Hi, all,
I'm wondering if anyone knows of Pu-erh vendors (in the flesh or
online) in California?
I know Royal Puerh is located in Southern CA and wondered if there are
any others.
Thanks in advance.
Shen

Actually, Daniel Ong of Royal Pu'er and Teaspring is based in So. Cal,
AFAIK, but the teas are straight from Guangzhou, China, to you.

Phyll

On Feb 5, 5:07 pm, "Shen" > wrote:
> Hi, all,
> I'm wondering if anyone knows of Pu-erh vendors (in the flesh or
> online) in California?
> I know Royal Puerh is located in Southern CA and wondered if there are
> any others.
> Thanks in advance.
> Shen

On 2007-02-06, Phyll > wrote:

> Actually, Daniel Ong of Royal Pu'er and Teaspring is based in So. Cal,
> AFAIK, but the teas are straight from Guangzhou, China, to you.

Did he say that, or are you going off of their business address? The
emails I received from him were sent from IPs in Malaysia. I think
maybe the business is supposed to look like it's run out of the US, but
I don't think it is, unless he happened to be travelling for the couple
weeks around my order.

IIRC, their address is just a forwarding address type deal.

Not trying to say anything bad about teaspring.

w

On Feb 5, 5:11 pm, "Phyll" > wrote:
> Actually, Daniel Ong of Royal Pu'er and Teaspring is based in So. Cal,
> AFAIK, but the teas are straight from Guangzhou, China, to you.
>
> Phyll
>
> On Feb 5, 5:07 pm, "Shen" > wrote:
>
>
>
> > Hi, all,
> > I'm wondering if anyone knows of Pu-erh vendors (in the flesh or
> > online) in California?
> > I know Royal Puerh is located in Southern CA and wondered if there are
> > any others.
> > Thanks in advance.
> > Shen- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Thanks. I was uncertain where Teaspring was and I was just trying to
save a little on shipping and transport time. Shen

On 2007-02-06, Shen > wrote:

> I'm wondering if anyone knows of Pu-erh vendors (in the flesh or
> online) in California?
> I know Royal Puerh is located in Southern CA and wondered if there are
> any others.

1001 plateaus (http://1001plateaus.com/) is in Southern Cali. Not a huge
selection. I haven't ordered from them (yet), but they're very nice. You
can also sign up to get emails if they do local tasting events.

Up in the bay area there are some - Silk Road
(http://silkroadteas.com/), ITC (http://www.imperialtea.com/), just to
name a couple.

w

On Feb 5, 7:30 pm, Will Yardley >
wrote:
> On 2007-02-06, Shen > wrote:
>
> > I'm wondering if anyone knows of Pu-erh vendors (in the flesh or
> > online) in California?
> > I know Royal Puerh is located in Southern CA and wondered if there are
> > any others.
>
> 1001 plateaus (http://1001plateaus.com/) is in Southern Cali. Not a huge
> selection. I haven't ordered from them (yet), but they're very nice. You
> can also sign up to get emails if they do local tasting events.
>
> Up in the bay area there are some - Silk Road
> (http://silkroadteas.com/), ITC (http://www.imperialtea.com/), just to
> name a couple.
>
> w

Thanks, Will. I live in the Bay Area and I'm pretty familar with the
vendors; but, I spend a great deal of time in LA, as well and I've
been wondering if there were other vendors lurking around.
Thanks, all, for your suggestions.
Shen

On 2007-02-06, Shen > wrote:

> Thanks, Will. I live in the Bay Area and I'm pretty familar with the
> vendors; but, I spend a great deal of time in LA, as well and I've
> been wondering if there were other vendors lurking around.

Sorry - I thought you were looking for online places w/ quick shipping,
not brick & mortar. If you're looking for an actual store, LA's not
great... but a few suggestions (search the chowhound archives for
more, e.g., http://www.chowhound.com/topics/356729)...

As far as Chinese tea, in no particular order:

1) Wing Hop Fung - one in Chinatown and one in Monterey Park. It's not
bad, and I think they'll let you try tea... but they keep their tea in
big clear containers.

