Buying Your Teas from a U.S. Vendor vs. Overseas

While this blog enjoys a readership that spans the globe, this particular article is for tea customers in the U.S. I’ve written about small, specialized tea vendors and larger, more general tea vendors, but another key factor is where they’re based. There are plusses and minuses to buying from someone in the U.S. versus a …

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Tea Review: English Tea Store’s Spring Pouchong

This is the second of the two Taiwan oolongs I recently sampled via English Tea Store. The first tea, Formosa Oolong Estate, which I reviewed on October 16, was a darker, more roasted type of oolong. Spring Pouchong is from the other end of the spectrum; namely, a greenish, flowery oolong. And while I enjoyed …

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