Where to Buy Good Tea - Try Buying Tea Online

Although some people are happy drinking cheap (mostly bagged) tea, they're missing out on the variety and quality available to those who buy good tea online from a speciality outlet.
If you're asking where to buy good tea, then it's safe to say that you're the sort of person who appreciates what REAL tea is!

There's Tea and There's Real Tea...

There is a big difference between bagged teas and loose leaf tea. Fresh tea leaves are packed with antioxidants and essential oils which provide tea's health benefits and its unique flavor. Tea bags on the other hand normally contain a lot of "fanning" - low quality crushed or powdered leaves.

When a tea leaf is crushed, many of the essential oils are lost, and with them a lot of the flavor. In fact, artificial flavors are often added to bagged tea to improve the taste.

Loose leaf tea consists of whole leaves (or at least large pieces of leaf), hand-plucked and bursting with flavor and antioxidant goodness. High quality loose leaf tea can be infused 5 or 6 times, so it is economical as well as healthy.

So, Where can I Buy Good Tea?

Unless you're very lucky, you probably don't live near a speciality tea store. Even if you do, you may find their prices prohibitively expensive. Therefore, I would suggest that the best place to buy good tea is online. Using a specialist online retailer will give you access to a huge range of high quality teas at a reasonable price. Not only that, but the convenience is a huge bonus - place an order, wait a day or two and it
will be delivered to your door!

An online retailer will know their teas inside out - ask a question about the tea in your local supermarket, and a blank stare is the most likely result. On the other hand, when buying online you will find detailed
descriptions of each tea, and you can always contact them if you'd like their expert advice.

I used to drink what I thought was good bagged tea, and only after a friend introduced me to buying tea online did I realise what I was missing! Now I have a range of fantastic real teas suitable for every occasion. I personally like a good Oolong (my favorite at the moment is organic Wuyi Shuixian) in the morning, and Jasmine Pearls or Baihao Yinzhen white tea the rest of the day.

I strongly encourage you to buy good tea online. You'll benefit from superior taste, variety, low cost and convenience - what more could you ask for?
   By Ned Benjamin
Published: 10/22/2009
 
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