I know I've covered some of their teas here and at my blog, and as
anyone here would know I have no affiliation or benefit from it, but I
want to publicly thank Daniel and Teaspring.com for service above and
beyond anything I could have asked for.
I have an upcoming wedding planned, and since tea plays such a large
role in mine and my fiance's lives we wanted to incor****ate it into
our day. I came up with the idea of building the gifts around the
concept and including one of her favorite teas and one of mine with
information on the tea, brewing, enjoying, and our story and tie in
with the chosen tea.
Everything was coming along nicely until we hit a snag in that while
Teaspring had plenty of my fiance's favorite Shui Xian they had no
more Bi Lo Chun for my part and none up to snuff available. Of course
there are other sources, and even higher quality hand produced
options, but either prohibitively expensive or we were over the
quantity available with our need for around 600g each. These two had
been selected specifically for other reasons which I will share the
final result here once everything is done... so I was driving myself
crazy trying to pick a suitable alternative. Also, we fully realize
that some guests may not really care and the potential to massacre an
even more delicate tea was high.
After placing my order for just the bride's half, I figured it was
worth one last shot to email Daniel and ask nicely if it was worth it
for him to either find a source or find a good enough BLC since it was
a decent sized order (but not so huge as to really request special
favors). He obliged and while he could make no promises he would try.
Today I got an email that he successfully sourced some and he can
complete my order! I really could not have asked for more, and that
type of service deserves some recognition in my book.
If anyone is looking for a solid, daily drinkable, affordable, Shui
Xian or BLC I can't suggest you at least try their offerings out as
they easily eclipse most other offerings in the price range and even
slightly above. Yes, there are some expensive crafted versions which
are in another league which I still treat myself to but FWIW, these
are unbeatable values. My other hope is that by planting the seed if
even one guest gains an appreciation or learns more about tea from
this, it would make it all worthwhile to me.
I figured I would share the tale,
- Dominic
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