 Best Tea House Hong Kong/Vancouver
On 2008-02-09, Shen <iluvt2@> wrote:
> Has anyone ordered tea (to the US) from Best Tea in Vancouver? How is
> the quality? How are the selections and the prices?
I have. Selection is the same as that listed on the main BTH site;
quality has been good, though based on memory, I think the Song Zhong
Dan Cong Phyll had from the HK shop was more memorable than the same tea
from BTH Canada. They're a big shop, so batches may vary (or perhaps
Phyll's kung fu is just stronger than mine).
The prices are high, especially (if you're in the US, anyway)
considering the current exchange rate... however the HK branch doesn't
tend to answer their emails and don't want to order via fax, esp. since
the English version of their site is so out of date. If I had to order
stuff from BTH in the future, I'd be tempted to call the HK branch (also
not cheap).
He's got some old Yixing; some nice stuff (I ordered one piece); the
prices are pretty high. I'm not an expert, so I won't try to make
judgements on the quality relative to other dealers; I suspect that the
pieces are what they were claimed to be, and I've been happy with the
piece, but I'm not sure whether it's worth what I paid for it.
I believe "Michael" Fung is the person I've spoken with there. They do
have email - bestteacanada -at hotmail dot com is the address.
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