First order with Tea Habitat

[Herb_Master]

I have always shied away from Tea Habitat, because of the lack of an on-line ordering facility, and no details of shipping costs etc.

The pressure on me from fellow forum members to forego the pain and order was finally too much last friday when I saw that Imen had some new stocks just in.

I ordered some without waiting for Imen to even get some tasting notes up on Tea Obsession.

What pain? A couple of rapid response emails back and forth and my order is on the way!

What shipping costs? On an order of $370 for tea, $17 for shipping seems nothing!

[ABx]

Ah, so you got some for me then

[xuancheng]

Which teas did you order?

Be sure to let us know how they are! I hope you got the Song Zhong #6

[ABx]

I hope you got the Song Zhong #6

I believe she sold out of that some time ago.

[Herb_Master]

Which teas did you order?

Be sure to let us know how they are! I hope you got the Song Zhong #6

No Songs to be seen.

Amount: $387.00 USD
Currency Conversion: £263.36 GBP = $387.00 USD
Currency From: GBP
Currency To: USD
Exchange Rate: 1.46948 The exchange rate for this purchase is 1 GBP = 1.46948USD
Subject: Tea Habitat Order
Note:
4oz 2008 Wu Dong Huang Zhi Xiang: $80
2oz 2008 Jiang Hua Xiang: $101
2oz 2008 Shi Tou Huang Zhi Xiang: $54
2oz 2008 Winter Snow Da Wu Ye: $45
2oz 07 Da Yu Qi - Big Leech: $50 07
Da Wu Ye special grade - Big Dark Leaf $22/3 oz
08 Huang Zhi Xiang first grade $18/3 oz
Total for tea is $370, shipping to UK is $17, grand total is $387.

When I was a babe in arms £1 would fetch $4 that would have made this a lot cheaper.

[Herb_Master]

I hope you got the Song Zhong #6

I believe she sold out of that some time ago.

And I see the 'Wild' 1978 and 2 that I ordered 'Lion Head' and 'Winter Snow' have now sold out -

- I got my order in just in time!

[PolyhymnianMuse]

Which teas did you order?

Be sure to let us know how they are! I hope you got the Song Zhong #6

No Songs to be seen.

Amount: $387.00 USD
Currency Conversion: £263.36 GBP = $387.00 USD
Currency From: GBP
Currency To: USD
Exchange Rate: 1.46948 The exchange rate for this purchase is 1 GBP = 1.46948USD
Subject: Tea Habitat Order
Note:
4oz 2008 Wu Dong Huang Zhi Xiang: $80
2oz 2008 Jiang Hua Xiang: $101
2oz 2008 Shi Tou Huang Zhi Xiang: $54
2oz 2008 Winter Snow Da Wu Ye: $45
2oz 07 Da Yu Qi - Big Leech: $50 07
Da Wu Ye special grade - Big Dark Leaf $22/3 oz
08 Huang Zhi Xiang first grade $18/3 oz
Total for tea is $370, shipping to UK is $17, grand total is $387.

When I was a babe in arms £1 would fetch $4 that would have made this a lot cheaper.

Wow $101 for just 2oz of a single tea? I suddenly feel much much better about the amount of money I spend on my tea habit... lmao

[Herb_Master]

Which teas did you order?

Be sure to let us know how they are! I hope you got the Song Zhong #6

No Songs to be seen.

Amount: $387.00 USD
Currency Conversion: £263.36 GBP = $387.00 USD
Currency From: GBP
Currency To: USD
Exchange Rate: 1.46948 The exchange rate for this purchase is 1 GBP = 1.46948USD
Subject: Tea Habitat Order
Note:
4oz 2008 Wu Dong Huang Zhi Xiang: $80
2oz 2008 Jiang Hua Xiang: $101
2oz 2008 Shi Tou Huang Zhi Xiang: $54
2oz 2008 Winter Snow Da Wu Ye: $45
2oz 07 Da Yu Qi - Big Leech: $50 07
Da Wu Ye special grade - Big Dark Leaf $22/3 oz
08 Huang Zhi Xiang first grade $18/3 oz
Total for tea is $370, shipping to UK is $17, grand total is $387.

When I was a babe in arms £1 would fetch $4 that would have made this a lot cheaper.

Wow $101 for just 2oz of a single tea? I suddenly feel much much better about the amount of money I spend on my tea habit... lmao

Yes I shall certainly be saving it until near the end when I have practiced all my skills 3

And at least until after Imen has given it a review and tasting notes!

It was one that I enquired about a few weeks back and she must have rememered because commented accordingly when she accepted my order!

[Herb_Master]

Wow $101 for just 2oz of a single tea? I suddenly feel much much better about the amount of money I spend on my tea habit... lmao

Well it is all sold out now, so someone else must be buying it!

[wyardley]

I have always shied away from Tea Habitat, because of the lack of an on-line ordering facility

In case folks are interested, Tea Habitat's main site now redirects to:
http://www.teahabitat.com/store/

[Herb_Master]

I have always shied away from Tea Habitat, because of the lack of an on-line ordering facility

In case folks are interested, Tea Habitat's main site now redirects to:
http://www.teahabitat.com/store/

Thanks for the info, a sparkling makeover, still a few teething troubles I suspect, should be even better as time goes by!

On your Meet Up, or as you are fairly local on any occasion, have you any views on the Green Canisters. No price showing at the moment or details. Are they double lidded? It would be kind of cute to store Imen's tea in Imen's canisters.

[Tea Noob]

they have a song zhong #4 at $63 per oz. Not sure I will reach that level of the tea game.

A perk of the expensive tea is that a canister comes with it. You should be getting some of the green ones free. Maybe that is a different one.

[Herb_Master]

On your Meet Up, or as you are fairly local on any occasion, have you any views on the Green Canisters. No price showing at the moment or details. Are they double lidded? It would be kind of cute to store Imen's tea in Imen's canisters.

No problem now, the site has been updated



Canisters free with orders of Lao Cong



But I have more than enough already

[Oni]

Does Teahabitat sell extraordinary tea? Better than most shops? Because the prices are very high, but does the quality match the price? If they truly sell unique, very high quality original tea, that is better than the stuff you find at teaspring or dragon teahouse, I would pay the price just to experience great chinese tea.

[Herb_Master]

Does Teahabitat sell extraordinary tea? Better than most shops? Because the prices are very high, but does the quality match the price? If they truly sell unique, very high quality original tea, that is better than the stuff you find at teaspring or dragon teahouse, I would pay the price just to experience great chinese tea.

I don't know about her other teas, but she has certainly been paraded across the Forum by a dozen members as the absolute Queen of DanCong.

The first 2 that I have tried, leave me willing to believe that they are right.

She certainly seems to be extremely knowledgeable about her DCs and how to brew them, any questions that you leave on her blog are answered very quickly, including brewing advice on how to get the best of the fragrance or maximise taste and texture.

My one pique at the moment is that she tends to get limited stocks of these prized teas - so comparing them with TeaChat friends can be a problem if she sells out quickly. The 2 that I would be prepared to review are no longer available.

The recent Californian TeaChat meet up spent plenty of time in her shop - I hope they will all give you their opinions on her DCs and other teas in her range