You can get Nishi and a couple other brands at whole foods, and Global Village on hillsborough sells a few things.

where else?

internet searches haven't turned up much

2/20/2006 3:17:49 PM

southern seasons sells a lot of loose teas...try them

2/20/2006 3:20:49 PM

http://www.thewolfweb.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=383918

[Edited on February 20, 2006 at 3:21 PM. Reason : durr]

2/20/2006 3:20:54 PM

^ already looked through there. Besides not being specific, as I'm not familiar with the businesses around here, there wasn't a lot mentioned.

Quote :

"Thyme For Tea - flea market @ the fairgrounds (inside the building - near the hammocks)"

and southern seasons was mentioned so I guess I'm going to do a search for that

and I was actually going to PM you and ask you where you got all yours

Quote :

"I have more variety of teas, especially loose-leaf teas, than anyone I've ever met. "

2/20/2006 3:26:54 PM

Olde English Tea Room in Wake Forest has a huge selection and apparently there is a place called Thyme For Tea at the fairgrounds

2/20/2006 3:27:13 PM

Asian market as southills mall

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2/20/2006 5:15:50 PM

^more specific?

2/20/2006 5:27:35 PM

http://www.teamap.com/states/state_NC_Name.html

2/20/2006 5:30:19 PM

What is Nishi? Do you mean Rishi?

P.S. You won't find much searching for "Southern Seasons." The name of the place is A Southern Season. You can find them at 201 South Estes Drive in Chapel Hill.

[Edited on February 20, 2006 at 5:40 PM. Reason : http://www.southernseason.com/]

2/20/2006 5:38:26 PM

NOFO at the Pig

2/20/2006 5:44:24 PM

http://www.adagio.com

2/20/2006 5:49:17 PM

maybe try world market

2/20/2006 5:50:48 PM

Well, let's first identify what kind of tea my man is after. Some places only do certain varieties well.

2/20/2006 5:51:52 PM

^^ i was at world market this weekend (cary location) and their selection of loose tea was pretty sparse

there was some brand that comes in maybe a 6 oz tin and the prices were between $9-$15 for maybe 6 varieties

they did have some genmai cha, i was surprised about that

[Edited on February 20, 2006 at 5:54 PM. Reason : -]

2/20/2006 5:54:35 PM

excellent, this is the info I'm looking for

FroshKiller - I did mean Rishi, and thanks for the address

I'm just starting to get into loose tea, so I'm interested in all varieties. wasn't aware of how much better it was, even though my parents are heavy tea drinkers. I haven't tried much, so I'm also open to suggestions. I've gotten some organic earl grey (huge inprovement over the twinings bags I had), and some rose melange white, excellent as well. I had some Tazo "awake" bags, didn't like them too much. Interested in gunpowder tea.

thanks

[Edited on February 20, 2006 at 6:26 PM. Reason : ...]

2/20/2006 6:24:56 PM

pineapple tea room on the main street in apex

2/20/2006 9:06:12 PM

Any Indian grocery store should carry loose tea. Ones from Assam/Darjeeling make some goooood chai.

2/20/2006 9:17:21 PM

^^ damn straight. It has LOTS.

2/20/2006 9:52:55 PM

There is a Japanese grocery store at the corner of chatham and maynard in Cary (as you're just entering cary from western blvd). They have a whole tea aisle with loose teas and bagged teas. They are yummy!!!

2/21/2006 5:53:42 PM

^word...that's less then a 5 mintues WALK fro my house

2/21/2006 6:32:03 PM

There is a pretty good selection at Earth Fare up near Brier Creek.

2/21/2006 6:37:52 PM