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A Sunflower brand long jing tin. This one is a bit puzzling as I had thought Sunflower belonged to the Fujian tea branch, not the Zhejiang. Was it originally a shared brand of some sort? Are old CNNP tins collecting counterfeits now? :) ./download/file.php?id=7366 ./download/file.php?id=7365 ./down...

A modern tin of Keemun tea from "Shanghai Tiantan International Trading" which is the name the Shanghai Tea Branch started using after de-nationalization, I think. Interesting in that it does not seem to use any local brands, just a Zhongcha on the top. I still haven't figured out the pattern for wh...

Sea Dyke before Sea Dyke! A pamphlet for tieguanyin before the brand was in use, apparently.

First, I am curious when Sunflower started selling shoumei white tea; according to the 1957 list, it either was not exported then or was sold as a green tea. This is a little confusing for me because in the pre-nationalized era sow mee was a grade of tea that could be applied to tea from a few diff...

The Palace brand, which was mentioned in older writings semi-frequently. I've never seen any tins, which makes me wonder if this was a paper packet-only brand. Is it still made?

Now this one is a puzzler, a postcard ad for Bi Luo Chun, but there does not seem to be either Zhongcha or any local brand marks (Sunflower, Temple of Heaven, etc.) Was there a transition period between the two, or was this tea treated specially?

A postcard ad explaining the Temple of Heaven brand gunpowder green tea options available in paper packets instead of tins.

A Sunflower brand long jing tin. This one is a bit puzzling as I had thought Sunflower belonged to the Fujian tea branch, not the Zhejiang. Was it originally a shared brand of some sort? Are old CNNP tins collecting counterfeits now?

Some more tea-ration tickets, this time in a sheet. Not sure when these are from, though.

A Moroccan lifestyle-branding commercial for Sultan green tea.

An ad from 1968 for the Canadian tea blend Red Rose; apparently if you drink too much tea you will turn into a strange dancing man who uses tea to smooth over social class tensions. :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsiQSNN7XdY It's interesting that the only thing specific to the blend mentioned as...

The first one is hilarious. Why is it in japanese? My guess is that it was targeting the Japanese market; sometimes there is more international crossover than folks might expect when it comes to advertising. For example, this Nestea commercial from 1985: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VruSYgT9Gb4 ...

This Tetley USA ad from 1978 is interesting because the entire pitch seems to be based on taking advantage of consumer ignorance over tea; it promotes that their tea brews darker than their competitors, even though that does not necessarily say anything about the flavor. :) https://www.youtube.com/w...

Some tea commercials are pretty entertaining, and it is interesting seeing how different countries have approached advertising at different times. I thought this was a funny one from Uni-President out of Taiwan:

I've read the rumours about puer tea being illegal in the USA until 1996, but is there actual proof of this? It almost seems like an urban legend... There is an interview with Robert Dick, the last U.S. government tea-examiner: http://wayback.archive-it.org/7993/20170113072431/http://www.fda.gov/do...