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    • #8458
      Manila Tran
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      I heard that it has been dry in Yunnan so the price and quality of Dianhong and Puer maybe affected. How is that rippling to other teas? I have a few green tea samples and the prices are quite different from last year. Any ideas or info?

    • #9381
      Leo
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      The weather has not been consistent for a few years now. It’s just that some areas make up for the lost of others and some farmers less affected than others. Overall the prices have been consistently rising anyway. Weather or not. We are still gathering information from different regions to have a better picture. Early season prices are unreliable.

    • #9389
      CHAWANG
      Participant

      i think there is overall rise in price from china, after i see some samples this year

    • #9390
      Leo
      Participant

      One very important way to manage your tea cost is a long term relationship with your suppliers, but that is with the condition that you finalize on those that you feel confident about their supply in terms of quality, honesty and pricing. 

      All suppliers would at one point of time or the other offer at a slightly higher price than the others. A price is the result of so many factors that I believe every person in the trade would have a ton of ideas to tell. When you switch because of a minute percentage of cost difference, the loyalty of this supplier may not improve and it is less likely that they offer you better prices at harsher times like this. 
      Relationship and mutual trust building is the foundation to any business. The old fashioned way is the better way to sustain.
    • #9391
      CHAWANG
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      what is current wholesale for grade 1 xihu long-jing? grade 1 huangshan maofeng? need to know.

    • #9394
      Leo
      Participant

      It is important to keep price sensitive communication to within PM (private messages).

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