I never did write about my disheartening trip to my favorite tea store in Chinatown a few weeks back. In a nutshell though, I went to Red Blossom Tea Company with the specific statement and intent of buying a white tea, but they wouldn't let me try their samples and tried to push the most expensive one on me. Basically they were dismissive and seemingly uninterested in helping me select a tea to purchase. I did write a disappointed review on Yelp.com and the store owner did apologize, so they get some credit back, but that was rude, even for a Chinese store.
Anyways, the reason I bring this up is because this eventually led me to purchase the white tea that I wanted to talk about.
I bought 1 lb of organic silver needle white tea from Davidson Tea Co. at, believe it or not, Amazon.com. It came in a brown paperbag sealed with one of those fold-in twisties. Like the way coffee is sealed. I just tried some today and it was light, sweet and of great quality white.
The price was the coolest part: $45. ^_^
It actually baffles me a bit why their white tea would be so cheap, but then again, I did believe we pay too much here in the US for tea. It could be the other stores are overcharging.... (after all, if this tea is organic, the price should be even higher, right?).
Who would have guessed? For all the high-end tea stores out there, the best deal for great quality is at Amazon.com.
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