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Uptons or Culinary tea?

Hi,

I usually buy my tea through Special Teas, (and previously--Adagio), but I would like to try some teas not available through that company. I like black teas for the most part and am considering several breakfast blends and a Keemun. My last batch of Earl Grey and Special Grade Keemun faded to stale rather quickly for 4 oz bags. In fact the broken leaf Keemun wasn't as powerful as the first bag I bought. I would like to know if anyone has experience with Culinary Teas? There are some breakfast or traditional blend samplers I'd like to try along with the Keemun Panda #1 and the Lady Londerry or Prince of Wales. I'm particularly interested in trying the Scottish Breakfast and the Canadian Breakfast--they're included in the sampler I may order. The last time I had a Lady Londonderry was 8 years ago and it was only available from Jackson's Of Piccadilly. So if anyone has tried it from Culinary Teas, I would like your feedback. I'm going to buy my tea in tins this time in an attempt to keep them fresher longer--taking into consideration that the stock is fresh to begin with.

I've heard that Uptons is reliable. However, their sampler of blended teas wasn't as tempting and more expensive. I realize that Culinary Teas is a smaller company so I'm concerned about the tea being fresh. If you have any feedback on this, please let me know!

Thanks,

Renee

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Frank & Renee
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Sorry I can't give you feedback on Culinary, but wanted to tell you if you like Keemuns that Upton has an absolutely terrific Keemun they call China Keemun Mao Feng, ZK98, at a reasonable price of around $35 a pound even in small quantity.

-- Randy (if replying by e-mail, remove SPAMFREE and DeLeTe from my address)

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RJP

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Agreed. That Keemun Mao Feng is great.

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Warren C. Liebold

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I'm drinking a Keemun Hao Y at the moment, which I had bought a year and a half ago. It is as good or better than it was. Keemun is said to age gracefully. I'm getting that rich cocoa aroma and taste I love in a Keemun. I wonder if that quality increases with the age of the tea. Nice to have a tea that improves with age.

Michael

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Michael Plant

Yes, I order from Culinary Teas that which I don't get from Upton and the friend who referred me there orders their Russian Caravan. Why don't you get samples of the teas in which you're interested to verify that the quality is up to your standard? They come in heat-sealed ziplock bags - very handy.

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Bluesea

Correction, should read: They come in ziplock bags (etc.).

Looking at one of my old sample bags, it didn't appear as though I had torn or cut the top off above the ziplock.

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Bluesea

Thank you...that was the information I was looking for. I'll be placing my order soon.

Renee

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Frank & Renee

Thank you--I'm going to try the Mao Feng when I place my first order at Upton's sometime soon.

Renee

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Frank & Renee

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