TGFOP Tea Reviews (c) Silverneedles est.2005

Click on Store Name for Review focus mainly on stores that have loose leaf tea

I am not friends with any, i dont have any interest financial or otherwise in any of them.
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CALIFORNIA / Los Angeles Area Tea Stores:

Chado Tea Room (Beverly Hills, Pasadena) - variety of loose teas/Herbal

Teavana (San Francisco & Los Angeles) NOT RECC

Wing Hop Fung (LA-Chinatown) - REC for Chinese teas & Accessories

TenRen Tea (LA-Chinatown) - REC for Chinese Teas

Leaforever (Pasadena) - REC if beginner to loose leaf tea

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NEW YORK / NYC 5 borros

Ito En Flagship Store (Manhattan) - REC for Japanese tea, Accessories, more.

Kam Man (Manhattan) - REC for Chinese teas (small selection) & Tea Accessories

Hong Kong Market (Flushing,NY) - “REC” for lots of tea bags/packaged & Accessories

TenRen Tea (Manhattan-Chinatown) not been there yet, but probably like other TR

Tea Gallery (Manhattan) Great reputation among tea buyers.

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VERMONT
Dobra Tea - (Burlington)

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INTERNET TEA STORES

Yunnan Sourcing LLC

PuerhShop

Zhong Guo Cha

Jing Tea (had samples, good size). UK based, ship time: ~ 1week to USA.

Houde (quality comes with a price, and a nice owner).

TeaSpring — large selection of Chinese teas. Ships from China. they say delivery 1-2 weeks.

Sencha, japanese tea — Denstea.com, Zencha.net, O-cha.com, Hibiki-an.com

Adagio Teas

Upton (dont like their website and insane variety of the same tea, but lack many types of other teas)