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Tea and Prices

Hi all,

I would like to hear from you about the prices of tea and what prices suggest about the teas' qualities.

Recently I have become disturbed by how Starbucks labels its coffees as "premium" coffees. But given that the costs of their coffees are at a level that are not "premium", I feel that the use of the english language is extremely "loose." Same applies to some of the tea retailers that I see who sell their teas as "premium" at 2-4 dollars for 3 ounces or 12 sachets. If that's premium than what are the teas that are sold for at 15 dollars an ounce at places such as rishi-tea.com, nalatea.com, thefragrantleaf.com, and inpursuitoftea.com?

Of course if a tea is priced high does not mean that it is good or the person drinking it will think that it is good. However, I would have to say that there is a reason for the price differences. I have high doubts toward teas being sold at such low prices.

I guess tea is tea and every kind of tea has its own respective charctheristic depending on its growth environment (high elevation vs. low, humidity vs. dry heat, etc.). This even means that low priced teas have their own unique charactheristics that are appealing.

I guess my point is that to claim lower priced teas as premium or top of the line teas can be misleading.

Any thoughts on this?

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law2255
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Overpriced.

I won't even look at anything that's over two-fitty an ounce, unless I can sample it -- and at that price it had better be really kick-ass leaf to be worth my money.

stePH

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stePH

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The site updates weekly, and it's market report page is well researched and written - it basically covers all the major international tea auction centres and current prevailing prices. It's a good indication of what the prices of teas are at the first level [bulk sale]- premium, good or bad. Sidman

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Sidman

strangely enough, you can actually buy tea loose, and of better quality (penny per gram), which is actually cheaper than the basic lipton bags which are awful. Packaging perhaps? or just uninformed consumers. What I really don't understand is why lipton and celestial seasonings, and other giants don't market better tea, as if they sold better stuff, they would draw more customers and make more money, even though they would be paying higher prices for the tea to start.

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TeaDave

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