I suggest http://www.sofotea.com

Oh dear......

I am beginning to be a little more sympathetic than before to the
guardians of RFDT non-commercial purity (though I do not like the
vehemence of some of the participants.) Let me gently state my own
view. It is not appropriate to push favorite online sites. I have my
own preferred suppliers, as I am sure we all do. Some members of the
group may well be operating their own sites, too. Maybe I run a site
-- you will never know, nor should I use this forum to advertise it if
I did. Teafan1 has not been an active contributor, provides no
personal profile and adds nothing to our discussions.

My own favorite suppliers are XXXXXXX.com and YYYYYY.com. ZZZZZ.com is
pretty terrible but QQQQ has some neat offers. So?

Self-regulating groups like RFDT face problems of etiquette. I think
we all agree that our ethos is shared communication and discussion.
The commercial side of tea is not our focus. I hope we can preserve
that distinctive tone and style.

On May 28, 11:27 am, wrote:
> I suggesthttp://www.sofotea.com

On May 28, 8:27 am, wrote:
> I suggesthttp://www.sofotea.com

Please do not advertise here. You have no idea what you're in
for....................

i would recommend some vendors that sell quaity tea

www.teasource.com
www.theteasmith.com
www.tsalon.com
www.wayneteasalon.com
www.teasetc.com
www.lotusteahouse.com

all the above sell quality teas.

hope this helps.

regards
ankit

On May 31, 3:26 am, Ankit Lochan > wrote:
> i would recommend some vendors that sell quaity tea
>
> http://www.teasource.comwww.theteasm...teaho use.com
>
> all the above sell quality teas.
>
> hope this helps.
>
> regards
> ankit

Dear Ankit,

Another place worth checking out is www.buytea.com

Regards,
Jayesh

also
www.worldpartea.com

I didn't know it was illegal to give my opinion and attempt to get
feedback from other tea lovers where they buy their tea!!!




On May 28, 3:00 pm, pgwk > wrote:
> Oh dear......
>
> I am beginning to be a little more sympathetic than before to the
> guardians of RFDT non-commercial purity (though I do not like the
> vehemence of some of the participants.) Let me gently state my own
> view. It is not appropriate to push favorite online sites. I have my
> own preferred suppliers, as I am sure we all do. Some members of the
> group may well be operating their own sites, too. Maybe I run a site
> -- you will never know, nor should I use this forum to advertise it if
> I did. Teafan1 has not been an active contributor, provides no
> personal profile and adds nothing to our discussions.
>
> My own favorite suppliers are XXXXXXX.com and YYYYYY.com. ZZZZZ.com is
> pretty terrible but QQQQ has some neat offers. So?
>
> Self-regulating groups like RFDT face problems of etiquette. I think
> we all agree that our ethos is shared communication and discussion.
> The commercial side of tea is not our focus. I hope we can preserve
> that distinctive tone and style.
>
> On May 28, 11:27 am, wrote:
>
> > I suggesthttp://www.sofotea.com

Of course it's not illegal and legally you could probably advertise
Viagra and cruise vacations or post political messages. It's the old
cliche about the difference between the spirit and the letter of the
"law." RFDT is a discussion forum for tea lovers, not a commercial
portal. So I guess you can do what you want and I can suggest that
doing so may not be something beneficial to the community. But do what
you want.

On Jun 1, 3:00 am, wrote:
> also
> www.worldpartea.com

On Jun 1, 11:51 am, wrote:
> I didn't know it was illegal to give my opinion and attempt to get
> feedback from other tea lovers where they buy their tea!!!

Nobody said it was illegal, we just dont want it here. Trust me when I
say that we seen just about every marketing ploy in the book. You did
not simply ask for feedback you spamed this group with 2 messages only
6 minutes apart, both recommending the same (rather lame) site. The
whole thing is rather transparent especially since you have NEVER
posted here before. Most of us here do not appreciate marketing,
spamming, shilling, etc by those who do not contribute to our
discussions.

One of these days you guys will learn that all you are doing is
putting yourselves and your site on the black-list of the largest
concentration of hard tea drinkers that exists online. Not only will
most of our group never buy tea from your establishment, but most of
us will also recommend to the many who ask our opinions that they
avoid you as well.

So unless you intend to contribute something beyond spam, please go
away.

Mike
http://www.pu-erh.net

Hello I am new to this blog. I am some what of a tea connoisseur and
have been searching for an excellent source of tea. I recently
purchased some tea from sofo tea and I am very pleased with the
quality as well as speedy delivery of tea. I dont' understand why
everyone is verbally bashing them because another customer like myself
is simply stating an opinion. I don't believe in the level of respect
coming from this group who are annoyed because a link to a tea site
is posted and yet another member here in this community has posted a
link to their website with clipping's from other people's work. Please
understand that the integrity of any blog must be maintained and
balanced with both negative and positive feedback and we should never
cross the line and threaten to black ball any one as the old saying
goes " what goes around comes around"

On Jun 1, 6:31 pm, wrote:

Take a good look at Mike Petro's reply. It's not you per se, but the
fact that no one knows who you are or what your agenda is. Contribute
first and recommend later. Of course, hackles rise when a pitch is
made out of the blue -- or rather out of the ether -- for an unknown
seller. The obvious question is, given that everyone on RFDT knows how
and where to buy tea, why should they be interested in what amounts to
an electronic ad for another seller?

