Dont buy any teas from a website that cant sell you any. You read
that Homer Simpson syllogism correctly. Your trouble with websites is
just beginning. Youre better off driving to a tea shoppe across town,
across state, across country every 6 months to stock up. I dont
consider it unreasonable for a $200 round trip to SF Chinatown by air
from where I live. Youll learn more in one day than $200 worth of
website guessing. Hey I was in Teavana the other day and didnt get
accosted by any employee. The store was empty. They have $6 8oz
double wall classes like my $12 Pavina. I cant find a cheap
percolator for my puers. Theyre all in the $50+ range.

Jim

On Nov 2, 10:17 am, Prof Wonmug > wrote:
> On Sun, 1 Nov 2009 06:19:58 -0800 (PST), "Dominic T."
>
> >I really wanted to stay away from naming specific teas to allow for
> >each individual to just go with what they were drawn to naturally
>
> That's like a novice carpenter asking a journeyman what tools they
> should buy for a starter set. The journeyman says, "Well, you'll need
> a hammer, a drill, a set of screwdrivers, a level, etc..." The novice
> goes to the hardware store and is overwhelmed by the choices for each
> tool. He goes back to the journeyman and says, "They had 50 hammers,
> 30 drills, hundreds of screwdrivers, etc. Can you recommend a specific
> tool for the type of carpentry I want to learn to do?" The journeyman
> says, "I want you to experience the journey, so just buy whatever you
> are drawn to."
>
>
>
> >within those categories, but since you asked I'll say that of their
> >greens I enjoy (and would fit your likes): Bi Lo Chun, Long Jing,
> >Jasmine Pearls, and Zhu Ye Qing. As well as the Huo Shan Huang Ya I
> >mentioned earlier which is a yellow tea, but wonderful and mild and
> >sweet and like a green. I have tried and not liked teaspring's Tai
> >Ping Hou Kui and the Huang Shan Mao Feng. Again, I think it is just
> >the site that doesn't always get updated because I have had some very
> >fresh teas from them... I have had one order of bi lo chun and one
> >order of Huo Shan Huang Ya that were not very fresh... but those were
> >two instances in over 10+ orders.
>
> >My wife loves Teaspring's Shui Xian, I find it a little lacking but
> >still a very good example. The Yunnan Gold is good, malty and a little
> >sweet. The Long Jing Huang Pao is my favorite black tea from them, but
> >expensive and it is an odd flavor reminiscent of over-ripe funky
> >fruit... so that may not be for everyone. I can't say how their Keemun
> >is because I have not ordered that from them. Same for the flowery/
> >green oolong... they aren't a favorite of mine so I don't regularly
> >order them at all. Most of the last ones I had were from Stephane
> >Erler's Tea Masters Blog, and while they were super quality, I still
> >didn't find much to like.
>
> >Hopefully that helps (I do know I just re-mentioned many of the names
> >from the list, but I don't want to steer you too much) If Teaspring
> >offers more than one in any of those mentioned, you can be safe going
> >with the least expensive of each category, or splurge if something
> >catches your eye. It is an individual process and the 10 teas listed
> >really are just a selection of teas that cover most of the specific
> >flavors found in tea in the least number of teas possible.
>
> Thanks for the specific recommendations. Very helpful. I appreciate
> it.
>
> Unfortunately, the TeaSpring website was a complete disaster. It is
> riddled with bugs. I created an account and started adding teas to my
> shopping cart. At some point, it created a second shopping cart, so
> that I had teas in two places. Sometimes I would see one cart,
> sometimes the other.
>
> After I got all of the teas in one cart, I tried to checkout. I was
> presented with the new user screen. I had to log in again.
>
> When I finally got all of the information entered and clicked Make
> Payment, I was told that my credit card was rejected. I use that card
> all the time. It's perfectly good.
>
> Backing up, I discovered that the program did not fill in my compelte
> address, even though I provided all of that information when I created
> my account. I reentered it manually, but the credit card was rejected
> again.
>
> This website is not ready for prime time.
>
> Do you have another vendor to recommend? Maybe one with a working
> website?