Organic Chinese Greens--Recommended Vendors?

by **Garrett** » Apr 20th, '12, 22:05

Organic Chinese Greens--Recommended Vendors?

by Garrett » Apr 20th, '12, 22:05

I'm looking for some recommended vendors of organic Chinese greens. Who would you guys recommend?

Thanks in advance to anyone who helps steer me in the right direction.

by **blairswhitaker** » Apr 21st, '12, 05:03

Re: Organic Chinese Greens--Recommended Vendors?

by blairswhitaker » Apr 21st, '12, 05:03

I recommend
seven cups
mad monk tea
the whole leaf
red blossom has several choices that that are grown organic but not certified.

by **Intelligen_tea_...** » Apr 23rd, '12, 16:46

Re: Organic Chinese Greens--Recommended Vendors?

by Intelligen_tea_... » Apr 23rd, '12, 16:46

I second Seven Cups and Red Blossom (have you seen the price for their finest dragonwell? $85 for 2oz :shock:

). I might also add Verdant Tea. All of these selections are known for their quality and commitment to justice and sustainability, as well as being organic.

by **teaisme** » Apr 26th, '12, 17:39

Re: Organic Chinese Greens--Recommended Vendors?

by teaisme » Apr 26th, '12, 17:39

Not really a reccomendation since I have not tried any of these, but you can try them out and tell me how good they are :mrgreen:

teaspring has some greens listed as certified organic...
http://www.teaspring.com/Dong-Ting-Bi-Luo-Chun.asp
http://www.teaspring.com/Cha-Wang-Huang ... o-Feng.asp
http://www.teaspring.com/Huang-Shan-Mao-Feng.asp
http://www.teaspring.com/Cha-Wang-Lu-An-Gua-Pian.asp
http://www.teaspring.com/Xu-Fu-Long-Ya.asp

yunnan souricng just started selling a few new 2012 as well at very low prices....
http://www.yunnansourcing.com/store/cat ... category=4
I have a suspicion these new 2012 ones are a big step up from the previous organic green tea offerings on the site.

anyone try any of those yet? From either vendor?

by **JRS22** » Apr 27th, '12, 09:54

Re: Organic Chinese Greens--Recommended Vendors?

by JRS22 » Apr 27th, '12, 09:54

teaisme wrote:yunnan souricng just started selling a few new 2012 as well at very low prices....
http://www.yunnansourcing.com/store/cat ... category=4
I have a suspicion these new 2012 ones are a big step up from the previous organic green tea offerings on the site.

On what do you base this suspicion?

by **Poohblah** » Apr 27th, '12, 11:30

Re: Organic Chinese Greens--Recommended Vendors?

by Poohblah » Apr 27th, '12, 11:30

JRS22 wrote:
teaisme wrote:yunnan souricng just started selling a few new 2012 as well at very low prices....
http://www.yunnansourcing.com/store/cat ... category=4
I have a suspicion these new 2012 ones are a big step up from the previous organic green tea offerings on the site.

On what do you base this suspicion?

Because Scott is awesome and sells some great teas.

That is the reason, right? :mrgreen:

by **teaisme** » Apr 27th, '12, 13:58

Re: Organic Chinese Greens--Recommended Vendors?

by teaisme » Apr 27th, '12, 13:58

what poohblah said!

Also gut feeling and a little pieces here and there, like the pics for the previous organic teas seem more on the heavier roasted side (not really what I want though not a bad thing necessarily), wuliang is a good place for tea to grow no?, some previous organics don't state harvest, one is not spring, price differences, etc etc jasmine pearls

by **iannon** » Apr 27th, '12, 18:15

Re: Organic Chinese Greens--Recommended Vendors?

by iannon » Apr 27th, '12, 18:15

Teaspring sells some organic chinese teas as well but you kind of have to search for them

by **etorix** » Apr 28th, '12, 03:33

Re: Organic Chinese Greens--Recommended Vendors?

by etorix » Apr 28th, '12, 03:33

ive liked pretty much everything ive tried from both Verdant and Teaspring tbh

on teaspring im working on their list of 2012s, currently 2 Meng Dings cued up for the weekend

the only negatory is that both packages ive received arrived OPEN, tho nothing was stolen

sloppy Customs mb, but why only them?

by **JRS22** » Apr 28th, '12, 15:18

Re: Organic Chinese Greens--Recommended Vendors?

by JRS22 » Apr 28th, '12, 15:18

teaisme wrote:what poohblah said!

Also gut feeling and a little pieces here and there, like the pics for the previous organic teas seem more on the heavier roasted side (not really what I want though not a bad thing necessarily), wuliang is a good place for tea to grow no?, some previous organics don't state harvest, one is not spring, price differences, etc etc jasmine pearls

I like to deal with vendors that inspire that level of trust. That's how I feel about Jing Tea Shop and Seven Cups. I'll have to take a closer look at Yunnan Sourcing offerings.