# Looking for a good loose leaf tea by mail service

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-good-loose-leaf-tea-by-mail-service/925061>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** food-cooking\
**Created:** [November 8, 2020, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-good-loose-leaf-tea-by-mail-service/925061 "2020-11-08T15:56:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2020, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-good-loose-leaf-tea-by-mail-service/925061/21 "2020-11-11T23:18:26Z")

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MN\_Maenad, I love Tea Source so I second this. I live locally so I didn’t think about them doing mail order. D’oh!

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**Author:** ![Flopnoodle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ad7895/32.png) [@Flopnoodle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flopnoodle)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-good-loose-leaf-tea-by-mail-service/925061/22 "2020-11-12T03:03:26Z")

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Tealyra is really good for Chinese and Taiwanese teas. My standard is dragon well but I’ve been trying out different types of white tea this year.

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**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-good-loose-leaf-tea-by-mail-service/925061/23 "2020-11-12T05:25:42Z")

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I just discovered today that my local San Francisco Herb Co., which carries loose tea in 1-pound bags only, also ships. The chief virtue of this place for me is the price, the 1-pound bags to for between $8 and $13 usually, depending on the variety (I have only looked at their black teas, other teas might be different prices). Their shipping might be a bit stiff, they wanted $12 to ship two bags to me here locally, so I canceled and I’ll just plan to stop by one of these days. I don’t know if shipping would be a lot more for a lot further away.

The bags are clear cellophane or plastic, so they’re not great for storage (for those partial bags where I can’t fit it all into a tin, I close them securely and keep them in a cloth bag in a closet). The quality seems fine to me, and they have a lot of variety.

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