Tea Hong

Agreed; it’s a great site so far.

Thx guys. Trying our best here. We don’t have a programmer in-house and it is really demanding to get things interacting right. It is preliminarily operational and some long time fans has shown great support. We still have a teaware section to put in and i hope it will eventually be a tea connoisseurs’ paradise. 

Buying in your shop is easy, but I think the best about it is the Information and different interesting ways of finding a tea. It looks so unpretentious and beautiful. Congratulations! And thank you Leo for bringing such joy for me.

The shop looks so very nice! I have not decided which tea to try yet!

Thx gals. On that note, we have just put in a new tab for questions and answers so in case you puzzle over anything about the product or tea in general, you can post it there for any clarification if needed.

very impressing look. i m very stunned. so great number of selections and look very, very high quality at very good price. many congratulations! 

I must say that I like almost everything about the shop. The name for a start is so cleverly named. I wish I could have Leo’s help in naming my own. The description about the tea is educational. Honestly as a part time tea seller, I have not even known some of the varieties. Like Chawang said, very, very impressive. Leo you are the best! Bravo teahong.com!

This is such a far cry from the other splashy consumerly tea shops. The seriousness of the look must be reflecting Leo’s seriousness about tea quality, I guess. Such a fresh breath of air from the other shops that sell majorly Chinese tea. Perhaps because of Leo’s professional background? Congratulations and I must say I am truly impressed. I’ll now read through some of the oolongs and decide which to make my first purchase… 😉

I do have one observation.  There doesn’t seem to be a way to search tea by class (Taichi, delta, etc) from the menus.  One has to go to the “A Few Ways to Select a Tea” section, and even then Taichi is the only one selectable.

M.

Very nice tea shop. Congratulations too. Would you please tell me if you will offer Japanese green tea?

Thank you guys again for all the kind words! Will definitely send each of you by PM special discount coupons when the shop is formally launched. 

If it’s ready for deployment, I’d say sooner rather than later.  Is it it’s own menu selection (like taste character / category / TCM currently is) or does it have a parent/child relationship (frex, Select “Green” brings out a child menu allowing you to select quality within that category)?

Also, are orders currently being accepted?  Running low on the green I ordered from JKTeashop, looking to order soon.

M.

Registered and ordered!  Looking forward to trying out that April Mist.

MEversbergII, I have sent you a private message about this.

I received my first order this morning and it totally transformed my understanding of tea. Perhaps this is why Leo said oolong is the grand cru of teas. Phoenix Honey Orchid is stunning! I have been drinking it the whole day. I never knew that there can be such rich tastes and complex aroma from tea! I have wasted all those tea years and only now beginning to know what tea really is!

leo is specialist particularly in oolongs, esp in phoenix oolongs. the quality he gets is superior for the price. you are smart to buy that tea. you have very good taste ability to know that is best tea. thumbs up

Are we able to start telling others about teahong or is it not ready for extra attention yet?  I remember Leo mentioned it wasn’t “officially” launched yet, so I’ve kept mum (except my roomates who occasionally shoulder surf).  I do tea-facts of the now on facebook and have thought about doing a name drop in a few.

I can’t speak for others, but a great internet teashop like this should be told to more people. I think it doesn’t hurt Leo’s plan when our friends and acquaintances begin to buy from that site. The pricing seems very attractive to me. And it looks like they are already selling anyway; some of the things are sold out, and I was just able to successfully placed an order.

Sara, I share what you feel. I have been a devoted Taiwan oolong drinker for many years (I won’t say how many) but experiencing this Fenghuang Milan Xiang has completely elevated my understanding of oolong. One thing that I maybe different with you: I will not just stay with this, I will explore more varieties in Leo’s teashop.

Alright, I’ll plug it on my next Tea-fact post.

Thanks!

M.

I am very happy to see such positive comments. Thank you all. We do not have enough human resources here; so as in Tea Guardian, Tea Hong is being built bit by bit. I can foresee that many changes will continue to take place even after it is formally launched, as in Tea Guardian.

As an aside, what does the “hong” part of the name mean?  You mentioned “tea hongs” in a puerh article, which means it’s likely an adjective.  A perusal of the (at least 15) different entries for “hong” on Google Translate gave me everything from Red (hence Hongcha) to Great to “Death of a Prince” (薨).

Thanks,

M.

Leo, this is very good teashop. Congratulations! Before you sell not so many selections in retail. You can do it now. The price is very low. I want to learn how. Please may I contact you? Before you also sell beautiful tea ware, why not selling now? 

I am not running tea business. Only curious as consumer.

@tea soul, I am sorry I have not seen your posting till now. The way we can do the wide variety (and will be even wider soon) has many reasons, one being our unique position as also an exporter and wholesaler. As for the other reasons I am afraid we need to keep as business secrets. Please also allow us a little bit of time for smoothing out some operation issues before presenting our tea ware offers in the shop. You are always welcome to contact me by PM in case for anything you think should be discussed in private.

Is the method in which you obtain your teas also a business secret?  I remember you mentioned at one point that you make deals with specific farms.  Or maybe I am misremembering?

The site looks really nice, and I really like the detailed descriptions and specifications. I’m almost out of tea so I’ll definitely be placing an order soon! Also, will you have tea storage in the future? I haven’t found anywhere to get a double lid tea caddy here in the US.

The tea comes in very good packaging that you can use as storage, of course, unless you want something very nice and long-lasting as a piece of accessory. 

@ svanheulen, we’ll offer caddies in the future, but first we have a lot of work to do before we can launch the tea accessories category. Retail and export really are two different animals!

@ Sara, yes, that’s right. When I designed the packaging, I intended it to be a way of storage too. The Phoenix oolong you ordered comes in the kraft bag with an aluminum and a PE laminates. They are good environment insulators and thick enough for the duration of the content (I reuse them for my own drinking stock sometimes). Remember to cut at just below the seal so you have plenty of length of the bag for folding back a few times before you clip it for storage. That way there is a safe air trap. 

Well, this is good news. So you’ll offer tea ware such as cha-hai and small teacups? I really look forward to seeing your quality!

Awesome, I can’t wait to see what accessories you’ll have!

I hope that you would offer your selections of Yixing pots!