Tea drinkers - HELP!! (questions at the end of the entry)
I need help from tea drinkers.
At work, we have a room used by the public. I have one of my old hot water heaters up there and in the past we had a bit of money we were able to use to buy some tea bags. The problem is we could only get Bigelow selections (the assortments you see everywhere) and the decent teas keep disappearing, leaving behind the same tea flavors over and over. We ran out of all the tea we'd been able to buy with work's money and now I've been replenishing the supply using my own money.
I'm now on a mission to find a LARGE selection/variety of tea that's GOOD and is hopefully CHEAP. I've been scouring Amazon and I see:
Bigelow tea variety, 2 pack
The problem is I don't love Bigelow (it's kind of like the Oregon chai of teas to me -- good enough, I suppose, but boring). So while I can buy it, I'd rather find something more interesting that I don't mind keeping myself. But the amount I'd get for the price is nice. (I could go with this other Bigelow assortment instead if I wanted too, which at least has more options for flavors)
108 ct Ceylon tea box for $20 (down from $60)
This one seems so tempting but it has bad reviews (everything tastes the same, the tea bags fall open in water, the strings fall out, the box isn't as nice as it looks) so I won't get it. The problem is it's otherwise perfect for what I want-- a collection of interesting teas with semi-different flavors, and a lot of tea bags at that.
Wissotzky Mahogany 9 Flavors Tea Chest Gift Box / 90 Assorted Teas
This has good reviews and is so far the one I'm leaning toward the most, but it's expensive (argh!!) and I've never tried the teas. Has anyone on my flist? Is it any good?
I wouldn't mind having a Tazo variety pack but I can't find any that aren't stupid expensive or have pretty much no variety to speak of.
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I need help with:
1) Does anyone know a good place to buy tea bag assortments in bulk?
2) What would your recommended brand be to provide a good selection for the community?
3) Does anyone have recommendations for places to get this for (hopefully) cheap?
4) Are there any recommendations for good tea bag teas that coffee drinkers may like?
The thing is, I'm not rich by any stretch of the word. I just spend my own money on this because I like to provide something for people to drink while they're in meetings. Because of that I want actual, GOOD choices-- but I also need it to not cost me a fricking fortune because I already spend too much on myself for tea.
I even raided my own tea boxes and took out a bunch of bags from the teas I don't drink as much so I could put some variety in there. I see people drink the tea a lot so I'm happy to have it there but I can't spend all my money on trying to provide this, especially if it's not even good choices.
At work, we have a room used by the public. I have one of my old hot water heaters up there and in the past we had a bit of money we were able to use to buy some tea bags. The problem is we could only get Bigelow selections (the assortments you see everywhere) and the decent teas keep disappearing, leaving behind the same tea flavors over and over. We ran out of all the tea we'd been able to buy with work's money and now I've been replenishing the supply using my own money.
I'm now on a mission to find a LARGE selection/variety of tea that's GOOD and is hopefully CHEAP. I've been scouring Amazon and I see:
Bigelow tea variety, 2 pack
The problem is I don't love Bigelow (it's kind of like the Oregon chai of teas to me -- good enough, I suppose, but boring). So while I can buy it, I'd rather find something more interesting that I don't mind keeping myself. But the amount I'd get for the price is nice. (I could go with this other Bigelow assortment instead if I wanted too, which at least has more options for flavors)
108 ct Ceylon tea box for $20 (down from $60)
This one seems so tempting but it has bad reviews (everything tastes the same, the tea bags fall open in water, the strings fall out, the box isn't as nice as it looks) so I won't get it. The problem is it's otherwise perfect for what I want-- a collection of interesting teas with semi-different flavors, and a lot of tea bags at that.
Wissotzky Mahogany 9 Flavors Tea Chest Gift Box / 90 Assorted Teas
This has good reviews and is so far the one I'm leaning toward the most, but it's expensive (argh!!) and I've never tried the teas. Has anyone on my flist? Is it any good?
I wouldn't mind having a Tazo variety pack but I can't find any that aren't stupid expensive or have pretty much no variety to speak of.
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I need help with:
1) Does anyone know a good place to buy tea bag assortments in bulk?
2) What would your recommended brand be to provide a good selection for the community?
3) Does anyone have recommendations for places to get this for (hopefully) cheap?
4) Are there any recommendations for good tea bag teas that coffee drinkers may like?
The thing is, I'm not rich by any stretch of the word. I just spend my own money on this because I like to provide something for people to drink while they're in meetings. Because of that I want actual, GOOD choices-- but I also need it to not cost me a fricking fortune because I already spend too much on myself for tea.
I even raided my own tea boxes and took out a bunch of bags from the teas I don't drink as much so I could put some variety in there. I see people drink the tea a lot so I'm happy to have it there but I can't spend all my money on trying to provide this, especially if it's not even good choices.