Tea merchants? (slightly off topic..)

[Guest guest]

Strictly not, but a little, off topic - question about one of my

favorite Chinese herbs, tea. I hope nobody minds the side topic to

help cut through the heavy discussions lately. My favorite tea is Yun

Nan Hong Cha (Yunnan black tea) - the best I've found in the states is

the 2nd grade (I didn't like the 1st grade as much) from Ten Ren Tea.

I bought a half kilo of even better Yun Nan Hong Cha on a little back

street by the herb market in Guang Zhou last summer, but I drank it

already. If anyone has a good supplier in mind (yes, talking tea, not

contraband here!), please let me know (or contact me off list if not

to be discussed here).

 

Cheers,

Geoff

[Guest guest]

check out www.uptontea.com

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

, " G Hudson " <crudo20 wrote:

>

> Strictly not, but a little, off topic - question about one of my

> favorite Chinese herbs, tea. I hope nobody minds the side topic to

> help cut through the heavy discussions lately. My favorite tea is Yun

> Nan Hong Cha (Yunnan black tea) - the best I've found in the states is

> the 2nd grade (I didn't like the 1st grade as much) from Ten Ren Tea.

> I bought a half kilo of even better Yun Nan Hong Cha on a little back

> street by the herb market in Guang Zhou last summer, but I drank it

> already. If anyone has a good supplier in mind (yes, talking tea, not

> contraband here!), please let me know (or contact me off list if not

> to be discussed here).

 

I bring tea (and ginseng) back from China several times per year.

Because I speak Mandarin, buy direct from the first tier of Chinese

wholesalers, and have very little in the way of company expenses and

infrastructure, the quality-to-price equation of the stuff that I

bring back is much better than basically anything I've seen elsewhere

in the West. But I am extremely small-scale at the moment, and it

goes very quickly after each trip. I don't have any left until my

next China trip in April, but contact me offlist if you are

interested: ericbrand AT gmail.com (no spaces).

 

Eric

[Guest guest]

, " G Hudson " <crudo20 wrote:

>

> Strictly not, but a little, off topic - question about one of my

> favorite Chinese herbs, tea. I hope nobody minds the side topic to

> help cut through the heavy discussions lately. My favorite tea is Yun

> Nan Hong Cha (Yunnan black tea) - the best I've found in the states is

> the 2nd grade (I didn't like the 1st grade as much) from Ten Ren Tea.

> I bought a half kilo of even better Yun Nan Hong Cha on a little back

> street by the herb market in Guang Zhou last summer, but I drank it

> already. If anyone has a good supplier in mind (yes, talking tea, not

> contraband here!), please let me know (or contact me off list if not

> to be discussed here).

>

> Cheers,

> Geoff

>

 

Geoff,

 

I like the Rishi Tea Company. I get great organic pu erh tea from them. They are

very helpful,

and their website is www.rishi-tea.com.

[Guest guest]

Geoff,

 

I would recommend taooftea.com they've got a wide variety of teas and

the quality is high. they also carry quite a few teas from yunan.

 

Jan

 

, " wendyballen "

<> wrote:

>

> , " G Hudson " <crudo20@>

wrote:

> >

> > Strictly not, but a little, off topic - question about one of my

> > favorite Chinese herbs, tea. I hope nobody minds the side topic

to

> > help cut through the heavy discussions lately. My favorite tea

is Yun

> > Nan Hong Cha (Yunnan black tea) - the best I've found in the

states is

> > the 2nd grade (I didn't like the 1st grade as much) from Ten Ren

Tea.

> > I bought a half kilo of even better Yun Nan Hong Cha on a little

back

> > street by the herb market in Guang Zhou last summer, but I drank

it

> > already. If anyone has a good supplier in mind (yes, talking

tea, not

> > contraband here!), please let me know (or contact me off list if

not

> > to be discussed here).

> >

> > Cheers,

> > Geoff

> >

>

> Geoff,

>

> I like the Rishi Tea Company. I get great organic pu erh tea from

them. They are very helpful,

> and their website is www.rishi-tea.com.

>

[Guest guest]

You can try the merchants in your China town. Esp. right now in spring because

in Yunnan they get a new tea leaf twice a year - spring and late autum. Usually

the merchants got one somewhere in march-april, but ask them about afresh one

Yuri

 

 

smilinglotus

 

Sat, 3 Mar 2007 11:28 AM

Re: Tea merchants? (slightly off topic..)

 

 

, " G Hudson " <crudo20 wrote:

>

> Strictly not, but a little, off topic - question about one of my

> favorite Chinese herbs, tea. I hope nobody minds the side topic to

> help cut through the heavy discussions lately. My favorite tea is Yun

> Nan Hong Cha (Yunnan black tea) - the best I've found in the states is

> the 2nd grade (I didn't like the 1st grade as much) from Ten Ren Tea.

> I bought a half kilo of even better Yun Nan Hong Cha on a little back

> street by the herb market in Guang Zhou last summer, but I drank it

> already. If anyone has a good supplier in mind (yes, talking tea, not

> contraband here!), please let me know (or contact me off list if not

> to be discussed here).

 

I bring tea (and ginseng) back from China several times per year.

Because I speak Mandarin, buy direct from the first tier of Chinese

wholesalers, and have very little in the way of company expenses and

infrastructure, the quality-to-price equation of the stuff that I

bring back is much better than basically anything I've seen elsewhere

in the West. But I am extremely small-scale at the moment, and it

goes very quickly after each trip. I don't have any left until my

next China trip in April, but contact me offlist if you are

interested: ericbrand AT gmail.com (no spaces).

 

Eric

 

 

 

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