I was a coffee drinker and was addicted to it. My doctor told me to stop.
Well, I asked him about drinking tea and he told me that it was not only
good but beneficial to the health. for the last 6 months, I have been
drinking tea and I kinda fallen in love with the drink. Can anyone suggest
me which are the best for health? I hear a lot about Darjeeling Tea. Is it
really good? Why is it so famous? Where can I buy a kg of Darjeeling tea?

"teeman" wrote in message
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I was a coffee drinker and was addicted to it. My doctor told me to stop.
Well, I asked him about drinking tea and he told me that it was not only
good but beneficial to the health. for the last 6 months, I have been
drinking tea and I kinda fallen in love with the drink. Can anyone suggest
me which are the best for health? I hear a lot about Darjeeling Tea. Is it
really good? Why is it so famous? Where can I buy a kg of Darjeeling tea?

I have bought Darjeeling tea from local Indian grocery stores and directly
from India (when I'm visiting my folks there).

I plan to buy by mail order when I run out. I haven't decided the merchant.

Meanwhile, here are the URL's I have found so far(some URL's may have split
into 2 lines):

http://store.yahoo.com/teastores/blackteas.html

http://www.darjeelingnews.net/darjee...ping/index.php

http://www.marktwendell.com/index.html

http://specialt.iserver.net/cgi-bin/...gin=Darjeeling

http://specialt.iserver.net/cgi-bin/...830+1101676990

http://search.store.yahoo.com/cgi-bi...RJEELINGregion

http://www.uptontea.com/shopcart/cat...&categoryID=16

http://www.theteashop.com/indiadar.htm

Anyone wants to recommend any particular vendor? Many of the above offer
samplers (from various types/costs/gardens). That's what I'll try first.
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"teeman" wrote:

I was a coffee drinker and was addicted to it. My doctor told me to stop.
Well, I asked him about drinking tea and he told me that it was not only
good but beneficial to the health. for the last 6 months, I have been
drinking tea and I kinda fallen in love with the drink. Can anyone suggest
me which are the best for health?

Many years ago the belief was that only green tea had significant health
benefits. In recent years it has been discovered that virtually any real
tea has health benefits, although there may be some variation in benefits
between the types (black, oolong, green, pu-erh). If you don't understand
what these types are, read the tea FAQ at http://pages.ripco.net/~c4ha2na9/tea/faq.html

I hear a lot about Darjeeling Tea. Is it
really good? Why is it so famous? Where can I buy a kg of Darjeeling tea?

Darjeeling is a style of black tea which comes from the Darjeeling
district of India. Sure, it's good, but so are many other styles of tea.
It depends on your taste. I personally am not a big fan of Darjeeling
teas but many people like them. I suppose part of the reason they are so
famous is that they are among the first teas to be widely drunk in the west.

Note that there are probably at least a hundred different Darjeelings,
and there will be significant variation in taste among them.

As a newbie, here is the place I would recommend you start buying
tea online: www.uptontea.com You can buy a kg of Darjeeling there,
but they also sell sample sizes that only make a few cups, so that you
can decide whether you like the tea or not. I believe they restrict the
number of samples you can buy during their busy period in December,
as providing samples is very labor intensive for only a small return.


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teeman wrote:
I was a coffee drinker and was addicted to it. My doctor told me to stop.
Well, I asked him about drinking tea and he told me that it was not only
good but beneficial to the health. for the last 6 months, I have been
drinking tea and I kinda fallen in love with the drink. Can anyone suggest
me which are the best for health? I hear a lot about Darjeeling Tea. Is it
really good? Why is it so famous? Where can I buy a kg of Darjeeling tea?


I sugest you try a variety of teas to find what you like best. Many
people like to drink Darjeeling Tea, but there is a whole world of teas
out that that taste great. From what I can tell in literature, all of
them claim some health benefits. If you want to "maximize" your health
benefit, some here might suggest Puerh, but this particular tea may not
be to your tastes. The darker oolongs are also good, and I believe it
was Bai Hao Oolong was made to compete against the Darjeeling market.
(Someone who knows correct me if I got this wrong)

RJP wrote:
As a newbie, here is the place I would recommend you start buying
tea online: www.uptontea.com You can buy a kg of Darjeeling there,
but they also sell sample sizes that only make a few cups, so that you
can decide whether you like the tea or not. I believe they restrict the
number of samples you can buy during their busy period in December,
as providing samples is very labor intensive for only a small return.
Randy

http://www.specialteas.com/ is also a pretty good place for samples.

"Steve Hay" wrote:
RJP wrote:
As a newbie, here is the place I would recommend you start buying
tea online: www.uptontea.com You can buy a kg of Darjeeling there,
but they also sell sample sizes that only make a few cups, so that you
can decide whether you like the tea or not. I believe they restrict the
number of samples you can buy during their busy period in December,
as providing samples is very labor intensive for only a small return.
Randy

http://www.specialteas.com/ is also a pretty good place for samples.

