On Nov 30, 6:13*pm, (Scott Dorsey) wrote:
> bcpdsfinest > wrote:
> >I am a new member to this group and am looking forward to lots of
> >conversations regarding tea. For now, I was wondering if anyone knew
> >places that one could purchase tea from Indonesia, Vietnam, or
> >Bolivia. I found a Bolivian Black at a small tea shop in Cumberland
> >Maryland which was wonderful. Art of Tea has Purple Oolong from
> >Indonesia, but I understand that Vietnam has come a long way in it's
> >tea production and there was one other. Just have a large tea
> >collection from Sri Lanka(Ceylon), India, China and wanted to
> >diversify a little
>
> There are a couple Vietnamese teas available from Upton's, which are
> pleasant but undistinguished, and I have seen some random Vietnamese
> teas (mostly scented but some unscented) at the Vietnamese markets
> in Northern VA.
>
> Don't know about anything from Indonesia, but the Boh teas website will
> allow you to order online, and I cannot say enough good things about their
> Palas Afternoon tea. *Even their cheap bulk tea is pretty good.
>
> Don't know about Bolivia at all. *There is a huge amount of tea being grown
> in Argentina, but most of it is pretty dreadful.
>
> And of course there is Georgia.... do a search on this newsgroup for the url
> for Caucasus Arts. *I really like their teas although I wound up having to
> send five-pound notes in the mail to their fellow in the UK because they had
> no US distribution.
> --scott
>
> --
> "C'est un Nagra. *C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

Hi Scott

Nothing But Tea www.nbtea.co.uk are the sole importers of artisanal
teas from the Repulic of Georgia. We carry a larger range then any
other provider and we accept credit card payments.

Happy tea drinking

regards

Helga