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Translation shuguo (Shu Guo) = (熟锅 or 熟鍋)[2,1] literally Ripe Pot: the second stage of chao cha, in which the temperature is lower and the brush is pressed harder than in sheng guo, softening the leaves as they dry; also, (蜀国 or 蜀國)[3,2] the ancient state, subsumed by China in 316 BC, whose borders correspond roughly to most of modern Sichuan, where tea was cultivated prior to most of the rest of China
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