Joel Martinsen of
Danwei.org (a fantastic website about media, advertising, and urban life in China) has emailed me this canister label from
The Republic of Tea, a beverage company based in Novato, California. This is just another example of mistakes made by American companies while trying to cashing in on the trend of "Asian cool".
普 of
普洱 is missing the lower half partial.
The Republic of Tea is selling
3-oz of Pu-Erh tea for $30 plus shipping. For that price, the least thing they can do is to make sure the labels are printed correctly.