>> Buying lot of green tea is unadvisable, mostly because the tea itself
>> will deteriorate over the time.
>> Also, this post looks like an awkward advertisement.
>> Tomas tuochatea.blogspot.com

> All right, Tomas, what have you to suggest instead of what I "advertise"?
> My guess is that you are biased against buying "lot of green tea," but is
> 2 lbs. really a lot? If it's as palatable as I expect, it'll be gone in
> a year. Ordering less more often does increase shipping and handling
> cost, you know. bookburn


Bookburn, I drink Chinese and Japanese green tea in the spring. Usually, I do not have any left by the middle of summer. After several weeks, I note that the freshness I like so much in a green tea is mostly gone. That's my experience. Two pounds is a tremendous amount of tea, for me and I suspect for most of us. Buying that much green tea at a time would be foolish for me, although, if you can't taste the difference between that tea when you first open it and that tea a year later, no harm done.
Michael