I am a newbie to this very promising looking (and established) Newsgroup. My query is simple enough. I am based in Ireland and I came across Russian Caravan blend from Fortnum and Masons after a trip to London about a year ago. I've also bought some loose Russian Caravan from a market stall in Cambridge. This is an extremely refreshing blend with a fantastic delicate flavour. I appreciate their are subtle differences in the way different blenders blend the stuff. What I am looking for is a recommendation of a mail order source (based in UK/England - Ireland is a dead loss for a blend as non mainstream as Russian Caravan and more is the pity!...). The Fortnum blend is very good IMHO.
I've visited the Fortnum & Mason's (European postage rates/minimum order expensive), Whittards of Chelsea and Grey's Tea websites. Grey's looks to be the best value for mail order and I've read good reviews of Whittards Russian Caravan in the archives of this NG. If anyone can provide a recommendation of a source in the UK for a really good Russian Caravan blend I would really appreciate it. If the postage rates are keen I may even look at a source outside of UK (eg USA). I'm just thinking of getting a few 125g bags of blended leaves for my own use (non commercial)
Have a good cuppa today.
--Ian.