Chinese Tea

My suggestion is that you browse the shopping without any pre-conceived notion, and let whichever tea excites your senses...I think there is an online vendor Guang who lives in Houston, you may like to chat him up at

and see if he has a shop front that you can visit.

Danny

Here is an arbitrary list of ten commercial Chinese teas with alternate spellings. Not all Chinatowns are the same. If I give you a specific brand of a specific tea you may not find it. If it were me, I'd buy something of each on many trips including ones not on this list. Take your time! I can imagine you ending up with many mysterious teas over the months but not too us. You can Google this group for more information of what you buy or ask questions when you have the specifics. I'd stay away from anything more expensive than nickel/gram. Also buy loose tea and not teabags. Your tastebuds are more important than what somebody says. I don't know your tea background but there was never an Indian,Ceylon,African tea I didn't like. I can't say the same for Chinese tea in general but once you get it you're hooked. I can always find something to buy in a well stocked Chinatown and it's been a wonderful experience over the decades.

Jim

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Well, what kind of teas do you like? I'll first recommend looking for black teas... there should be some sort of keemun, and a yunnan, and maybe a litchi black tea.

If you find any of the teas made by the "haichao teablocks co. ltd." let me know. They'll be in long, thin boxes that may look like bags at first. Our local stores have the green jasmine and the pu ehr varieties from them, but none of the others. I'd love to try their black.

--scott

Scott -

Can you send me a picture of such a box? My email is xyz1953(AT)hotmail.com

Sasha.

No, but you should be able to see one on

without much trouble. The jasmine tea is pretty good. I don't know about the others.... the sticky rice tea and the black tea are definitely on my list of things to try.

The little square blocks are very convenient for travelling.

--scott