just get me up to speed

[olivierco]

Welcome!

Adagio sells samples for quite all teas.

The Ingeniutea is a good starting point for brewing leaf teas.

http://www.adagio.com/misc/no_risk.html

[Beidao]

I would suggest some Keemun or Yunnan Noir for you, if you like black tea. What other teas have you tried?

The proper way to brew tea: Watch the water temp and the steeping time. Different teas have different steeping times. Don't use too much leaf! Try a good teapot or a wide, open infuser basket.

[Sydney]

is there any way to avoid the online transaction when we buy that adagio stuff?

How do you mean?

[Sydney]

how to avoid using the credit cards n' stuff? (like mail order or something)

Ahh. They have a way to get quick answers at:

http://www.adagio.com/pages/email.html