Introducing Eco-Cha...with Discounts & Free Samples

sherubtse said

Interesting website and selection of teas. Good shipping rates, which appear to be EMS. Is that correct?

But the prices on some of the teas seem a bit on the high side, e.g., the SLX Concubine (which is 2 years old).

In any case, I will be following your company closely, and may order in the near future.

Best wishes,
sherubtse

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Eco-Cha 一口茶 said

Hi sherubtse,

Thanks for the kind words about our site and tea selections.

I appreciate the comment about our prices as well and would love to explain more about our tea and our sourcing.

The farms we source tea from produce much smaller batches than large factory farms. And the teas we buy are all single batch.

We work with these farms because they are dedicated to the tradition of Taiwanese artisan tea making. They take extra time and care and are hands-on during growing, harvesting, and production. Producing tea in these smaller batches and with the attention to detail that these artisans employ puts the tea in a different price range, but it also means, in our opinion, much better tea.

So while there are many other more affordable (and still quite excellent) Oolong teas available, we feel strongly that there is a noticeable difference in quality, flavor, and overall experience with the teas that we have available. Our priority when selecting tea is quality combined with the methods/ethics of production, and the teas that meet our standard fall within this price range.

We select tea based on standards that have become very important to us over our years of exploring tea culture in Taiwan. We aim to provide what we see as the absolute best representative of a tea in its class, even if we have to pay a bit more for it.

We regularly visit many different farms with cheaper teas, but if we don’t find the tea to be something really special or if the farm does not fall within our sourcing guidelines, we don’t procure the tea.

We think our selections are some of the best of each type of tea available – but I hope you won’t take my word for it and you’ll try them out sometime!

Regarding our current selection of SLX Concubine Oolong – we procured this batch of tea before we launched Eco-Cha and until then just shared a bit among friends. Upon launching we decided to make it available to everybody because it really is something special.

Due to the way bug bitten tea (Concubine and Oriental Beauty) is processed it does not decline, but actually can become better with age. This particular batch was roasted at least 2 times, so it handles aging extra well.

Each batch of Concubine is one of a kind and we’re almost out of this one. There was only 100 jing total available from this entire batch, and we just got a fraction of that.

All of our tea is vacuum sealed and stored in climate controlled rooms so it stays fresh until it gets to you!

Thanks again for taking the time to check out Eco-Cha and for writing. And we do hope you’ll try some of our tea!

In tea,

Nick & Andy