On Apr 3, 5:28*pm, "Dominic T." wrote:


Wait... it's after April Fools Day isn't it? Seriously though, hit or
miss with a large number of misses pretty much sums it up. It's not
that there is anything inherently wrong, just that for the most part
equal or better tea can be had for cheaper elsewhere and online. I
have heard some good things about a few of their oolongs and
especially the boxed tins they sell... but I'm not one for green or
flowery oolongs so it limits my experience. They will occasionally
have a really special tea or two though.

I got a pretty good Dragonwell from them, but not much else. Teaspring
can easily match or beat them in a number of teas. My experience was
met with disinterested, hurried, and slightly rude Taiwanese women who
weren't the least bit interested in offering any information or
assistance even though I was spending quite a bit of money with them.
YMMV, and it seems it varies with each tea too. Houde is in a class
above Ten Ren from my experiences.

- Dominichttp://teasphere.wordpress.com

Those two dark oolongs I tried were quite good, though, and
not expensive. I think it may be a matter of me liking dark
oolongs over medium or green ones. I tried quite a few teas
from IPOT and Imperial Tea Court, and even though some of
them are better in terms of flavor and fragrance complexity,
they also almost always have a tiny bit of brightness and
astringency that subtract from the experience for me. I
need to try to get dark oolongs from IPOT and teaspring and
other places I mentioned. I wish they sorted oolongs in the
category of dark, medium and green!