Normal shop hours (10am-4pm) on Christmas Eve. Closed Wed 12/25 for the Christmas holiday.
Open normal hours (10-4) Friday 12/27 and Saturday 12/28 – If you have friends or family visiting please bring them by! We love to meet those you are Sharing Good Tea with.
Saturday 12/28/24 will be our last active shopping day for 2024. There will be no deliveries on Sunday 12/29 {as that is when Kateri is having her family holiday celebration].
Our Shop will be closed from Tues 12/31/24 through Friday 1/3/2025 so we can complete year-end inventory count. Any online shipping orders received during that time will go out the first full week of January. All orders will be filled in the order received.
Also, we still have quite a few tea cup infuser sets and other brewing items available for gifting; however stock on several teas are getting low as we let them run out prior to end of year inventory. Kateri tries to keep the website accurate, but it is not always possible. If you ordered something that is not currently available we will give you a call/text/email to discuss substitution or fulfillment eta. We Hope to be back to full stock levels by 1/10/25.
Lots of specialty teas and items for your upcoming gifting!
Holiday teas coming Very soon – along with an option to “Make your own” Countdown to Christmas kit…. PLUS several new Chinese teas, a small amount of Korean green tea …. and MOST Exciting…… Kateri found a new Ukiyo Travel Tea Tumbler – that is easy to use and mostly stainless steel for durability. We have some in shop now! Watch the video below to see how simple it is to use!
We ended up having 5 sessions with 5-6 guests per session. The teas we sampled were:
Nine Ladies Dancing – Scottish grown tea, limited stock each year. Absolutely every person in attendance really enjoyed this tea. It is a Very smooth black tea with excellent flavor. We WILL get some of this next year for sure! However, if there is enough interest, we Can get some still this year and it has been added to the website for Pre-order HERE. ….. This IS a Luxury tea, at $2.80 per gram – but Oh so special. I am selling it by the gram to make it affordable to anyone to at least try it or gift it to someone who will really appreciate it. We used 4gm for a 12oz pot and got 2 quality steeps out of the leaf.
Sovereign Bud – Heirloom yellow tea – originally an Emperor Tribute tea, the leaf for this tea is said to come from the same bushes that provided leaf for the Chinese Emperor(s). You can purchase small, affordable portions as a gift to yourself, or someone you love!
The following teas are all from The Chinese Tea Company (CTCo) and were all very much enjoyed by most attendees in varying degrees. Keep reading to find out about purchasing any of these. Pre-ordering now will aid my cash flow to bring in a full batch of CTCo teas ASAP – Travtea.net
Red Heart leaf – Hong Xin varietal
Tie Guan Yin Red Heart – a very special oolong that comes prepacked in an 8gram bag that we steeped at least 4x and it still had Lots of life in it. We have this one priced on the website at $10.50 per 8gm.
Pricing is already on the site to pre-order any of these 3 as well:
Mo Gan Mountain Snow Buds; Anji Bai Cha, and Anji Bai Cha Aromatic Spiral – All of these were well received, especially the Aromatic Spiral. They are rare, small farm, small batch production from Spring 2024 harvests.
Chinese Tea Company website offers MANY more small farm teas that sound just as delicious as the 4 we tried. I want to put together a large order to save on shipping, and your input can help to make this happen. Pre-order (if you want the full size shown), or deposits toward a smaller portion. [A few customers have already indicated some that they would like to try small portions of, if we get enough interest.] If you comment on this post – others can see what you are interested in and it may help to encourage a group buy.
Visit the CTCo site ASAP, to review the other availalable teas; contact Kateri via email (info @ traveling-tea.com) or calling or texting the shop (314 647 8832).
IMPORTANT INFO: Prices are shown in British pounds on the site – if you add 40% to the price shown that should closely cover the exchange rate and sales tax. There will be very little markup if you are purchasing a full unit as shown – making this more of a co-op purchase. You are still getting a significant savings as you will not be paying for any shipping ($20-30 approx). (I do not yet know how it will be treated for customs.)
If full units are beyond your means or interest – tell me what teas and quantities you DO want; if there is enough interest to bring in a full unit I will take a deposit towards your purchase. [NOTE: if you are not purchasing a full unit, there will be some additional markup to cover handling and packaging, and a small profit)
RECAP: The greens and oolong that we sampled are available for pre-order on travtea.net – Additionally, there are many other quality teas available from Chinese Tea Co and You can help to bring them in, by visiting their site, make a list of your priorities and contact Kateri ASAP. All pre-orders and deposits must be completed by 10/1.
[Note; if you like ripe puerhs, we also have some Old Tea Tree from CTCo – please try it while we have it – I hope to get more of it as well]
