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Just spent nearly 90 € on tea. Is that normal? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz to c/tea@lemmy.zip

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Green, Sencha okumidori
some random Chinese oolong
White, bai hao yin zhen

Edit: The oolong was pretty good. Mildly floral and fruity. The okumidori was just as good as I expected. Worth the price IMO.

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[–] randombullet@programming.dev 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Oh man.

I bought some Amber Muscatel Oolong Tea from Taiwan.

It's about $50 per 10g. Insanely expensive and I haven't even tried it yet. I'm trying to find a specific tea I've wanted to get ever since I've last tasted it back 10 years ago. Nostalgia is a hell of a drug

[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I've never even seen tea that expensive. I knew they exist, but the tea stores I visit don't sell anything like that. Maybe the owners know that most customers wouldn't understand a product like that.

[–] randombullet@programming.dev 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Boutique teas are really low margins so I wouldn't expect that from normal stores.

Can't expect many stores to stock such expensive tea without any clientele.

[–] Tiuku@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 days ago

Boutique teas are really low margins

On what basis are you making this claim?

That said the conclusion stands regardless. Only some shops stock these teas.