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If fine teas are new to you and you're wondering what to try, the best way is to order a number of different samples to see what you like best. Each sample bag will make at least a few different cups of tea, which will give you a chance to try different water temperatures and steeping times.

Online Retailers
This is a small list of some of the more popular current retailers.

Silk Road Teas at www.silkroadteas.com
Silk Road Teas is an importer of artisan and rare teas from China. They offer a complete line of unblended full-leaf varieties in white, green, Oolong, black and Pu-erh teas to wholesale and retail markets. They travel extensively in China every year, visiting small farms and out-of-the-way tea markets, to find those teas that offer their customers a distinct tea experience. They buy many of our teas in the early spring when the taste characteristics of the leaves are most delicate and distinct. As a result, their company is widely recognized for the variety and unparalleled quality of its teas.

Upton Tea Imports at www.uptontea.com
They have a large variety of Darjeelings and Assams, and a good selection of every other kind of tea. It's best to check their "New Arrivals" to make sure you're getting fresh tea, and when reading customer reviews and comments, check the date of the reviews-some are a year or more old, and thus refer to a lot of tea they no longer have. Each year's vintage will be a little different, like wines.

Pure-A-Tea at www.pureatea.com is your one-stop shop for the best, purest and most flavorful loose teas available in the world. We bring teas to you that you cannot buy in the average American grocery store and often cannot buy in ethnic grocery stores either. We search hard to find loose teas from China, India, Sri Lanka, Japan, Vietnam and other tea-growing countries that will make you never want to go back to tea bags.

Special Teas at www.specialteas.com
They have a very good price on the Teeli infuser. They also have customer reviews of individual teas. Very good variety and customer service.

Holy Mountain Trading Co. at www.holymtn.com
While their shipping price is a little higher than some at $6.00, they have a good variety.

Imperial Tea Court at www.imperialtea.com
A good variety of excellent teas, but they tend to be pricey.

Gray and Seddon at www.gray-seddon-tea.com
An Australian retailer with a good variety, plenty of information, teapots and other porcelain, and one of the best selections of Japanese green teas.

The Oolong Tea Store at www.oolong-tea.com
Offers many of the high mountain oolongs from Taiwan, and a sampler of five different teas for $5.01. The quality is good.

Capital Tea at www.capitaltea.com
Located in Toronto, so remember to convert the listed (Canadian) price to US dollars if you live in the US.

Sensational Teas at www.sensationalteas.com
"A collection of truly tasty teas & exquisite teapots!"

Web Resources
It's especially helpful to read reviews when deciding which tea to try-the following sites are helpful.

We Review Teas, many teas reviewed from the major retailers at www.normbrero.com

The Teamail Newsgroup at Yahoo at groups.yahoo.com/group/teamail/

Other interesting links:
TeaMuse, part of Adagio Teas, with articles and realplayer clips at www.adagio.com

Tea and Sympathy at pages.ripco.net
A list of links to various tea sites, including a fairly comprehensive list of online vendors.

World Tea News: www.teas.com

Tea Related Web Resources at hjem.get2net.dk
A big list of links to other tea sites.

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