Most of their pots / accessories aren't great, but good for picking up
random stuff.

2) T&S Emporium - across the street from the MP Ten Ren. Have some tea,
also in clear containers.

3) Ten Ren - two locations in the SGV, and one in Chinatown. The service
is usually kind of pushy, prices a bit high. Haven't ever bought any tea
from them.

4) Bamboo Tea House in Pasadena is worth a visit if you're in Pasadena
(there's one out in Claremont too)

5) Valley Coffee and Tea - not 100% sure if this place is still here; I
haven't been there yet. Pretty much all Taiwanese tea; supposedly the
Taiwanese stuff is good and the mainland imitations not so good.
http://www.chowhound.com/topics/55322 has a review from 2003

Plus there's some more upscale places like Urth, Chado, etc.

w

On Feb 6, 11:53 am, Will Yardley >
wrote:
> On 2007-02-06, Shen > wrote:
>
> > Thanks, Will. I live in the Bay Area and I'm pretty familar with the
> > vendors; but, I spend a great deal of time in LA, as well and I've
> > been wondering if there were other vendors lurking around.
>
> Sorry - I thought you were looking for online places w/ quick shipping,
> not brick & mortar. If you're looking for an actual store, LA's not
> great... but a few suggestions (search the chowhound archives for
> more, e.g.,http://www.chowhound.com/topics/356729)...
>
> As far as Chinese tea, in no particular order:
>
> 1) Wing Hop Fung - one in Chinatown and one in Monterey Park. It's not
> bad, and I think they'll let you try tea... but they keep their tea in
> big clear containers.
>
> Most of their pots / accessories aren't great, but good for picking up
> random stuff.
>
> 2) T&S Emporium - across the street from the MP Ten Ren. Have some tea,
> also in clear containers.
>
> 3) Ten Ren - two locations in the SGV, and one in Chinatown. The service
> is usually kind of pushy, prices a bit high. Haven't ever bought any tea
> from them.
>
> 4) Bamboo Tea House in Pasadena is worth a visit if you're in Pasadena
> (there's one out in Claremont too)
>
> 5) Valley Coffee and Tea - not 100% sure if this place is still here; I
> haven't been there yet. Pretty much all Taiwanese tea; supposedly the
> Taiwanese stuff is good and the mainland imitations not so good.http://www.chowhound.com/topics/55322has a review from 2003
>
> Plus there's some more upscale places like Urth, Chado, etc.
>
> w

Thanks! I didn't know about T&S, Bamboo and Valley> Thanks.
Shen

Will Yardley:
> Did he say that, or are you going off of their business address? The
> emails I received from him were sent from IPs in Malaysia. I think
> maybe the business is supposed to look like it's run out of the US, but
> I don't think it is, unless he happened to be travelling for the couple
> weeks around my order.

Will,

I'm not sure if Daniel told me that or I just assumed so based on the
So. Cal. forwarding address. I have his old email saved (can't check
now), and I'll re-confirm later. And you're right...his travel may
also be a possiblity his IP address was in Malaysia. His choice of
words makes me think that he doesn't write like a Malaysian, though.
Regardless of where he is, the teas are in GZ. I wouldn't hesitate
dealing with him. He's been nothing but helpful, responsive and
accomodating to my purchase requests.

Phyll

On Feb 5, 5:25 pm, Will Yardley >
wrote:
> On 2007-02-06, Phyll > wrote:
>
> > Actually, Daniel Ong of Royal Pu'er and Teaspring is based in So. Cal,
> > AFAIK, but the teas are straight from Guangzhou, China, to you.
>
> Did he say that, or are you going off of their business address? The
> emails I received from him were sent from IPs in Malaysia. I think
> maybe the business is supposed to look like it's run out of the US, but
> I don't think it is, unless he happened to be travelling for the couple
> weeks around my order.
>
> IIRC, their address is just a forwarding address type deal.
>
> Not trying to say anything bad about teaspring.
>
> w