What's good at TenRen?

In the past I've had hit and miss experiences with TenRen, one white tea in a clear bag was average, another tea I don't remember also wasn't too exciting, but recently I got their dark oolong 2nd grade and ti kuan yin 3rd grade and for the price they're excellent in my estimation. Which other teas are good there, and which ones are not so good? How much could I save by ordering the same tea from stores like teaspring and hao de which are in China? thx! -ak

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andrei.avk
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Wait... it's after April Fools Day isn't it? Seriously though, hit or miss with a large number of misses pretty much sums it up. It's not that there is anything inherently wrong, just that for the most part equal or better tea can be had for cheaper elsewhere and online. I have heard some good things about a few of their oolongs and especially the boxed tins they sell... but I'm not one for green or flowery oolongs so it limits my experience. They will occasionally have a really special tea or two though.

I got a pretty good Dragonwell from them, but not much else. Teaspring can easily match or beat them in a number of teas. My experience was met with disinterested, hurried, and slightly rude Taiwanese women who weren't the least bit interested in offering any information or assistance even though I was spending quite a bit of money with them. YMMV, and it seems it varies with each tea too. Houde is in a class above Ten Ren from my experiences.

- Dominic

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Dominic T.

The Ten Ren teas are all from Taiwan, and are different than mainland Chinese teas.

The pricing and quality at Ten Ren do not seem to be correlated well at all. I strongly recommend getting the second to lowest grade Oriental Beauty tea, and also their second lowest grade tikuanyin. Most of their more expensive teas are very overpriced. Oh yes, and the cheapest osmanthus is worth trying if you like flavoured teas; as you go to higher grades they seem to get more heavily scented and the tea flavours are lost under the osmanthus flavours.

--scott

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Scott Dorsey

I did not notice this in the store, but on the site they have 2 separate categories, china ti kuan yin and taiwan ti kuan yin. Didn't check all the other types..

That's interesting.. I'm not really into flavored teas, but I got their 2nd to last grade of ti kuan yin (which is 'grade 3' according to the website), and it's very noticeably inferior to 3rd from last tung ting 'dark oolong', which is 'grade 2' in the store. However, in the store it didn't say whether it's chinese or taiwan ti kuan yin, so this may be a different tea.. Which one did you try and where did you get it? thanks!

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andrei.avk

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