why is loose tea so damn hard to find?

[grasswire]

I went to buy some loose black tea today. Not at Trader Joe's. Not at Kroger's. Not at Safeway.

Wha' happened??

[SeattleGirl]

1. Just PM'd you. n/t

[jobycom]

2. Locking

No sex threads.

Whole Foods has a decent selection, if you have a WF around you.

[ContraBass Black]

10. It took me a full seven seconds to get it.

:rofl:

[havocmom]

3. Call health food or 'whole food' stores in your area

Some sell teas and herbs in bulk and they often have loose teas in many varieties and herbals too. I used to love the health food stores in Tucson when I lived there. Easy to get the stuff, once you get outta the chain supermarkets. ;)

[wackadoo wabbit]

4. I highly recommend Upton Tea

You can find them at http://www.uptontea.com. They have a selection of literally hundreds of different loose teas - some of them organic - often at prices less than you'd pay for a tin of crappy-tasting Twinnings. They've been my sole tea supplier for more than a decade now, and I've been invariably pleased with their products and service.

I don't blame you for not wanting to use teabags; only the lowest grades of tea are used in them.

[billyskank]

5. Because hardly anybody uses it these days

Teabags are just too damn convenient.

[tjwmason]

6. Convenient but evil.

Next you'll be telling me that you don't even use a tea-pot!

[billyskank]

8. Of course I do!

I only drink Redbush rea nowadays, and I've never seen that loose. But from teabags it still makes a sterling cuppa.

[NewJeffCT]

7. Try your local Asian grocer

We have a local Asian supermarket that has a whole aisle of tea, and I'm pretty sure most of it is loose.

[ashling]

9. My loose tea theory

Loose tea is , by definition,"loose." Spill it and it gets all over the place. It gets into the cracks in the floor, where it is hard to find.

However, according to the Loose Tea Theory of physics, the universe is actually made up of loose tea, as opposed to strings. So you should be able to take comfort in this.

on edit: So Loose tea is everywhere. . . sort of like when you spill it.

Some intelligent design theorists accept this theory, They realize that the designer was British as it would have been impossible to find an intelligent one over here.

[DS1]

11. Whole foods has buckets of it

[supernova]

12. Second Whole Foods

Also the "Republic of Tea" line as loose teas.

I found that out the hard way when I picked up a can of decaf apricot gnger. D'oh!

[meganmonkey]

13. I can never find decaf green tea loose anywhere

especially organic :(

I drink a pot of it almost every night (thus the need for decaf). So I buy 40 packs of the bagged kind. What a pain in the ass!

My poor tea ball is so lonely!

[In_The_Wind]

14. Finding exactly what we want can be a real pain at times.

I'll be sending your pictures by snail mail on Tuesday. I'm sorry for the delay buy I haven't gone anywhere since I've been home.

The totally great news is that I won't have any scars left from two weeks ago. :)

[meganmonkey]

15. That's what I get for being so picky

only about certain things though.

I'm glad to hear that you are healing well, and your beauty will be scar-free! :)

No hurry on the pictures, I am just so grateful you are sending them!

:hug:

[Deja Q]

16. Because it's so popular everybody else gets to it first?

Everybody looooooooves loose things! :evilgrin: