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I've had good luck buying Darjeeling from Jay Shree. Halmari and Darjeeling Tea Leaves are also on the list but I haven't grabbed anything from them.

Loooove Tachi Masaki's pots. Just grabbed one from Sazen last week. Is anyone familiar with Hareitiba Japanese Antique? There's a bunch of beautiful stuff on there including vintage tetsubin and pre-WW2 Banko-yaki pots. https://hareitiba-japanese-antique.com/products/y5638-kyusu-banko-ware-teapot-po...

Thanks Bok! I just placed an order from YC for a Zitao teapot (my first from Jianshui) and a few of their less expensive teas so I'm excited to try them out.

I've been drinking a bunch of purple teas lately. There's definitely a difference from the anthocyanins as well as texture than red/black teas because of the tannin structure (and increased presence in unskilled or indifferent hands - looking at you, Justea :roll: ). Functionally among other things ...

If I'm reading the proverbial room correctly, it would seem that the consensus is that Yunnan Craft is generally superior to Yunnan Sourcing. Is that accurate? If so, why?

So far I've had good experiences with:

Jay Shree (solid single-estate Indian teas, great pricing, reasonably quick delivery)
The Ceylon Tea
Shan Valley
Satemwa
Yunnan Sourcing
Renegade
Hatvala

Hey all! I've been lurking long enough around here that I felt like it was time to actually sign up. :D I drink all teas. If there's a place that grows tea, I want some in my collection. I'm currently blown away by the Georgian Breakfast tea from Renegade (in Georgia the country), which is essential...