chinese-tea.net site

The site seems to be selling funalliance teas. I've ordered many times from Funalliance.com. The site owner, Kam Leung, is a really nice guy, easy to deal with, ships promptly, and delivers awesome customer-service. The quality of the tea is unfortunately somewhat variable; some orders have been spectacular and some only so-so. His teawares are also really nice and quite cheap.

I generally order

Snowflake Dancong: fruity(peach or plum), resinous(woody), and a bit gingery. This tea has consistently been very good.

Tiguanyin King: in the past this has been spectacularly floral and fresh, but my most recent order was pretty mediocre. I'm going to email Kam to see what's going on.

Mountain Oolong: simple roasty-sweet oolong with some good fruit nuances. It probably won't blow you away but it's almost always good. Try it gongfu-style.

Longevity Eyebrow King: I've only ordered this once and this is my only experience with white tea so take the following with a grain of salt. This is a fun tea for me because brewing technique totally changes the expression of the liquor. The flavours and aromas range from spicy-sweet and strangely reminiscent of macadamia nut cookies, to very floral-sweet and fresh. Shorter steeps are better 160-170F. Kam says this one has "thick green tea flavor..." but I find it very subtle.

Oh, and for the trolls: I'm not in anyway affiliated with funalliance. Just a generally happy customer.

Cameron

Cameron,

Thanks for your report. As someone who is obviously serious about tea, could you let us know of other vendors you particularly like, and why?

Thanks, Joe Kubera