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Favorite vendors for wuyi oolong

Posted: Jan 18th, '13, 18:45
by Exempt
I'm looking mostly at jingteashop and five star tea. I've seen mountain tea get mentioned but not very often. What is your favorite vendor specifically for wuyi oolongs?

Re: Favorite vendors for wuyi oolong

Posted: Jan 18th, '13, 22:44
by DVS
Mandarin's Tea Room & EoT are my favorites.

Re: Favorite vendors for wuyi oolong

Posted: Jan 19th, '13, 00:12
by etorix
NOT in order
five star tea
chinese tea company
EoT
teaspring

Re: Favorite vendors for wuyi oolong

Posted: Jan 19th, '13, 03:45
by chado.my.teaway
FST and EoT.;)

Re: Favorite vendors for wuyi oolong

Posted: Jan 19th, '13, 11:33
by wojtekitek
Postcards Teas
Five Star Tea
Essence of Tea

The best Wuyi yancha vendors in my opinion.

Favorite vendors for wuyi oolong

Posted: Jan 19th, '13, 12:55
by Exempt
Which teas would you guys recommend from eot and five star?

Re: Favorite vendors for wuyi oolong

Posted: Jan 19th, '13, 14:50
by JRS22
Exempt wrote:Which teas would you guys recommend from eot and five star?

Both EoT and 5Star sell reasonably priced samples so you can experiment and find which teas YOU prefer. I've got a batch of samples on the way from EoT, and I'm thinking of placing the same sort of order with 5Star.

Re: Favorite vendors for wuyi oolong

Posted: Jan 19th, '13, 16:25
by edkrueger
Sea Dyke, Wuyi Star and Geow Yong. I guess they are my favorites because I consume lots of their tea.

Re: Favorite vendors for wuyi oolong

Posted: Jan 20th, '13, 00:28
by Exempt
Does anyone have experience with the half handmade teas from EOT? I know the best tactic is to sample but with 20 dollar shipping it's a bit daunting.

Re: Favorite vendors for wuyi oolong

Posted: Jan 20th, '13, 02:54
by Teaism
Exempt wrote:Does anyone have experience with the half handmade teas from EOT? I know the best tactic is to sample but with 20 dollar shipping it's a bit daunting.
yes the only way is to buy some small quantity and try it out to see if it suit your taste. Many tea collector end up with crates of " junkyard tea" but that is the inevitable path of tea journey.

Have a great day my friend.

Re: Favorite vendors for wuyi oolong

Posted: Jan 20th, '13, 05:06
by etorix
the half handmade teas from EoT are worth the shipping imho

Re: Favorite vendors for wuyi oolong

Posted: Jan 20th, '13, 06:28
by David R.
etorix wrote:the half handmade teas from EoT are worth the shipping imho
+1

Re: Favorite vendors for wuyi oolong

Posted: Jan 20th, '13, 08:29
by JRS22
Exempt wrote:Does anyone have experience with the half handmade teas from EOT? I know the best tactic is to sample but with 20 dollar shipping it's a bit daunting.
I trust Royal Mail so shipping on my order was only $8.75.

Re: Favorite vendors for wuyi oolong

Posted: Jan 26th, '13, 19:05
by bryan_drinks_tea
I love Yencha, esp. heavy roasted stuff. I just ordered from five star...a 2012 Rou Gui and a 2012 Shui Xian. It was 27 bucks for everything, shipping included, for 60 grams of tea.

I've had three or four yencha from TMTR and about 10 from EoT and about 5 from JTS...TMTR is by far and away the best in my opinion.

Favorite vendors for wuyi oolong

Posted: Jan 26th, '13, 21:38
by Exempt
bryan_drinks_tea wrote:I love Yencha, esp. heavy roasted stuff. I just ordered from five star...a 2012 Rou Gui and a 2012 Shui Xian. It was 27 bucks for everything, shipping included, for 60 grams of tea.

I've had three or four yencha from TMTR and about 10 from EoT and about 5 from JTS...TMTR is by far and away the best in my opinion.
Tmtr?