For those brethren and sistren who are aficionados of fine loose-leaf tea, I found this tea back in May, right after the Spring 2018 picking became available:
Imperial Pure Gold Bi Luo Chun Black Tea of Feng Qing - Autumn*2018
It sold out so fast that I was only able to grab one small 50 gram packet. It is absolutely the best Congou (Chinese red tea...the stuff most undiscerning Westerners call "black" tea) I've ever tasted. As you can see, there's nothing "black" about it:
Fortunately, I caught this Autumn 2018 picking before it was all gone, and I ordered 500g. It oughta last me until Spring 2019. :twisted:
It's on sale now (15% discount until Monday...if it lasts that long), but you have to remember to enter the BF15 coupon code when you check out. I forgot to do that, but Scott at YunnanSourcing is so friggin' awesome that he refunded me the 15%.
I've been buying from YunnanSourcing.com for years. It's a first class operation.
BTW, the shipping options can be confusing. They're explained in full here: Yunnan Sourcing Shipping Page
If you're not sure whether you can trust your package to be there when the mailman drops it off, choose China Post EMS. If you're confident that some assclown won't steal the package, China Post Express - Large to US prolly has the best combination of economy and short shipping time.
There are only a couple of other teas I’d pay this much for, and they’re not as good as this one.
Imperial Pure Gold Bi Luo Chun Black Tea of Feng Qing - Autumn*2018
It sold out so fast that I was only able to grab one small 50 gram packet. It is absolutely the best Congou (Chinese red tea...the stuff most undiscerning Westerners call "black" tea) I've ever tasted. As you can see, there's nothing "black" about it:
Fortunately, I caught this Autumn 2018 picking before it was all gone, and I ordered 500g. It oughta last me until Spring 2019. :twisted:
It's on sale now (15% discount until Monday...if it lasts that long), but you have to remember to enter the BF15 coupon code when you check out. I forgot to do that, but Scott at YunnanSourcing is so friggin' awesome that he refunded me the 15%.
I've been buying from YunnanSourcing.com for years. It's a first class operation.
BTW, the shipping options can be confusing. They're explained in full here: Yunnan Sourcing Shipping Page
If you're not sure whether you can trust your package to be there when the mailman drops it off, choose China Post EMS. If you're confident that some assclown won't steal the package, China Post Express - Large to US prolly has the best combination of economy and short shipping time.
There are only a couple of other teas I’d pay this much for, and they’re not as good as this one.
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