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June 21, 2011 at 11:45 #5960
AnonymousInactive@Does anyone know where I can get some good first-flush? I have looked around, but it seems to me that there isn’t much interest in the states. If you have any in your tea cupboard from this Spring, maybe we could work out a trade or something!? Where have all the darjeelings gone, far out Kenya or French Dijon?
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June 21, 2011 at 11:56 #5961
Hey Mr. There is some for sale on the marketplace by a company in Darjeeling called Lochan Tea. They’re on twitter too. I’ve been eyeing up their tea for a while now but I’d have to buy 500g, so I’m not sure.
This is what it is:
Thurbo FTGFOP 1 CL – EX 6 $65 plus $10 shipping. It’s actually a pretty fair price for that tea I think
Here’s the link: http://teatrade.tinypay.me/~sNPIki1 -
June 21, 2011 at 11:58 #5962
AnonymousInactive@Hey J. The link doesn’t work, but I will look around for it 🙂
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June 21, 2011 at 12:01 #5963
yeah, sorry I just edited my last post with the correct link
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June 21, 2011 at 12:38 #5964
AnonymousInactive@Ooh, that does look good! I don’t know about over a pound of tea… though that is a reasonable price, for sure.
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June 22, 2011 at 12:50 #5965
I know, that’s what’s holding me back too. And you’re not in my area either. Actually maybe I should mention here that I know you were looking for anyone in the Seattle area interested in going in with you on this.
One day when we have enough people to do so, we should hook up people on here by location too. -
June 22, 2011 at 13:26 #5966
AnonymousInactive@An excellent idea! You can figure out how to track it now and then figure out how to implement some sort of grouping when the time is right.
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June 22, 2011 at 15:15 #5967
AnonymousInactive@My recommendation would be to either get in touch directly with Vivek Lochan (he’s a nice guy and I’m sure he’ll be helpful sorting something out) or visit their website at http://www.lochantea.com
Alternatively, I might be able to arrange something nice for you guys 😉 -
June 22, 2011 at 17:03 #5968
AnonymousInactive@I didn’t think of buying it from him via another channel. I am looking at his site now. My interest is piqued in regards to an ‘arrangement’, though 🙂 Can’t wait to hear more.
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June 22, 2011 at 18:00 #5969
AnonymousInactive@Might want to check them out too! Great prices, fast shipping, and fantastic tea. I posted some notes about their autumnal darjeelings. http://darjeelingteaxpress.com/
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June 22, 2011 at 18:22 #5970
AnonymousInactive@I think I will try to support the TeaTra.de vendors, since I don’t actually ‘buy’ tea very often 😛 But thanks for the heads up! They have a nice looking site. Maybe we could work out a tea trade if you have some of their tea on hand? I love to enhance my tea collection by shifting teas into and out of other collections 🙂
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June 22, 2011 at 19:28 #5971
Thanks Mr @familyandtea your support is much appreciated!
Currently we are looking into a reported error message on Lochan’s Darjeeling offer. We’ll update as soon as we have more info on the stage this error occurred.
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June 23, 2011 at 04:31 #5972
AnonymousInactive@Aaron,
let’s arrange something, then. We could do a Darjeeling-for-Gyokuru tea swap if you like or alternatively, you could wait until I’ll list some of our teas in the marketplace (I’ll have to get around that sometime soon!).
Currently waiting for the arrival of some second flush Darjeelings and the Arya Ruby from the first flush harvest.
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June 23, 2011 at 08:49 #5973
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June 23, 2011 at 14:46 #5974
AnonymousInactive@Jackie,
sorry, I didn’t mean to be spamming but just give Aaron (and possibly you) some idea for teas to trade with. As I said, I’ll list some teas in the marketplace soon, but since I’m hard-pressed for time right now, I’m not sure how long this will take me. Since I mentioned an ‘arrangement’ (with which I had a swap in mind), I wanted to give Aaron some ideas about possible teas.
But your point is taken and I’ll be more considerate with my comments in the future. -
June 23, 2011 at 15:11 #5975
AnonymousInactive@Oh, the dangerous tea lives we lead. Its all fun and games until somebody breaks a toe 🙂 Yaya, thanks for the comment on the blog. You should edit your tea company info off of this forum. I would love to trade. I’ll pm you.
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June 23, 2011 at 15:22 #5976
AnonymousInactive@Thanks for the pointer, Aaron. I didn’t see the small edit link originally, but just found it. I’ve removed all formal evidence now 😉
More fun and games, right? Well, I’ll have another cup of Darjeeling on that one (it’s morning over here right now, the perfect time of day for these teas). -
June 23, 2011 at 15:59 #5977
Well, I’ll say this is an extremely lively thread full of tea passion. Thanks for the edit, input etc.
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June 23, 2011 at 16:02 #5978
And what is the general feeling about the 2011 Darjeeling?
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November 7, 2011 at 21:17 #5980
I had some surprisingly good BOP Ceylon tea from Upton, it was incredibly drinkable! In fact I drank it up so fast, there’s already no more. Upton is one of my favorite companies for customer service and sheer selection. However the teas I had from Lochan, wonderful first and second flushes 2011 were even better priced. A little anyway. I’d like to order from both companies soon, although I’m tempted to order something a little different now, Keemun and Oolong, and Golden Monkey.
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November 7, 2011 at 21:21 #5981
Rare Tea Republic has an awesome Temi First Flush: http://www.raretearepublic.com/content/temi-sftgfop1-first-flush
Not to mention that there are some other impressive first flush at Rare Tea Republic.
Also, try KTeas, they have an awesome line of first flush from the Glenburn estate: http://www.kteasonline.com/glenburndarjeeling
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