Many tea stores and websites offer a "Sampler"
manytimes a Black Sampler.. Green Sampler.. Herbal Sampler... and so
on. You may look inot some of those

I would reccommend Irish Breakfast for a black tea that is strong. Its
different enough for Earl Grey that you may enjoy it. I also enjoy
Darjeeling and Ceylon Teas for black teas.

For Green teas I enjoy a Japaneese Wild or Sour cherry tea
I really enjoy Hibiscus tea (this is an herbal infusion, not really a
Tea) It is wonderful to mix with other teas like black teas

Really All I can say is just go buy some more tea, experiemnt, buy
small ammounts (2oz or so) of alot of teas and see what you like and
don't like, mix them and match them, try new things. Tea is not that
expensive untill you become more of a connoisseur and go looking for a
specific first flush darjeeling from your favorite estate which may
happen to be 30-40 dollars for 4 oz rather than maybe 5-10 you spend
for various teas you are sampling.

I used to like to shop at Teavana

now I am expanding my horizon as thier variety isn't suiting me any
more, I ahve become what I listed above, as more of a connoisseur of
teas

alex wrote:
> I'm new to loose tea. There are so many choices, it's just crazy.
>
> Obviously I can't try every flavour till I find one I like, so how do I
> narrow down the search for my favorite loose leaf tea. Reality is my tastes
> are pretty simple, up until now I've just drank Tetley or some similar boxed
> tea.
>
> One thing for sure is I don't enjoy Earl Grey tea.