Tea bags in?

NYMomof2
Sat, 01 Dec 2012 11:58:41 +0000

I have stopped using teabags since I discovered (from a thread on CC) the benefits of loose tea. I’ve been buying it from Teavana, but would love to find another source.

When I bought tea there, they said that it must be kept in a tin, or it will go bad within a week. I have 3 of their tins and keep several packages of various kinds of teas in each, except for one that is filled with the wild orange herbal tea, which is fantastic.

Can anyone recommend online sources? Is Tea Forte good? I see that they have quite a few loose teas in cannisters (which I assume are tins?)

I have a lovely cast iron teapot with built-in infuser, but lately I’ve been making larger quantities because my sons are drinking it, too. So I’m just putting the tea in the pan that I used to boil the water, then pouring it through a strainer into a glass pitcher after it’s steeped the correct amount of time. I slavishly follow the directions for water temperature, amount of tea/water, and steeping time.

I’m tempted to drive to Peekskill to visit that teashop!