Favorite Company for Flavored Tea?

Whoops, sorry. Yes I’m in the US. But if they ship over here I would definitely still consider them. The UK seems to have very affordable international shipping.

Ah nuts, I think Bluebird is the only one with international shipping (beyond Europe, that is). Still, they’re an interesting one I might look into. They have some really nice dessert-type teas, and Love Potion is one of my all-time favourites. To be honest, though, I think for a gift you’d be better off saving the money on shipping and getting teas from the US instead.

Thanks! I haven’t tried David’s myself but I know people seem to love them. I think I’ll check them out first.

There are a lot of options at David’s, but to be honest I haven’t found any of their dessert-type offerings to come close to those that I mentioned above. Happy hunting!

I thought about DF, but most everything I’ve tried from there has been fruity (and delicious!).

Oh, they do have good prices and a few teas with vanilla/chocolate ingredients.. And USD is doing okay against the Euro at the moment too. How is shipping? I couldn’t find a tab on their site.

Shipping can be pricy, but it’s worth it. I tried to send you a PM but you must not be following me. =/

Someone needs to vouch for this… I’m curious: http://steepster.com/teas/bluebird-tea-co/65676-ice-cream-float

I haven’t had anything from Bluebird that I’ve been wildly pleased with— what would you rec from them?

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What have you tried from Bluebird?
Love Potion is a favourite of mine, I also really like rhubarb & custard, Earl’s paradise, elderflower champagne, coco chai no.5, hot mama jama, nearly nirvana (so accurate), spiced pumpkin pie, dark chocolate chilli chai, watermelon splash, cherry bakewell, gingersnap green and snowball. I find some of Bluebird’s teas completely delicious, but there are others I can’t stand (I’m looking at you, Terry’s tea and pear drops)

I do like the Hot Mama Jama and the Dark Chocolate Chili Chai. I really wanted to like Rhubarb & Custard but found it underwhelming, true of some others as well. And there are some that sounded so good and I just don’t like… Birthday Cake comes to mind— I think it may be their Rooibos.
LP I am not a fan of cotton candy so have avoided Candy Floss :)

Ah yes, the troublesome Birthday Cake. I hated that one, too. It could be their rooibos, now you’ve mentioned it – 3/4 of my least favourite of their teas are rooibos based (Birthday Cake, Pear Drops and Honey Bee Beautiful). I do really like their rhubarb & custard, but since it’s discontinued maybe they changed rooibos since then? I do have to use more leaf that the suggestion for that one, too.

It’s worth persevering, though – Bluebird are sometimes hit and miss, but I’ve found some real gems in their selection!

I second Harney and Sons, they have some very nice flavored teas, nothing too gimmick-y, just really nice blends.

I’d second that. I’m less biased than Frank, too ;)

Yeah, I was going to suggest Tealux/Tealyra – decent variety of flavoured teas, and affordable enough that it seems reasonable to buy a bunch of 25g bags just to try them out.

They have some nice fruit teas.

Any recommendations from Tealux? Love their Dragon Lychee Pearls but that one tea isn’t enough to warrant placing an order =o

Strawberry Oolong, honey orchid dancong, milk jin xuan taiwainese oolong (unflavored) (this tastes like raisin bread to me!), jasmine dragon pearls. The slimming oo pu-erh diet tea was surprisingly tasty too, but might not be to everyone’s taste. I’ve heard Brandy oolong ruby (?) is good too, but I haven’t had it in awhile.

edit I’m not finding the Strawberry oolong on the site, so they might be out or not carrying it anymore. =(

Teavivre has a good Strawberry Oolong.

Thanks Lariel for letting me know. I looked it up, but it’s a scented tea? I think the TeaLyra one was unscented and unflavored. At least that’s their website had stated. Teavivre’s version is in my cart anyways, because I’m addicted to strawberries.