Online tea vendors are a dime a dozen. It's a competitive market. If
they've been in business longer than a year they're probably okay. My
only advice is buy locally or on Ebay with a positive feedback rating
of higher than 20. That way I have the new sellers to myself who are
giving the stuff away like some dragon (large) and phoenix (small)
white tea pearls. There is no such thing as mediocre tea. It all
depends on your tastebuds. Your wallet can't make it taste any better.
RFDT is THE Record of Tea because Google never forgets. Anything else
is a server waiting to disappear. If you can't say it here you're
someone with a special interest elsewhere.

Jim

Nico wrote:
> >It is one of my stream of consciousness tea rants
> >brought on by lonely bloggers,webmasters,portals looking to generate
> >traffic for their own special interest.
>
> I see nothing wrong with folks using this forum to spread information
> or resources that people might find useful. I have found many such
> resources through RFDT. It is, after all, fairly difficult just to find
> a good online tea vendor, because there are so many mediocre ones (by
> mediocre I mean overpriced, uninformed and carrying teas of lower
> quality).
>
> I also see no reason why RFDT needs to have a monopoly on all online
> tea info. This is A forum, and forums have never been intended to be
> isolated.
>
> Regards,
> Nico