silk road

The one with the "s" on the end is the one you've been reading about here.

Sorry, I know nothing about the other one.

As of November, they had a nice, robust Keemun in their low price slot and a delicious, ethereal Mao Feng-style Keemun called Hong Tao or Red Peach. I'm a sucker for most of their Phoenix oolongs, and their Tongyu Mountain Green is a reliable inexpensive green tea.

/Lew

I have problems with the one in San Rafael. I returned teas, had to call again and again to get my money back. People there are very polite and nice while having you on the phone. Do not expect, however, for things to happen the way you are promised. I had teas not sent to me because someone forgot. I still wait for the money for tea I returned 4 months ago. I was also promised samples or replacement tea that they acknowledge was bad and was promised to get replacements - never happened. But again - cannot accuse them of being impolite or anything. The owner - David - hates computers and is very proud of that. So they do not have a web site or sell over the net. The lack of computers also make it easier to "forget" things, I guess. You have to remember what you ordered, so keep detailed records and compare teh shipments with your records. Davis is a very knowledgable guy and truly loves what he does and some of the teas I bought from them were very good. However some were so bad that I suspect that he may also be at mercy of his suppliers rather than buying according to his own judgement.

Sasha.

"Jenn" wrote in message news: snipped-for-privacy@z34g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...

Ned, David's newer partner has started a meager website and promises to enhance it in the future. Currently there is little more than a price list and that price list is by no means complete.

-- Mike Petro

snip

[Lew re Silk Road Teas]

The other one specializes in flavored and aroma therapy stuff, which they might be quite good at, if that is your wont. For real tea, the one with the "s" on the end is the one you want, as Lew suggests above.

Michael

Then there's yet another,

(higher-end) and eBay store (cheaper stuff, IIRC). Reasonable deals on mid-grade Yixing pots, especially in bulk. Haven't tried their teas. As someone here pointed out, it's a fairly common trade name.

-DM

And there is yet another in the long line - cybersilkroad.com

They have an astonishing number of v. interesting looking teas, reasonably priced. But I have had a bad experience with them, and do not patronize them anymore..............p*

Thanks for the info. I did think the aroma stuff was kinda hokey for a quality tea site. All of you thank you. I love phoenix also so much. There are so many oolongs many....you know. Is keeman the malty one, or is yunnan gold. How are they alike? Or Different? I know there are many of you guys that know this info because I think most of you are pretty expert in tea. Again I will ask for your input. All for tea; Jenn

Keemun's the chocolaty one, to my taste buds. Yunnan gold can have smoky, peppery, and sweet maple components, sometimes all at once. When I think of malt, though, I think of Assam.

/Lew

Thanks Lew I sometimes get them confused because I dont know them. Now I know what more to add to am orders. Thanks youre a gem Jenn