Yes I think Special Teas is a good vendor, too. There was a time when
they did not offer sample sizes (which for them is 1/2 oz.). Now they
do on many of their teas, but they don't yet on quite a few of them as well.


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"Steve Hay" wrote:
RJP wrote:
As a newbie, here is the place I would recommend you start buying
tea online: www.uptontea.com You can buy a kg of Darjeeling there,
but they also sell sample sizes that only make a few cups, so that you
can decide whether you like the tea or not. I believe they restrict the
number of samples you can buy during their busy period in December,
as providing samples is very labor intensive for only a small return.
Randy

http://www.specialteas.com/ is also a pretty good place for samples.

Yes I think Special Teas is a good vendor, too. There was a time when
they did not offer sample sizes (which for them is 1/2 oz.). Now they
do on many of their teas, but they don't yet on quite a few of them as well.


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Thank you all for your help. I didn't expect so many answers and am glad
that I got them. As suggested, I will try, uptontea special teas by by
samplers first and taste them. According to Aloke's suggestion, I could
see a link to http://darjeelingnews.net/darjeelingshopping/index.php - I
had written to them about the teas they sale and they are ready to send me
free samplers. However, in one of the posts i found that some members were
against them as spamming in this forum. Has anyone tried them? If yes,
please tell me your experience with them. How are they in actual working?

I ordered some teas from Special teas and Upton and they are really great
thanks for your advices.

Darjeeling is a popular tea. I rather like Darjeeling from the Margaret's
Hope plantation, but you can get Darjeeling at your local grocery store,
too. Darjeeling is just a really good tea that can be drunk at any time of
day.
"teeman" wrote in message
lkaboutdrinks.com...
I was a coffee drinker and was addicted to it. My doctor told me to stop.
Well, I asked him about drinking tea and he told me that it was not only
good but beneficial to the health. for the last 6 months, I have been
drinking tea and I kinda fallen in love with the drink. Can anyone suggest
me which are the best for health? I hear a lot about Darjeeling Tea. Is it
really good? Why is it so famous? Where can I buy a kg of Darjeeling tea?

"RJP" wrote in message
news:L2lqd.477644$D%.124697@attbi_s51...

As a newbie, here is the place I would recommend you start buying
tea online: www.uptontea.com You can buy a kg of Darjeeling there,
but they also sell sample sizes that only make a few cups, so that you
can decide whether you like the tea or not. I believe they restrict the
number of samples you can buy during their busy period in December,
as providing samples is very labor intensive for only a small return.

Yes, this year, the limit is 8 samples.


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Please take out the trash before sending a direct reply.

Thanks "Tea", yes, indeed I got some darjeeling tea from a darjeeling based
merchant. I bought two kgs, one Kalej Valley Oolong tea and the other
Puttabong Clonal SFTGFOP-1. Although I am not so much familiar with the
names, I hope I got the right ones. They told me that it would be
delivered within 7 days and guess what, on the fifth day, I received the
same. The teas are really great, half of the tea I received was shared
among my friends who are tea drinkers from the very end. I am just a new
comer. They told me that the tea is really of superior quality and fresh.
I too really liked the teas. Cheer to great Darjeeling Teas!

Keep me updated. Its a great forum.

Thanks "Tea", yes, indeed I got some darjeeling tea from a darjeeling based
merchant. I bought two kgs, one Kalej Valley Oolong tea and the other
Puttabong Clonal SFTGFOP-1. Although I am not so much familiar with the
names, I hope I got the right ones. They told me that it would be
delivered within 7 days and guess what, on the fifth day, I received the
same. The teas are really great, half of the tea I received was shared
among my friends who are tea drinkers from the very end. I am just a new
comer. They told me that the tea is really of superior quality and fresh.
I too really liked the teas. Cheer to great Darjeeling Teas!

Keep me updated. Its a great forum.

Thanks "Tea", yes, indeed I got some darjeeling tea from a darjeeling based
merchant. I bought two kgs, one Kalej Valley Oolong tea and the other
Puttabong Clonal SFTGFOP-1. Although I am not so much familiar with the
names, I hope I got the right ones. They told me that it would be
delivered within 7 days and guess what, on the fifth day, I received the
same. The teas are really great, half of the tea I received was shared
among my friends who are tea drinkers from the very end. I am just a new
comer. They told me that the tea is really of superior quality and fresh.
I too really liked the teas. Cheer to great Darjeeling Teas!

Keep me updated. Its a great forum.

"teeman" wrote in message
lkaboutdrinks.com...
Thanks "Tea", yes, indeed I got some darjeeling tea from a darjeeling
based
merchant. I bought two kgs, one Kalej Valley Oolong tea and the other
Puttabong Clonal SFTGFOP-1. Although I am not so much familiar with the
names, I hope I got the right ones. They told me that it would be
delivered within 7 days and guess what, on the fifth day, I received the
same. The teas are really great, half of the tea I received was shared
among my friends who are tea drinkers from the very end. I am just a new
comer. They told me that the tea is really of superior quality and fresh.
I too really liked the teas. Cheer to great Darjeeling Teas!

Who did you buy the teas from?
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