As we enter into the Holiday shopping season, we want to remind you we are still here for your tea loving needs, with Lots of new herbals and premium loose leaf in small sizes and affordable prices
Rather than coming up with flashy black Friday or cyber Monday specials, we prefer to keep our prices fair and as affordable as possible all year round. Kateri did go through and reduce nearly All the Bulk/Refill/Paper bag prices – so, if you are stocking up for cooler weather and family gatherings, or doing any creative gifting (fancy tins or jars) it will be more affordable for you.
We are wrapping up our year long YEAR15 discount, as we head into our 16th year – Thank you very much!! It was supposed to end on 11/11, but since we could all use an extra cup of Good tea in these crazy and uncertain times…. I am keeping that code live through 11/26
Additionally, in-store shoppers can get 15% off on future purchases by swinging by Fresh Thyme at City Foundry and purchasing any of our teas in black bags. We are trying to update their stock to our new colorful packaging but cannot bring it in until there is space for it.
Each black bag is worth 15% off a future purchase in our shop when you bring the empty bag back to us. No expiration date, and you can redeem as many times as you bring in a bag purchased at Fresh Thyme. We will know because it’s the only place that has a UPC code on the back of the package. Tea selection is limited.
Teas that may still be available there are: Chocolate Creme Tea, Earl’s Garden, Irish Bkfst, Masala Chai, Peach Ginger, Chamomile Lavender, Ginger Citrus, Honey Chai, Traveler’s Turmeric, Green Tea Mango and Jasmine Green.
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]
This phrase just occurred to me when I was taking photos to update our Google listing. A kind shopper posted photos of our pre-Covid layout, back when you could really walk around in the shop.
I realized that is misleading to new folks and just uploaded some new inside shots yesterday.
Here they are too:
View from just inside the door
To the right of door, upon entry
To Go Drinks available
We may be St Louis’ Tiniest Tea Shop, but Kateri works hard to curate the Best selection of teas.
Somewhere between 100-125 teas available at any given time. We purchase in relatively small quantities to keep our stock the freshest available to us for you.
Offering luxury and hand-crafted teas in small sizes to make them affordable for everyone.
2024 Goal – to find more Farm-Direct teas, helping tea farmers and tea workers to live above the poverty level; and find you some spectacular teas along the way.
In case you did not already know:
you can bring your own cup to get $1 off To-Go drinks.
we will fill your containers at a lower per ounce price; or you can get teas in brown paper bags and fill your own containers at home [note: if you order online and get 8oz or more, select the cheapest available price and tell us in the notes to pack in paper bags].
Tea tins and jars are available for purchase as well
Come see our Tiniest Christmas Tree – taking up the bare minimum of extra space! [Tree sculpture created by Tevlin, a local artist friend of Kateri’s daughter]
