Re: Gou Qi Zi in the Adelaide Central Market & ORAC update

[Guest guest]

Greg,

Does that market ship orders overseas?

[Guest guest]

I don't want to cut into Greg's business :-), and I haven't done much

checking as to price, but go to www.google.com and type

in 'wolfberries' or 'wolfberry' There are at least a couple of

sources here in the US.

Iris

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> Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 3:48 PM

> Subject: [ ] Re: Gou Qi Zi in the Adelaide

Central Market & ORAC update

>

>

> > Greg,

> >

> > Does that market ship orders overseas?

>

> They don't but I could. How many kgs would you buy at say US $20 /

kg (2.2 lbs) + shipping? I would suggest 15 g

> (3,795 ORAC units) / day = 1/2 kg per month / person. The

wolfberries are dried, sealed in 100 g packages and do not

> require refrigeration.

>

> ========================

> Good health & long life,

> Greg ,

> http://optimalhealth.cia.com.au

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the offer Greg, but I'll pass. Upon Iris' suggestion I

did a google search and found that http://wolfberries.com/ seems to

have the cheapest for about $.04 US / gram.

[Guest guest]

> If I can get a 20 kg order together I can get the price down to

> around US $15 per kg or about US $6.80 per lb.

I've been buying these dried wolfberries and/or lychees at about

$10/kg in small (340g or so) packages at Vietnamese shops in nearby

Philadelphia (US). I believe they sell both " wolfberries "

and " lychees " with the same packaging/price (scientific names on

labels are different--the batch I currently have is " Lycium Barbarum

L., fruit of Barbary Wolfberry " --I'll make a note of the other types

next time), but I wasn't aware of the difference the last time I

bought some, and so I just grabbed them off the well-stocked shelf

where I had bought them last. They're visually indistinguishable in

any case. I can hardly imagine a place in the US that doesn't have a

Chinese or Vietnamese shop in a nearby city that sells them. They're

so delicious it's hard not to overdo it... Good in vegetable

salads... Can't wait till summer for fresh ones...

Mike (newbie lurker)

[Guest guest]

> > > If I can get a 20 kg order together I can get the price down to

> > > around US $15 per kg or about US $6.80 per lb.

> >

> > I've been buying these dried wolfberries and/or lychees at about

> > $10/kg in small (340g or so) packages at Vietnamese shops in

nearby

> > Philadelphia (US).

>

> Hi Mike,

>

> That is a good price as far as I can tell.

There's seems to be a huge Vietnamese population in Philadelphia--

full-size supermarkets with great produce aisles!

If there's anyone in the US who's going to have them sent from

Australia (!?) at a higher cost, I don't mind throwing some in a box

for you--I would feel bad! I guess it's kind of nice to have this on-

line community type thing happening--I definitely appreciate all the

informative posts, especially from Greg --I hope the fat

business gets figured out before I get too old!

Mike