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Tue Dec 09, 2025 1:52 am

I've had people refuse more cups of certain Gaoshan, as it was too "cold" for them (tea was literally hot of course).

I guess people really take that stuff seriously. I've never been known to refuse more gaoshan unless it was terrible.

I'm glad you're enjoying it! It'll be interesting to hear what you think of the heavier roasted teas from CHT, though they seem more appropriate for fall to me. Worth mentioning that the regions which produce these teas, do not really have pronounced seasons, so teas consumed pretty much remain the...

Just to be precise. The DHL , for the moment , not shipping tea to the US. Other countries are ok. Thanks! :) I'd only use courier services like FedEx and DHL to ship tea to the States, as regular mail service works fine everywhere else. I used a local courier, Chit Chats, to get cheap shipping to ...

We can send via EMS e-packet DDP. So tax payed here in China. It's not as fast as DHL or Fedex , but much cheaper. Please note, that "we - vendors" are not informed by the shipper here in China ( DHL , UPS, FeDex ) what is going on in other side ( USA ). When we ask, they say : " all paid no worrie...

Enjoying the HeHuanShan from GaoShan on a hot day. A nice, pure mouthfeel to this tea. I've been getting through more medium-roasted styles of tea and old cooked puer recently (and, strangely for me, not much yancha), but hot Summer days usually call for something more fresh. Andrew ./download/file...

I've had things come in since the tariffs and the de minimus take away. I've been lucky and everything shipped and given to USPS and it's all arrived without issue. I think they are doing duties paid at origin. Albeit saying this after tracking my packages I've had one stuck in the Chicago sort cen...

I've had things come in since the tariffs and the de minimus take away. I've been lucky and everything shipped and given to USPS and it's all arrived without issue. I think they are doing duties paid at origin. Albeit saying this after tracking my packages I've had one stuck in the Chicago sort cen...

Has anyone in the U.S. received tea since the tariffs were lifted? It seems that the problem with shipping tea isn't tariff related, but is due to the extra FDA clearance and customs brokerage services required since the de minimis exemption was revoked. FedEx charges a lot for these extra brokerage...

I enjoy reading about your sourcing trips. I found it interesting that the sellers charge such high prices, meaning that tea vendors must charge even more. This makes it hard to distinguish between an authentic Jingdezhen piece with a high price and a cheaper piece the vendor bought on Taobao and ma...

FYI, thetea.pl does have a Black Friday sale - just have to enter the code BFF1125, it was posted on their Instagram. I've just purchased a bunch of their Liubao :D I was hopeful for a Yeeon sale, as I had wanted to pick up a basket of their Liu'an, but that doesn't appear to be happening. Thank yo...

I always get excited about the Black Friday sales, even though they're sometimes not that great and I have more tea than I can shake a stick at. (Starting to sell Taiwanese oolong has not helped with that at all. :lol:) Are there any sales you're interested in this year? Since I'm fully stocked on o...

I've updated the product list with the last tea of summer 2025. It's a Lishan red oolong that's similar to the much-loved Championship Black. Until December 7, you can get a 20% discount if you buy three or more teas. Orders of more than $150 will include a free 30 g bag of Fushoushan green tea. Fin...

I've also noticed that the site has been down multiple times a day for the past few months. Let us know if there's anything we can do.

Daxue Jiadao's Qihong Songzhen from Huangye, a delicious tea that I drank off and on during a busy kitchen session yesterday without taking notes. I remember it being fruity, subtle, without bitterness, and the fine thin dried leaves kept trying to slip through my filter in the teapot even after th...

This is indeed great news! The tariffs are supposed to be retroactive, so they should apply to any tea in the mail. Let's hope customs respects this decision and doesn't destroy the package I'm sending.