Also, in reference to the list of Chinese teas that Alex posted, has
anyone ordered tea from that site (chinese-tea.net)? If so, what was
your experience? Just curious....

Melinda

The site seems to be selling funalliance teas. I've ordered many
times from Funalliance.com. The site owner, Kam Leung, is a really
nice guy, easy to deal with, ships promptly, and delivers awesome
customer-service. The quality of the tea is unfortunately somewhat
variable; some orders have been spectacular and some only so-so. His
teawares are also really nice and quite cheap.

I generally order

Snowflake Dancong: fruity(peach or plum), resinous(woody), and a bit
gingery. This tea has consistently been very good.

Tiguanyin King: in the past this has been spectacularly floral and
fresh, but my most recent order was pretty mediocre. I'm going to
email Kam to see what's going on.

Mountain Oolong: simple roasty-sweet oolong with some good fruit
nuances. It probably won't blow you away but it's almost always good.
Try it gongfu-style.

Longevity Eyebrow King: I've only ordered this once and this is my
only experience with white tea so take the following with a grain of
salt. This is a fun tea for me because brewing technique totally
changes the expression of the liquor. The flavours and aromas range
from spicy-sweet and strangely reminiscent of macadamia nut cookies,
to very floral-sweet and fresh. Shorter steeps are better 160-170F.
Kam says this one has "thick green tea flavor..." but I find it very
subtle.

Oh, and for the trolls: I'm not in anyway affiliated with funalliance.
Just a generally happy customer.

Cameron

(Melinda) wrote in message . com>...
> Also, in reference to the list of Chinese teas that Alex posted, has
> anyone ordered tea from that site (chinese-tea.net)? If so, what was
> your experience? Just curious....
>
> Melinda

The site seems to be selling funalliance teas. I've ordered many
times from Funalliance.com. The site owner, Kam Leung, is a really
nice guy, easy to deal with, ships promptly, and delivers awesome
customer-service. The quality of the tea is unfortunately somewhat
variable; some orders have been spectacular and some only so-so. His
teawares are also really nice and quite cheap.

I generally order

Snowflake Dancong: fruity(peach or plum), resinous(woody), and a bit
gingery. This tea has consistently been very good.

Tiguanyin King: in the past this has been spectacularly floral and
fresh, but my most recent order was pretty mediocre. I'm going to
email Kam to see what's going on.

Mountain Oolong: simple roasty-sweet oolong with some good fruit
nuances. It probably won't blow you away but it's almost always good.
Try it gongfu-style.

Longevity Eyebrow King: I've only ordered this once and this is my
only experience with white tea so take the following with a grain of
salt. This is a fun tea for me because brewing technique totally
changes the expression of the liquor. The flavours and aromas range
from spicy-sweet and strangely reminiscent of macadamia nut cookies,
to very floral-sweet and fresh. Shorter steeps are better 160-170F.
Kam says this one has "thick green tea flavor..." but I find it very
subtle.

Oh, and for the trolls: I'm not in anyway affiliated with funalliance.
Just a generally happy customer.

Cameron

(Melinda) wrote in message . com>...
> Also, in reference to the list of Chinese teas that Alex posted, has
> anyone ordered tea from that site (chinese-tea.net)? If so, what was
> your experience? Just curious....
>
> Melinda

>The site seems to be selling funalliance teas. I've ordered many
>times from Funalliance.com.

Cameron,

Thanks for your report. As someone who is obviously serious about tea, could
you let us know of other vendors you particularly like, and why?

Thanks,
Joe Kubera

>The site seems to be selling funalliance teas. I've ordered many
>times from Funalliance.com.

Cameron,

Thanks for your report. As someone who is obviously serious about tea, could
you let us know of other vendors you particularly like, and why?

Thanks,
Joe Kubera