Numi spring white

Hi all,

I was wondering if anyone has tried Numi Tea Spring White loose tea, and if so, what is your opinion of it? Amazon.com seems to have a good deal on it, but I'm very hesitant to buy a 16 ounce bag without knowing anything about it first.

Thanks, Jonathan

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Jonathan
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I have two bags of it sitting right by me at the moment actually. I have the Numi Spring White and the Numi Spring White Tangerine.

I get mine from the grocery chain Wegman's loose, and to tell you the truth I'm not sure I'd want a pound of it. Stay away from the tangerine "flavored" one, it tastes like cleaning liquid... not that I regularly sample cleaning liquid...

The regular Numi Spring White is actually a very high quality leaf with a heavy level of fuzz on each leaf showing that they have received some care and attention in processing. The flavor is a little lacking, it is astringent and gets moreso with even the slightest mis-brewing.

I bought it to mix with some keemun for a black/white blend but it wasn't the flavor I was looking for. I'd say it would be a 1/4lb. at best even if you really liked it, but no more.

- Dominic

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Dominic T.

Thanks for the information. Unfortunately my local Wegmans doesn't have a loose tea section, so I'd be forced to buy it from Amazon.

Basically I'm looking for a loose white tea that's decent quality, and affordable enough that I can drink it frequently without worrying too much about the cost. The Numi Spring White comes out to about $1.56/ounce with free shipping; but I guess it would be a bad idea to buy such a large quantity at once. The next best price I can find is $20 for 4.3 ounces of Rishi silver needle, which comes out to $4.65/ounce.

Does anyone have any suggestions/advice to get the best bang per buck on white tea?

Thanks, Jonathan

Dom>> Hi all,

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Jonathan

On Oct 20, 5:10 pm, Jonathan wrote: Hi Jonathan I think that whole foods has numi tea , even their flowered ones . DO you have a whole fods in your area? We do not but San Antonio does and I bought numi flower tea for my young nephew who is just starting into tea. I started him (about a year ago) with"dragon Balls" he loved it was just a jasmine pearl. SO Ithought the other numi flowers would amuse him. He is 12 years old and a genius for his age... Proud TIA (aunt) Jenn His Dad buys him herbal teas,

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I'd start at the standard haunts, teaspring.com, uptontea.com, adagio.com, etc. Then from there if you search this NG you will find many of the members suggestions for vendors other than those three.

Those prices are all too high, I would hold off and pick up some or even a bunch of samples from one of the sites I listed for a low price and decide what you like. White tea is very hard to nail down without tasting it due to the wild variance of quality and processing.

- Dominic

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Dominic T.

Dominic, I really wouldn't mention teaspring.com in the same sentence as the other two. The TeaSpring guys know their tea and they are prepared to answer questions, and provide knowledgeable individualized and personalized service. The other two have a tremendous number of low to low-mid level teas. While there is nothing wrong with that, go to TeaSpring to buy and to learn. That's my opinion. Don't shop at impersonal warehouses; the price difference doesn't justify it.

Michael

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Michael Plant

I agree, which is why I try to always make sure I list teaspring.com first. The other two are way lower on my personal list, but for someone just starting out all three offer "good enough" quality and low shipping rates as well as reasonable samples.

I think Upton's tries to do a decent job, and Adagio is my personal scourge mainly due to the fact that I hate their "musical" naming scheme. But they do fit the bill for what the OP is looking for. Teaspring has some holes in their offerings, and Upton's many times has the filler... again Adagio was just to throw out a name off the top of my head that I knew sold white tea and had samples and cheap shipping.

I'm not a white tea person, I've had all manner and it never quite does it for me. So by all means if anyone knows more "real" vendors please share them... I did my best to give the OP some options besides being sidled with a poud of fairly unattractive white tea for a pretty penny.

- Dominic

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Dominic T.

I understand that the comment above about Teaspring/Upton/Adagio was in regard to their white teas selection. However, IMHO, Upton has got great Darjeeling offerings...among the best selections around.

Phyll

Dom> > Dominic, I really wouldn't mention teaspring.com in the same sentence as the

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Phyll

I'm happy to hear it, and I don't doubt your experience. Mine however was different: I'd once ordered a selection of early season Dargeelings from them, and the tea was poor down the line. I think it was their race to market coupled with my race to be the first kid on the block that year. Nonetheless, there was no excuse, and I was vastly underwhelmed. Michael

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Michael Plant

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toci

Michael,

I had Upton's 1st flush Makaibari and others and thought they were good, especially the Makaibari.

So where do you buy your Darjeel> > I understand that the comment above about Teaspring/Upton/Adagio was in

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Phyll

I'll plug the place I buy Makaibari's from (owned by the sister-in-law of the plantation owner):

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They have other types of teas as well, but I haven't tried those.

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Aloke Prasad

Hey guys,

I know this is m> > I understand that the comment above about Teaspring/Upton/Adagio...

To which MP replies, No I didn't either! (In this case, BTW, it wasn't drivel, but a perfectly intelligent comment for which I hardly want credit.

Thank you for your concern.

Michael

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Michael Plant

If you count the number of chevrons, you can tell that the text following "Michael Plant wrote:" isn't Plant but Plant *quoting* somebody else. I know this is easy to miss, but it isn't wrong, and it tells you something you might want to know. This is why I always insert some indication of snippage (e.g "[...Plant complains...]") when I omit part of the post I'm responding to.

/Lew

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Lewis Perin

Lewis snipped-for-privacy@panix1.panix.com10/26/06 10: snipped-for-privacy@panix.com

Your point is well taken. I hereby withdraw my request before it takes off into flights of wasted bandwidth. I've resorted to the [Lew] method of organizing quotes, a technique I'd stolen from I forget whom. Michael

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