Cheap Tea Suspicions
jeez jim, you never let things go, do you?
> The prices fall in the range of penny/gram. Typical of commercial
> Indian,Chinese,Ceylon.
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> Jim
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> S. Chancellor wrote:
>> When I first realized, about two weeks ago, how much I liked green tea
>> I immediately bought some from coffee bean direct based on their
>> BizRate rating and the advertisement on google. However, I am
>> wondering if it was perhaps a mistake. It seems very odd to me that
>> their teas are at least 1/2 the price I find on any other website.
>> Does anybody here have any experience with them? I purchased some CO2
>> decaffeinated green and some Pinhead gunpowder (supposedly..) It'll be
>> here tomorrow. I'm looking for ways to tell if I receive what I
>> thought I purchased. Thus, is there any easy way to tell the
>> difference between CO2 decaffeinated tea and ethyl acetate
>> decaffeinated tea? I'm very suspicious as the stuff I purchased was
>> approx. 15 dollars a pound. The cheapest I've found elsewhere is
>> around 30.
>>
>> -S.
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