Ebay stores

[devites]

Can someone please tell me of any good japanese tea ebay stores? Also good ebay stores to get chinese greens?

[shogun89]

I haven't tried any green tea from here yet but they seem to have a great selection of Chinese green at a very reasonable price.

http://stores.ebay.com/Dragon-Tea-House ... idZ2QQtZkm

[devites]

I have an order of Dragonwell on its way from them already. Thanks anyway

[shogun89]

I have an order of Dragonwell on its way from them already. Thanks anyway

Oh, there dragon looks good, which one did you get? Please tell me what you think of it when you get it.

[devites]

I got the premium and salsero I believe got the superfine and edit:nonpareili and were going to do a taste test.

[shogun89]

I got the premium and salsero I believe got the superfine and supreme and were going to do a taste test.

That sounds really cool!!! Have fun! and I cant wait to hear the results!

[Salsero]

I got the premium and salsero I believe got the superfine and supreme and were going to do a taste test.

That sounds really cool!!!

I'd be happy to send you some of what I ordered so you can test with us. It will be more than I need and no one else joined in on our little tasting.

[Wesli]

Sorry, but I've never heard of an Ebay Store with good Japanese tea.

[Splinters]

I've ordered from Dragon Tea House before. I definitely have mixed feelings about them. I can't recall all of the details, but here's what I remember:

-- The green tea I purchased from them (can't recall which) was middle-grade.

-- The jasmine buds I ordered were old and scentless.

-- The "eight treasures" herbal I ordered was really nice, and a pleasant change of pace.

-- And the blooming display teas were made with low-quality green tea that turned bitter far too quickly to be enjoyed.

[Salsero]

I definitely have mixed feelings about them.

I've always thought of DTH as a place to get puerh tea and maybe teaware. Green and oolong I have always ordered elsewhere. I don't use herbal, blooming, or jasmine. I just ordered some Long Jing that is supposed to be high quality, but we will see!

[hop_goblin]

I haven't tried any green tea from here yet but they seem to have a great selection of Chinese green at a very reasonable price.

http://stores.ebay.com/Dragon-Tea-House ... idZ2QQtZkm

Diddo!

[gingkoseto]

I have no experience with this store. But about your comment 1, the tea is middle-grade - do you mean the tea is labeled as 'middle grade"? If so, I think it's totally ok. Most teas in US market, just from the price you can tell, they are not top-grade. But it's totally fine. In China, Japan and other tea drinking countries, most people drink Grade II or Grade III tea most of the time too. Many Grade II and Grade III teas are already very good. Grade I teas are very expensive, and costs of transporting and warehousing them could be a few times more than their own price. Most retailers cannot afford, or it's not profitable for them to carry Grade I tea.

I totally agree with your last comments about blooming display tea. I don't think they are made for drinking and I don't like the whole idea at all.

I've ordered from Dragon Tea House before. I definitely have mixed feelings about them. I can't recall all of the details, but here's what I remember:

-- The green tea I purchased from them (can't recall which) was middle-grade.

-- The jasmine buds I ordered were old and scentless.

-- The "eight treasures" herbal I ordered was really nice, and a pleasant change of pace.

-- And the blooming display teas were made with low-quality green tea that turned bitter far too quickly to be enjoyed.

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[puerhking]

I have bought 4 or 5 different chinese greens from Yunnan Sourcing all of which were quite good. I do have one that is very difficult to brew correctly, however. I get it right once in a while.

[Salsero]

I definitely have mixed feelings about them.

I just ordered some Long Jing that is supposed to be high quality, but we will see!

The long jing arrived a while ago. I got the Nonpareil and Superfine, which I have shared out with Devites and Shogun. They are both top notch teas. I would have to say the Nonpareil is even better than the TeaSpring Emperor Long Jing that is my usual LJ. (TeaSpring also has one or two more expensive ones that I have not tasted, and which are probably mind blowing.) A big drawback to the Dragon Tea House LJ is that you have to order at least 100 grams, which is a lot for me. TeaSpring lets you order as little as 25 grams, which suits my consumption habits much better.

But the long and short of it is that I will have to change my thinking about Dragon Tea House. Gordon is no longer running just a puerh shop: This is some serious green tea.

[chamekke]

The long jing arrived a while ago. I got the Nonpareil and Superfine, which I have shared out with Devites and Shogun. They are both top notch teas. I would have to say the Nonpareil is even better than the TeaSpring Emperor Long Jing that is my usual LJ.

Ooh, that does sound promising. I look forward to hearing what Devites and Shogun have to say about it, too!