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The result is a structured, vigorous and tasty tea combining complexity and resilience. Like a child, it is not quite either of its parents. Floral, but not tropical floral--silky but not milky--'Qin Yu' carries longan and pineapple flavors. 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This particular lot was born from Spirit Tea’s Cross Strait Collaboration--a meeting of the Luos--it was grown on the Fengqing farms of preservation and ecologically minded Yunnan Mr. Luo (Sunstone) and processed there by decorated, fastidious Taiwanese master Mr. Luo (Exuding Jade). 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An unlikely feat, Chen's pure skill has been his guiding light. The genetics of this lot trace their roots to Wuyishan, China--home of vaunted yancha, though the specific accession is lost to time and memory. Unlike the volcanic soils of Wuyi the plant takes on new dimensions grown in the sandy, low lying plains of Mingjian. 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