# Tea purchase?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-purchase/694872>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 5, 2014, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-purchase/694872 "2014-08-05T15:56:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sehmket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Sehmket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sehmket)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2014, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-purchase/694872/1 "2014-08-05T15:56:46Z")

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I got spoiled when I lived in Lexington, with a great tea shop that had most of their offerings at $12-$16 per pound. Now that I’ve moved, I haven’t found a good replacement shop (they all either have a pitifully small collection at too high a price, or it’s teavana, which is fine tea, but crazy expensive)

Does anyone know a good, cheap website for buying tea? Or happen to know of a shop in the Dayton (or even cincy or Columbus) area?

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**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2014, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-purchase/694872/2 "2014-08-05T16:06:41Z")

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It looks like Peet’s Coffee and Tea has a couple of locations in the general area. Have you ever tried them?

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**Author:** ![lazybratsche](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ba8739/32.png) [@lazybratsche](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lazybratsche)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2014, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-purchase/694872/3 "2014-08-05T16:07:04Z")

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I usually buy from [Adagio](http://www.adagio.com/black/index.html). Prices are in the $20-$30/lb ballpark for common varieties, but that’s at least not as bad as teavana.

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**Author:** ![Sehmket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Sehmket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sehmket)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2014, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-purchase/694872/4 "2014-08-05T16:10:47Z")

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I haven’t tried Peet’s yet - all the ones around here were Caribou last time I lived here, so I usually think of them as a coffee shop, I’ll have to check that out.

Adagio looks pretty good, certainly better prices than Teavana (their prices are downright scandalous). I also found Tea Guys online, which also has prices in that range. Anyone ordered from them?

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**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2014, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-purchase/694872/5 "2014-08-05T16:17:59Z")

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[Upton Tea Imports](http://www.uptontea.com/shopcart/home.asp)