PANDA [POO] TEA
Panda Tea, a new tea brand is launching with its first batch to hit hit shelves Spring 2012, is made from panda poo and costs roughly $2,000/oz. An ounce of tea generally makes twelve cups of tea, averaging $167 per cup. Made in China by a 41-year old tea harvesting novice, entrepreneur An Yanshi believes he has found the secret to the world’s most expensive tea in the same vein as the Kopi Luwak or Civet coffee from Indonesian ($30-80 for a cup or $600/pound). Many of the world’s priciest teas in Asia are based on the ‘qi’, or energy, they impart on the drinker, explains the site Quora. A […]
MADE IN CHINA WINES TOP BORDEAUX
China has outranked France in wine, says a jury of tasters. All the wines in the bind taste testing were produced in 2008 or 2009. The Chinese wines came from the northwestern region Ningxia and were priced between 200-400 yuan ($30-$60). The top performing wine was a 2009 cabernet sauvignon from the Grace Vineyard in Ningxia while the top ranking French wine took fifth place, a 2009 Medoc from the Lafite vineyard in Bordeaux. According to Luxuo, Bordeaux expert Nathalie Sibille said the Chinese wines had “performed very, very well”, adding, “this region (Ningxia) has enormous potential”. Moet and Chandon is also banking on Ningxia to produce premium bubbles. In […]