Categories: Black tea, Fair Trade tea, Green tea, Oolong tea, Organic tea, Pu-erh tea, Tisanes, White tea
Tags: Art of Tea, buying tea online, Numi Organic Tea, Rishi Tea, The Tea Spot
Post date: December 10, 2009
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Fair trade is a tricky thing. I’ve written before about why I believe fair trade is important, but there’s a flipside: too often, fair trade tea is of lower quality to similarly-priced, non-fair trade tea. Which leaves a tea lover to decide between sacrificing quality or sacrificing an ethical stance.
Over the past year I have bought primarily non-fair trade tea, for one big reason: there are very few fair trade tea options around here in Melbourne, and the ones that I can find tend to be in teabag form. But one goal I’ve set for myself over the next few months is to explore some of the fair trade tea options available online. Here are five online tea stores that sell fair trade tea.
Categories: Specials
Tags: Adagio, Art of Tea, Numi Teas, Teavana
Post date: November 27, 2009
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Happy Thanksgiving!
Thanksgiving isn’t something we celebrate here in Australia, though a few weeks ago an American friend of ours invited us around for an early Thanksgiving, turkey and all.
But I’ve had plenty of reminders of Thanksgiving over the past week. That’s what happens when you subscribe to a lot of newsletters. As a result I’ve become aware of a few sales running over the next few days. If you’re looking at buying tea (or tea gifts) anytime soon, now is a great time to do so. Here’s why: