Tea sources/kinds of tea

[Scientific hippie]

I had been ordering the black tea blend from getkombucha.com; it's good. I like to be able to taste the tea as well as the flavoring. Recently, I have been making Bray's 3-day mead with the recommended honeybush tea. I ordered some from https://www.tealyra.com; the shipment came with a coupon code. I went to their Web site and found that they have a lot of black and green teas, and are less expensive than kombucha.com. Four oz. of the Getkombucha black tea blend costs $24.99; if you buy three packages, they charge $50.00. I just ordered two different black teas, Tarry Lapsang Souchong Superior and Doke Black Fusion handmade, 3.5 oz. each. With the perpetual 25% off coupon code, it came out to $25.75 including shipping. I'm going to see if I like either/both of these teas. What do other folks like?

 

[hottpeper13]

I like using a 50% black and 50% green. Lately I've been using the bulk bin tea at Woodmans for $19.04 a pound. I get the Irish breakfast blend when they have it or the English breakfast when they don't for the black and I really enjoy the Gun powder green tea. I picked the ones I can drink hot without a sweetener or with very little. I package mine at the point of still having tea flavor and tart. Sometimes the tea flavor gose away in secondary.

 

[Atalanta]

My fave is Herbalcom.com. They basically sell everything by the pound so it's great for stocking up. I get my green tea, stevia, hibiscus, etc from them. My next order will probably include oolong since I'll be starting to make booch then.

 

[GregP507]

I had been ordering the black tea blend from getkombucha.com; it's good. I like to be able to taste the tea as well as the flavoring. Recently, I have been making Bray's 3-day mead with the recommended honeybush tea. I ordered some from https://www.tealyra.com; the shipment came with a coupon code. I went to their Web site and found that they have a lot of black and green teas, and are less expensive than kombucha.com. Four oz. of the Getkombucha black tea blend costs $24.99; if you buy three packages, they charge $50.00. I just ordered two different black teas, Tarry Lapsang Souchong Superior and Doke Black Fusion handmade, 3.5 oz. each. With the perpetual 25% off coupon code, it came out to $25.75 including shipping. I'm going to see if I like either/both of these teas. What do other folks like?

I have been brewing my own kombucha for a few years, but it seemed that something was missing from mine that I tasted in other kombuchas. I recently bought a new batch of black tea imported from India and I immediately noticed a big improvement. I can't say what my old tea was, but it was a rather large container that I got from a relative. I have no idea how old it was or what quality it was, but the new tea definitely made for a big improvement.