Loose leaf tea?

[bluefoxicy]

I've been trying to find loose green tea... found this on amazon.

http://www.amazon.com/Twinings-Green-Gunpowder-Loose-3-53-Ounce/dp/B000F4H5FE

But then, also came across this not-green-tea thing....

http://www.amazon.com/Taylors-Harrogate-Special-Dulling-3-53-Ounce/dp/B000F41ZFA/

The description for that seems interesting. I've never heard of a tea with a "malty" character... not sure if I should buy it though.

Any thoughts on decent loose green tea I can order?

 

[arghblech]

What sort of teas do you like?
Are you looking for tea from a specific place (Japanese, Taiwanese, Chinese, etc)?

 

[isshou]

What sort of teas do you like?
Are you looking for tea from a specific place (Japanese, Taiwanese, Chinese, etc)?

+1

Just in case you are looking for Japanese green tea, this is the one I take all the year round. It is simply superb.

http://www.hibiki-an.com/

 

[ouch]

Run away while you still have the chance.

 

[mankini]

Run away while you still have the chance.

+1

 

[netsurfr]

Run away while you still have the chance.

Resistance is futile! Assimulation is imminent. And, green loose tea is just the start.

 

[jlanger]

Run away while you still have the chance.

lol

I'd try http://teasource.com/ I've always had pretty good luck with them, though at the store they're a bit snooty. Always had good tea though. IMO I'd avoid Amazon for tea and try to find a good local shop that you can taste or smell various types.

 

[DarkDragon786]

I'm quite happy with my purchase of loose tea from http://www.uptontea.com and can

 

[jsrdrnr]

Really happy this post is here. My husband loves green tea and would love to get him into the loose tea. He is a bagger for convience but once he tastes the difference I think that he will be sold. I forgot that B&B had a "tea section." Bad Janna!!!

 

[jwhite]

I'm quite happy with my purchase of loose tea from http://www.uptontea.com and can

+1 on upton I have been pleased with my purchases and there are gobs of discriptions, reviews, brewing processes, and good prices on equipment like travel thermals that have strainers, which Janna's husband ought to enjoy.

 

[jlanger]

I'm quite happy with my purchase of loose tea from http://www.uptontea.com and can

Also a very good tea spot, my wife likes to order tea from there.

 

[ouch]

The evolution of enjoying tea:

1. Tea bags
2. Loose leaf tea
3. Tea that has been compressed into tuos, bricks, and bings

You're halfway there.

 

[bluefoxicy]

lol

I'd try http://teasource.com/ I've always had pretty good luck with them, though at the store they're a bit snooty. Always had good tea though. IMO I'd avoid Amazon for tea and try to find a good local shop that you can taste or smell various types.

Local shop in Baltimore? Yeah right. There's beer breweries here, not tea farms. 9.9

Anyhow lots of good info here.

I like green tea. Stop asking complicated questions. It's tea. I just want something that's not quality-retarded mass market crap.

 

[Doc4]

The evolution of enjoying tea:

1. Tea bags
2. Loose leaf tea
3. Tea that has been compressed into tuos, bricks, and bings

You're halfway there.

Actually, it goes like this ...

1. Tea 'beverages' at 7/11
2. Iced tea
3. Long Island iced tea
4. regular tea in bags ... maybe called "orange pekoe" if you are lucky
5. fancy tea in bags with strings attached and little tags for pulling them out of the teapot
6. no longer drinking tea with milk and sugar
7. looseleaf tea
8. fancy looseleaf tea with 'provenance' that you get at a specialty store or some such place
9. tea that is compressed into cakes &c, but you think it tastes like $h!t (right, Ouch?)
10. Number 9, but you think it tastes like Jessica Alba's earlobe

 

[s1mp13m4n]

I would like to try this loose leaf tea as well. I enjoy hot tea and have been drinking a cup or more each day lately. I am simply using Lipton herb teas...or items you get from Walmart. I enjoy green tea and peppermint tea. Where and how do I start enjoying loose leaf teas? How is the cost compared to pre-bagged tea?

 

[Erik]

The first thing to do is calculate the price you are paying now for tea.

How much did the tea at MegaLow Mart priced per ounce?

Then go to an online outlet like specialteas or upton and look at the prices of the tea there per ounce.

Keep in mind that the quality of the loose tea from an online vendor is going be way better than what is found in a tea bag.

If you do decide to make an order, order unflavored tea and get a variety of the types of tea that are offered.

The next step will be to learn to brew the various tea types. Ask for advice when you need it, but don't stop experimenting.

All of us here are still learning to improve our brewing skills.

 

[s1mp13m4n]

My bagged green tea I am using now costs $0.18 per 1oz. The main reason I shop @ Wally's World is price and I can get to it easaly.

 

[Jake]

You might enjoy shopping at the Online shop of the San Francisco based Samovar Tea Lounge. They have a reasonably good selection of greens and others. All the teas they serve at their tea shops in SF are available on their website.

 

[s1mp13m4n]

The green tea I am using (and I am not kidding) is called Bigelow. $2 for 200 tea bags.

 

[arcman]

If you're unfamiliar with the different varieties of green teas and which ones you might like, the samplers from Adagio are a pretty good place to start, and Adagio is another really nice vendor to order from.

I'm fond of this Mao Fen from SpecialTeas for it's nice, subtle nutty notes.

The green tea I am using (and I am not kidding) is called Bigelow. $2 for 200 tea bags.

Your tea is cheap for a reason: You are drinking tea from dust, leaves that have been thoroughly crushed in the bags. Your tea is most likely stale, moreso since this is green tea which is relatively more perishable compared to say black tea. You are far better off with a nice loose leaf tea, but even a higher-priced full-leaf pyramid bag tea would be an improvement.