You can only order from three companies for the rest of your life.

Butiki -Stacy is always coming up with fun and tasty new blends. You’ll never get bored.
Della Terra – some fun and tasty staples
A tie between David’s and Teavana..is that cheating? – I needed a major brand to not only get tea but also teaware. :)

In no particular order…
Teavivre
Butiki
Mandala
Lupicia
Verdant

Yeah I know there are 5 there but i couldn’t live without all of them :) Stacy and Lupicia for my flavoured teas (though there are TONS of straight teas i’d get from Stacy too); Mandala for my puerhs and a few of my must have black teas; teavivre for straight blacks; verdant for some tasty blends and laoshan black.

Upton and Teavivre are the obvious choices for me. After that, there’s a gap. Harney would probably be my third choice right now, but there are several other candidates as well. My favorite teas are unflavored Chinese and Darjeeling blacks.

Like Sil, I need at least 5!

Yunnan Sourcing
Verdant
PuerhShop
Mandala
Butiki

But that only takes into account the ones I have presently explored. Thanks to the Steepster community there are more for me to discover. Ask the question a year from now and my answer will probably be a list of 10 :)

Ugghhh this question!! It’s more difficult than choosing teas :/

Della Terra – for their dessert teas
Verdant – for their teaware, many of their straight teas, and their Laoshan Village Chai (I adore this Masala Chai blend)
Den’s Tea – my go-to company for Japanese teas

Runners-up: Yezi Tea has amazing teas, and Upton’s because they’re generally fabulous

For me, it’s relatively easy:
Dammann Frères
Teavivre
Verdant

with a runner up of Harney & Sons. I love just about any Dammann blend, and Teavivre and Verdant are my tops for unflavored teas. My top two pages in tea ratings are almost entirely populated by these companies.

I already pretty much only buy from three companies so that is easy. Whenever I try a new company I tend to be disappointed and often wish I had stuck with the people I trust so I tend to just stick with what I know. Plus I’ve got a huge backlog to get through as well.

Teavivre
Verdant
Davids Tea (for the odd flavoured tea need)

Butiki – I’m a tad obsessed with trying all of their teas
Della Terra – I quite like many of their dessert teas, especially those that use their cream flavoring
Den’s Tea – seriously fabulous greens

Close runners up are Teavivre and my Amoda subscription. I guess a subscription would be cheating though :)

I am going to limit it to just the companies I have bought from so far, and not from “the ones I already know I will dig but I haven’t ordered from yet”:

Butiki
Lupicia
Yezi Tea (or… Golden Moon Tea, can’t decide here…)

There’s still a lot of companies I haven’t ordered from and that I see often mentioned on everyone’s lists here, especially Verdant, Mandala & Teavivre.

Verdant – quality straight teas & customer service!
David’s Tea – convenience & dessert teas!
Butiki – quality flavours & customer service!