Who, by the way, is the member posting links to his/her Web site with
clippings from others' work?

I've only been on RFTD for a few months. There are lots of great
people, with phenomenal knowledge and a willingness to share it. They
know their teas, like chatting and simply want to preserve a spirit of
collegiality. That's what I love about the group. Looking at your own
profile, you obviously have much to add in that spirit -- the medical
qualifications and your book. Great! Tell us about that and don't get
hung up about who you buy tea from. Believe me, there are people in
the group (not me) who can tell you the best source of Turkish,
Albanian, Malawi and even Sudanese tea.









> Hello I am new to this blog. I am some what of a tea connoisseur and
> have been searching for an excellent source of tea. I recently
> purchased some tea from sofo tea and I am very pleased with the
> quality as well as speedy delivery of tea. I dont' understand why
> everyone is verbally bashing them because another customer like myself
> is simply stating an opinion. I don't believe in the level of respect
> coming from this group who are annoyed because a link to a tea site
> is posted and yet another member here in this community has posted a
> link to their website with clipping's from other people's work. Please
> understand that the integrity of any blog must be maintained and
> balanced with both negative and positive feedback and we should never
> cross the line and threaten to black ball any one as the old saying
> goes " what goes around comes around"

On Jun 1, 3:31 pm, wrote:
> Hello I am new to this blog. I am some what of a tea connoisseur and
> have been searching for an excellent source of tea. I recently
> purchased some tea from sofo tea and I am very pleased with the
> quality as well as speedy delivery of tea. I dont' understand why
> everyone is verbally bashing them because another customer like myself
> is simply stating an opinion. I don't believe in the level of respect
> coming from this group who are annoyed because a link to a tea site
> is posted and yet another member here in this community has posted a
> link to their website with clipping's from other people's work. Please
> understand that the integrity of any blog must be maintained and
> balanced with both negative and positive feedback and we should never
> cross the line and threaten to black ball any one as the old saying
> goes " what goes around comes around"

Hang on here - no one is "verbally bashing" and this is not a blog. It
is a discussion group and, had you read the posts available here in
the past few weeks, you would understand the resentment for commercial
advertising, which does not belong on a usenet group like this.
An opinion from a consumer is fine and warranted; however, the poster
in question jumped onto this board merely to advertise and not to
contribute worthwhile and beneficial information to the group.
Admittedly, one or two members have been very aggressive and rash in
their reactions to this type of thing, while most of us, as Mike
mentioned previously, just ignore these advertisers and refuse to
support them with opinion or recommendation.
New people are welcome here. There is a great deal that can be shared
and learned from the many kind posters who take the stuff of tea very
seriously. And, if you are really interested in the ways of tea, of
course, you are welcomed, as well. However, if you, too, have come on
board merely to support the "spam advertising" of this mediocre vendor
than you are in no real position to mention karma.
Personally, as an concerned teahead, I am getting rather sick and
tired of this babble and will return to my habit of ignoring such
irrelevant marketing drivel and the covert posts that support such
junk and the too often mean-spirited responses to them.
Shen

I have an inkling that you are the same person who started this
thread, but I am not technical enough to make an accusation, so I'll
give you the benefit of the doubt.

A few things:

1. This is not a blog. This is a usenet group. These are very
different concepts. One of the issues here is that those who host
this group aren't doing so in order to fund fraudulent tea vendors who
attempt to deceive others.

2. I've been following this group for some time now, even though I
havent been posting for long. It is very easy to spot a vendor
disguised as a pleased customer.

3. While some responses are excessively negative, I don't feel that
any of the comments in this thread have been rude or inappropriate.
There is always the option for the vendor to come back and apologize,
and then become a valuable member of this community-- it has happened
before and likely it will happen again.

4. You talk about the integrity of this group. Even rudeness is more
honest than deception, like the vendor who started this thread.

-Brent

On Jun 1, 3:31 pm, wrote:
> Hello I am new to this blog. I am some what of a tea connoisseur and
> have been searching for an excellent source of tea. I recently
> purchased some tea from sofo tea and I am very pleased with the
> quality as well as speedy delivery of tea. I dont' understand why
> everyone is verbally bashing them because another customer like myself
> is simply stating an opinion. I don't believe in the level of respect
> coming from this group who are annoyed because a link to a tea site
> is posted and yet another member here in this community has posted a
> link to their website with clipping's from other people's work. Please
> understand that the integrity of any blog must be maintained and
> balanced with both negative and positive feedback and we should never
> cross the line and threaten to black ball any one as the old saying
> goes " what goes around comes around"

Thanks, Brent, Shen and Mike. Let me endorse all that you say.

Let me also express my respect to Deserea, of steepingpot, who made
the same faux pas of pushing her site and got the same slap down.
She's now a real contributor and, I hope, comfortable in her
involvement in the group. No one -- well, almost no one -- is looking
to make this a pitbull fight arena and I sense a very warm
encouragement in the group of ideas and views.

