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	<description>Notable tea related items attributed to or authored by David Lee Hoffman</description>
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		<title>May 2010 &#8211; Mailing from David</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 01:55:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Lee Hoffman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[May, 2010 Just got back from China yesterday. Every time I travel to China, I’m amazed at all the changes taking place. Development and new construction continues at a dizzying pace. A view in any direction from virtually any major city reveals a landscape of giant cranes working non-stop 24 hours/day. New buildings that went up twenty years [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thephoenixcollection.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12843642&amp;post=40&amp;subd=thephoenixcollection&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>February 2010 &#8211; Mailing from David</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 02:57:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Lee Hoffman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[February 15, 2010 Happy New Year of the Iron Tiger! David Lee Hoffman here. You may remember me as Silk Road Teas. Five years ago I sold the company but kept my entire inventory of pu-erh teas. Now I’m excited to let you know I am back in the tea business as “The Phoenix Collection”. The Phoenix [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thephoenixcollection.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12843642&amp;post=43&amp;subd=thephoenixcollection&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>7&#215;7 San Francisco&#8217;s Interview with David</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2004 02:18:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Lee Hoffman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[All the Tea in China &#8211; If Tea is the last frontier, then David Lee Hoffman is our fearless leader. By Sara Deseran &#8211; Photos by Joe Vaughn Here is a link to a PDF of the article<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thephoenixcollection.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12843642&amp;post=50&amp;subd=thephoenixcollection&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fresh Cup Magazine&#8217;s Interview with David</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2003 03:12:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Lee Hoffman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Life in Tea &#8211; For three decades David Lee Hoffman has been spanning the globe in search of fine teas. &#8211; By Karen Foley Here is a link to a PDF of the Article<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thephoenixcollection.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12843642&amp;post=47&amp;subd=thephoenixcollection&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pu-Erh: China&#8217;s Best Kept Secret</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2000 22:36:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Lee Hoffman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Download a PDF of the Fresh Cup Article, Pu-Erh: China&#8217;s Best Kept Secret here.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thephoenixcollection.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12843642&amp;post=71&amp;subd=thephoenixcollection&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>David&#8217;s Tea Trade Press Interview</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 1998 02:45:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Lee Hoffman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a link to a PDF of this Interview &#8211; DLH © 1998 Tea Trade Press, LLC—used with permission The Tea Trade Interview IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF FORTUNE Not since the legendary 19th century Scottish adventurer Robert Fortune has a Westerner journeyed to China to buy tea directly. American David Lee Hoffman speaks about [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thephoenixcollection.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12843642&amp;post=32&amp;subd=thephoenixcollection&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Gold Medal Tieguanyin</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 1998 02:35:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Lee Hoffman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mr. Wei Yu De is from a well-known lineage of farmers who trace their tea farming back nine generations. In the fall of 1997 at the China National Tea Competition, a panel of five judges selected Mr. Wei for the title of “Tea King” in recognition of the Tieguanyin that he submitted for the competition. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thephoenixcollection.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12843642&amp;post=57&amp;subd=thephoenixcollection&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Hunt for Jade Spring</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Oct 1995 03:28:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Lee Hoffman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reposted from Tea &#8211; A Magazine &#8211; By David Lee Hoffman - &#8220;Times are changing in China. Each time I return, I&#8217;m astounded at the pace at which it occurs. Shopping has replaced the political rallies. Their hip pockets hold not the Little Red Book of Right Thoughts, but the latest digital telephone.&#8221; Here is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thephoenixcollection.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12843642&amp;post=53&amp;subd=thephoenixcollection&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Hunt of the Dragon Well</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 1994 02:51:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Lee Hoffman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Hunt of the Dragon Well by David Lee Hoffman Reprinted from Tea Talk Magazine Fall 1994 To Lovers of the Leaf: There have been so many changes that have take place in China since my last trip. New construction is everywhere and the country is on the move. The economy grew by a staggering 30% last year, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thephoenixcollection.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12843642&amp;post=36&amp;subd=thephoenixcollection&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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