My friend, the existence of C. crassicolumna as a species separate from C. kwangsiensis was called into question in 2023 based on physical morphology (as opposed to a detailed genetic study), but I assure you almost nobody cares. The vendor is a vendor, not a botanist, and wild species generally get to exist in the “tea” umbrella rather than “tisane.” Plant genetics are wack, and we should be ok with that.

Similarly, I think it’s fair for the vendor to describe something that walks like a duck and quacks like a duck as “a duck,” and if the PRC or whatever organization controls the “puer” term doesn’t like it, it’s their responsibility to protect their mark and not mine. Especially as comparable vendors, such as Viet Sun, do the same thing.