Your own credibility is not exactly high at the moment. For instance,
this is not a blog. What on earth made you think it was?



On Jun 1, 8:12 pm, Brent > wrote:
> I have an inkling that you are the same person who started this
> thread, but I am not technical enough to make an accusation, so I'll
> give you the benefit of the doubt.
>
> A few things:
>
> 1. This is not a blog. This is a usenet group. These are very
> different concepts. One of the issues here is that those who host
> this group aren't doing so in order to fund fraudulent tea vendors who
> attempt to deceive others.
>
> 2. I've been following this group for some time now, even though I
> havent been posting for long. It is very easy to spot a vendor
> disguised as a pleased customer.
>
> 3. While some responses are excessively negative, I don't feel that
> any of the comments in this thread have been rude or inappropriate.
> There is always the option for the vendor to come back and apologize,
> and then become a valuable member of this community-- it has happened
> before and likely it will happen again.
>
> 4. You talk about the integrity of this group. Even rudeness is more
> honest than deception, like the vendor who started this thread.
>
> -Brent
>
> On Jun 1, 3:31 pm, wrote:
>
>
>
> > Hello I am new to this blog. I am some what of a tea connoisseur and
> > have been searching for an excellent source of tea. I recently
> > purchased some tea from sofo tea and I am very pleased with the
> > quality as well as speedy delivery of tea. I dont' understand why
> > everyone is verbally bashing them because another customer like myself
> > is simply stating an opinion. I don't believe in the level of respect
> > coming from this group who are annoyed because a link to a tea site
> > is posted and yet another member here in this community has posted a
> > link to their website with clipping's from other people's work. Please
> > understand that the integrity of any blog must be maintained and
> > balanced with both negative and positive feedback and we should never
> > cross the line and threaten to black ball any one as the old saying
> > goes " what goes around comes around"- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

On Jun 1, 8:27 pm, pgwk > wrote:
> Thanks, Brent, Shen and Mike. Let me endorse all that you say.
>
> Let me also express my respect to Deserea, of steepingpot, who made
> the same faux pas of pushing her site and got the same slap down.
> She's now a real contributor and, I hope, comfortable in her
> involvement in the group. No one -- well, almost no one -- is looking
> to make this a pitbull fight arena and I sense a very warm
> encouragement in the group of ideas and views.
>
> Your own credibility is not exactly high at the moment. For instance,
> this is not a blog. What on earth made you think it was?
>
> On Jun 1, 8:12 pm, Brent > wrote:
>
>
>
> > I have an inkling that you are the same person who started this
> > thread, but I am not technical enough to make an accusation, so I'll
> > give you the benefit of the doubt.
>
> > A few things:
>
> > 1. This is not a blog. This is a usenet group. These are very
> > different concepts. One of the issues here is that those who host
> > this group aren't doing so in order to fund fraudulent tea vendors who
> > attempt to deceive others.
>
> > 2. I've been following this group for some time now, even though I
> > havent been posting for long. It is very easy to spot a vendor
> > disguised as a pleased customer.
>
> > 3. While some responses are excessively negative, I don't feel that
> > any of the comments in this thread have been rude or inappropriate.
> > There is always the option for the vendor to come back and apologize,
> > and then become a valuable member of this community-- it has happened
> > before and likely it will happen again.
>
> > 4. You talk about the integrity of this group. Even rudeness is more
> > honest than deception, like the vendor who started this thread.
>
> > -Brent
>
> > On Jun 1, 3:31 pm, wrote:
>
> > > Hello I am new to this blog. I am some what of a tea connoisseur and
> > > have been searching for an excellent source of tea. I recently
> > > purchased some tea from sofo tea and I am very pleased with the
> > > quality as well as speedy delivery of tea. I dont' understand why
> > > everyone is verbally bashing them because another customer like myself
> > > is simply stating an opinion. I don't believe in the level of respect
> > > coming from this group who are annoyed because a link to a tea site
> > > is posted and yet another member here in this community has posted a
> > > link to their website with clipping's from other people's work. Please
> > > understand that the integrity of any blog must be maintained and
> > > balanced with both negative and positive feedback and we should never
> > > cross the line and threaten to black ball any one as the old saying
> > > goes " what goes around comes around"- Hide quoted text -
>
> > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Thanks Peter! I really appreciate you saying that. Now as an active
member of the group, I completely understand why everyone was so upset
with my first post. Reading this posting is like deja vu. I'm just
glad I'm not on the wrong side of it this time :-).

Desirea

Hey all

As a newcomer myself, I have to say I LOVE this group! Why? Because
the participants are knowledgeable and willing to share.

And best of all, unlike other tea forums I've joined, your messages
don't get deleted by some ghost editor. (believe me, that is 10 times
worse). Okay, that may means that sometimes you get attacked when you
posted the wrong thing, but at last everyone gets a hearing, and we
all eventually learn to live together.



Thanks everyone, for making this forum such a lively group (I read it
every morning, I wish I have more time and knowledge to contribute
more!)

Julian
http://www.amazing-green-tea

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