Gone are the times when you had to leave the house in search of a good tea. 10-20 years ago, one actually had to travel to another city to buy a specific tea. Both Internet and loose leaf tea were unexplored and mysterious. Some big companies that were founded in those days are gone today and the ratio of tea vendors selling loose leaf tea online and brick-and-mortar shops in getting more and more unbalanced.

Loose Leaf Tea Online

In fact, more and more tea vendors and deciding on the online presence only. Leading a tea business is quite tough, no matter how attractive and peaceful it might seem. The expansion of Internet allowed almost everyone to make their tea dream come true – no matter was it drinking, selling, exploring or learning. Tea flooded the web. In fact, it seems serious tea drinkers prefer buying loose leaf tea online, instead of visiting local tea shops. Are there any advantages of buying tea online that you might not be aware of?

Incomparable offer

Online tea shops offer thousands of thousands different tea types. Unless you are hooked on a specific type and found your favorite seller, you will actually never get bored with drinking tea. Some of the highest quality loose leaf teas can only be found online, unless you are willing to take long trips to faraway countries and know where to look.

Better storage

While almost every single brick-and-mortar shops offers tea samples that you can smell, you don't get that when buying online. Even worse, some tea shops allow you to stick your nose into huge metal tins and repeat that process with every single customer. Is this an advantage? It is – a very important one. Firstly, tea is stored much better as tins are not opened for every curious customer, and secondly, you cannot really judge the tea by its scent.

Country of origin

Buying loose leaf tea online allows you to buy tea directly from the country of origin or from tea vendors that buy directly from the producers. This is a huge advantage as you will always get the freshest and better tea.

Can you guess the quality?

Yes, you can. Pay attention to the details and learn about your tea vendor. Follow tea blogs and find bloggers that have a similar taste in tea to yours and you will probably never go wrong. Photos say a lot as well, and you can always ask your vendor to provide more details about specific tea. That's one more advantage. You will always find better descriptions online, than in the stores.

Lower price

Online tea vendors can actually offer you a much better price for high quality tea than those with high expenses of managing a brick-and-mortar shop. If your vendor is skipping a few steps in distribution chain, the price might even be lower. This might make a huge difference when buying more expensive and exclusive teas.

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What do you think are the advantages of buying loose leaf tea online?