Originally Posted by
moondog
Yeah, some teas can be crazy expensive. In fact, there was an article in the China Daily last week about the annual tea auction in Hangzhou, during which the very first batch of longjing tea was pre-sold for ~$27,500 per 500 grams. Wait a few weeks, and that price drops to around $250. Wait a month, and we're looking at $150, etc, etc, etc.
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The most expensive tea I have seen here was at a store in Monterey Park
$1588/lb or $3.65 per gram.
Also they had very expensive sea cucumber from Japan.
They got pissed and chased me out when I took
photos of the shark fins , which are now illegal and they sure didn't
look like old pre-ban stock. Especially at $2200/lb.
EXPENSIVE TEA
SHARK FIN FOR SALE IN CALIFORNIA