Bitaco ColombianTea Group Buy

Now we just need eight more people.

They have a pure black and a pure green, the other four teas are flavored (2 black and 2 green).

I’ve only had the pure black, which I loved – so much so I wrote a review after a year of no tasting notes (lovely malt with notes of cherry and a creamy mouthfeel at the end of the sip). I think Oolong Owl has reviews for some of the other teas on her blog.

Now we need seven more people.

Only now a few more people to make this work. I bought this black tea from Simpson and Vail and really enjoyed it but you get a much better price buying direct.

In theory if you found someone else who only wanted the flavored teas that could work. Otherwise no.

The problem with just ordering the unflavored blends is we would have to order 3kg of each. Then we need thirty people to make this work. If you look at their website it says the order must be over 5kg.

Oh, I thought it was just the minimum 1kg per tea, that makes sense

No it is a minimum of 1kg per tea and 6kg per order. That is why this would not work buying just the black and green. I definitely don’t see thirty people interested in this. It does not look like we will get to ten.

Well, it sounds like we only need five or six more people, and it looks like this thread has only been up for a day or so. Don’t give up yet. I know I don’t read all the discussion threads every day—surely some people just haven’t seen it yet. :)

I everyone wanted 200g of black we could get 2kg of black. If we did this we could also get one less flavored tea.

The problem for me is that I want to try all 6 teas, and don’t want 200g of any. If only they didn’t sell in 1kg quantities. :(

I would prefer all six too. If everyone wanted 200g of black we could buy an extra kg of just black. But we still do not have the required ten people.

If we had only five people it could work if everyone was willing to take 200g quantities of all six teas. But right now we don’t even have five interested. Only four people have expressed interest.

I’m sure more will be interested. :) Keep in mind, we can also swap on the back end after the buy, to keep things simple.

If only four people are interested in this group buy I don’t expect it will happen. While someone could buy the 6kg of tea themselves and then charge double and it would still be a good deal they might also get stuck with 5kg of tea. Unless there is a sudden miracle of interest I don’t see this group buy happening. It seems that people only want to commit to group buys that involve sample sizes. This is by far the best value in a group buy I have yet seen, 600g of tea for $30 plus shipping. But I don’t at this point think it is meant to happen. If there is sudden interest I will still do it mind you it just looks like the prospects are dim.

I may be interested, but if the group buy was to only be split among 5 people, wouldn’t the cost go up? (nearly doubling the estimated $30 cost)

If the group buy was split among only five people the amount of tea you would get would double and the cost too but everyone who wants this is not willing to take 200g of each tea. I personally would be willing to take 200g of each.

Done but I don’t know if it will help. I think maybe the problem is people don’t believe the tea is good quality for that price. But I think the tea I got through Simpson and Vail was good quality. Maybe not up to the standards of Whispering Pines at that price but I thought it was good.

I think the tea is good, but I think the problem is too many flavored teas. And you are slamming into that 6k min.

IF there was less flavored tea, I would definitely be in on it .

Those flavored greens look good for ices teas, easy to use up a lot that way.

I’ll vouch the flavored teas are really good. Pretty unique vs what is out there. Cacao Kisses is the best one.

Unfortunately Bitaco’s minimum order is 5kg. Owl’s reviews of the flavored teas really made me want to try them! :)

It really is not that much green tea to drink up in a year. I know I can go through 300g pretty fast. If you make a lot of iced tea in the summer 100g is about 5 big 2 liter pitchers.

I’ll do 200g each if we get close. I can give half to my sister.

I would agree to take 200g of each also, but would everyone else? We could do the buy with only five of us if everyone was willing to take 200g of each. Let us know if you are willing to do this those who expressed interest.