Favorite Vendors?
Today I'd like to go over some of my favorite vendors on the market and what I purchase from them:
Yunnan Sourcing
Being a puer-head, I am always ordering puer from Yunnan Sourcing. If you drink puer like I do every day, you know life can get very expensive. On Yunnan, I sort by price and pick out some pretty cheap options with good reviews. These are my daily drinkers to help me maintain my consumption without hurting the wallet too badly.
Yunnan Sourcing has two websites. One where they send you stock from their base in China, and another where they send from the United States. I prefer the China site for subscription-based services such as their various monthly tea boxes, and the US one for everything else.
China site: https://yunnansourcing.com/
US site: https://yunnansourcing.us/
Crimson Lotus
I prefer Crimson when I'm looking for a gourmet puer. While on the pricier side, each tea I've ordered from here has been a treat and I use these as special occasion puers. As I mentioned in another post, they also have one of my favorite brewers on the entire market. This is a solid site for both accessories and teas of all types.
If you are in the US, it is worth it to check out the Seattle inventory to save on tariff fees.
What-Cha
While I don't visit What-Cha as often as I used to, they are an excellent source for non-puer teas. If I'm feeling like a black, oolong, green, white, or special variety of tea, this is where I will go. I ordered from here heavily as I was working my way through the book "The Story of Tea" by Mary Lou Heiss. Nothing beats reading about a special preparation method and then being able to order the tea it describes.
How about you? Do you have any favorites? Have experience with those I listed above?
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