to become an international favorite--but first it must overcome fraud, fakes and foreign competition. Here's Emily Rauhala's full piece.
And here's my piece on Yuan's soy sauce, which, at $21 for 125 ml, is the most expensive in the world. The manufacturer, I Ho Yuan, still produces its line of gourmet sauces out of a tiny, three-person factory in Hong Kong's new territories.
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$1,000 Tea and $21 Soy Sauce are worth every penny for their fertilizer and chemical free, if this is the case.
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your blog is very useful informationfor me.Thanks...
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Daily 无奈 Gull-up 几句。
就是因為道德淪喪﹐中國人才可以不顧道義﹐互相剝削﹐大量製造假貨﹐有毒食品﹐草菅人命﹐專心搵快錢。
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In the words of Homer "Mmmmmm. soooy saaauce." I would pay $21 for soy sauce that good.
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I would love to try that soy sauce!
I read something about how some Pu'erh farms are able to avoid using pesticides because of camphor trees planted in the plantations, which have kept most flying bugs away for generations. Could be apocryphal, but hell if it isn't a great marketing point!
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