Postcard Teas: A Few Impressions

For almost ten years now, we’ve sworn by Mariage Frères when it comes to shopping for high quality loose tea leaves. The nearest shop, however, is in Lille, which is almost three hours away. Their webshop is crude and doesn’t allow for a taste session before buying hence we did buy our fair amount of misses. Yet we remained faithful: the few times that we diverged from the brand ended up in a disappointment. And then I saw someone claiming that London-based Postcard Teas is “even better than Mariage Frères”. My initial reaction to that was “impossible”. I secretly made a note in my journal regardless. When our stock started to dwindle, I dug up that note and said to myself: what the heck, let’s do something crazy and order elsewhere. Postcard Teas is a small shop in London that sells specialty teas by importing directly from the growers. Their unique selling point is hinted in the name: these growers only have a few acres in which they aim to grow the best quality possible. The result…