SC - Tea Blocks

[Philip & Susan Troy]

Craig Jones. wrote:
> 
> I actually saw a block of this stuff in an antique store recently.  It
> was a very dark green (almost indistinguishable from black) block
> around the size of an A4 sheet of paper.  This was divided into 12
> seperate blocks and stamped with an intricate pattern of chinese
> characters.  It was called Tea money and was used by the chinese (in
> the 17th and 18th cent) as a form of currency,  I probably would have
> bought the thing except for the fact that they were asking $5000 for
> it.  That would be one hell of an expensive cup of Tea!
> 
> Drake.

I seem to recall Francesco Sirene, Spicer (who sells mail-order spices,
etc.[long pepper by the half-kilo!!!] having some of these for sake for
a somewhat more reasonable price. Probably not 200 years old, though.

Adamantius
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