Flavor Journey
19 teas. We read each price off the vendor’s product page: US dollars for the package size shown, shipping extra. Tasting words are the vendor’s, not ours, and not a score. Two are caffeine-free herbals.
Each mark is one selected tea’s one-time USD price before shipping, for the package size listed on its card. Package sizes differ, so compare value with the price per 100 g on each card. The $25 line is a budget marker, not a quality score.
7 teas
Harney & Sons
Fresh & vegetal
$13.00 / 2 oz tin
$22.93 per 100 g (normalized, not the bag price)
Harney & Sons product page, 1 Oct 2026
A Korean steamed green at $13 for 2 oz, lighter and less grassy than most sencha.
Harney lists grade and island only; farm and harvest year not published.
Price and offer checked Oct 1, 2026.
Domestic standard dispatch $5.99, free on orders of $59+.
In Pursuit of Tea
Fresh & vegetal
$36.50 / 4 oz
$32.19 per 100 g (normalized, not the bag price)
In Pursuit of Tea product page, 1 Oct 2026
Deep-steamed sencha: finer leaf, greener cup, and it holds its sweetness even with hotter water.
Fine particles: use a kyusu or infuser with a fine mesh. Sold in 4 oz.
Price and offer checked Oct 1, 2026.
Retail orders over $50 in the continental U.S. ship free, typically USPS Ground Advantage; otherwise charged at checkout.
In Pursuit of Tea
Fresh & vegetal
$40.50 / 2 oz
$71.43 per 100 g (normalized, not the bag price)
In Pursuit of Tea product page, 1 Oct 2026
A shaded (kabuse) sencha: more savory than standard sencha, cheaper than gyokuro.
Spring 2025 harvest; In Pursuit of Tea recommends about 160 °F to keep it bittersweet rather than bitter.
Price and offer checked Oct 1, 2026.
Retail orders over $50 in the continental U.S. ship free, typically USPS Ground Advantage; otherwise charged at checkout.
Ippodo Tea
Fresh & vegetal
$31.00 / 80 g bag
$38.75 per 100 g (normalized, not the bag price)
Ippodo Tea product page, 1 Oct 2026
A steamed Japanese sencha whose published notes lead with umami and sweetness, in an 80 g bag.
A house blend: Ippodo does not publish the farm, cultivar or harvest date.
Price and offer checked Oct 1, 2026.
Ships from Ippodo’s US warehouse. Orders over $39 ship free; otherwise charged at checkout.
Ippodo Tea
Fresh & vegetal
$23.00 / 50 g bag
$46.00 per 100 g (normalized, not the bag price)
Ippodo Tea product page, 1 Oct 2026
The cheapest gyokuro in this set: shade-grown leaf with Ippodo’s lightest gyokuro profile, 50 g.
Blend; Ippodo brews its gyokuro at 140 °F as standard. Farm and harvest not published.
Price and offer checked Oct 1, 2026.
Ships from Ippodo’s US warehouse. Orders over $39 ship free; otherwise charged at checkout.
Red Blossom Tea Company
Fresh & vegetal
$45.00 / 56 g (2 oz)
$80.36 per 100 g (normalized, not the bag price)
Red Blossom Tea Company product page, 1 Oct 2026
Pan-roasted Chinese green: the toasted, nutty counterpart to steamed Japanese greens.
Panan County, not the West Lake appellation. Harvest year not printed on the product page.
Price and offer checked Oct 1, 2026.
UPS and USPS. Free on domestic orders of $100+ ($150+ to Alaska and Hawaii); otherwise charged at checkout.
Rishi Tea & Botanicals
Fresh & vegetal
$20.50 / 50 g
$41.00 per 100 g (normalized, not the bag price)
Rishi Tea & Botanicals product page, 1 Oct 2026
Lightly steamed single-cultivar sencha from Shizuoka at $20.50 for 50 g.
Rishi names the prefecture but not the cultivar or farm.
Price and offer checked Oct 1, 2026.
Free standard shipping on orders over $60; otherwise charged at checkout.
7 teas
In Pursuit of Tea
Floral & fruity
$22.75 / 2 oz
$40.12 per 100 g (normalized, not the bag price)
In Pursuit of Tea product page, 1 Oct 2026
A spring 2026 first-flush Darjeeling from a single estate at about 5,000 ft: floral and light.
Lot DJ 10. Labeled black tea, but drinks far lighter than Assam.
Price and offer checked Oct 1, 2026.
Retail orders over $50 in the continental U.S. ship free, typically USPS Ground Advantage; otherwise charged at checkout.
In Pursuit of Tea
Floral & fruity
$33.75 / 2 oz
$59.52 per 100 g (normalized, not the bag price)
In Pursuit of Tea product page, 1 Oct 2026
A Nepalese oolong from Jun Chiyabari: floral and caramel without the roast of a Taiwanese dark oolong.
Summer 2024 harvest, older than the other teas here.
Price and offer checked Oct 1, 2026.
Retail orders over $50 in the continental U.S. ship free, typically USPS Ground Advantage; otherwise charged at checkout.
Red Blossom Tea Company
Floral & fruity
$31.00 / 56 g (2 oz)
$55.36 per 100 g (normalized, not the bag price)
Red Blossom Tea Company product page, 1 Oct 2026
Lightly oxidized high-mountain oolong picked at 1,600 m: floral with a green edge.
Red Blossom notes a lower-yield, rain-affected season; harvest year not printed on the page.
Price and offer checked Oct 1, 2026.
UPS and USPS. Free on domestic orders of $100+ ($150+ to Alaska and Hawaii); otherwise charged at checkout.
Red Blossom Tea Company
Floral & fruity
$16.00 / 56 g (2 oz)
$28.57 per 100 g (normalized, not the bag price)
Red Blossom Tea Company product page, 1 Oct 2026
An everyday Anxi Tieguanyin in the older roasted style for $16 per 56 g.
Formerly sold as "Daily Tieguanyin"; your package may carry either name.
Price and offer checked Oct 1, 2026.
UPS and USPS. Free on domestic orders of $100+ ($150+ to Alaska and Hawaii); otherwise charged at checkout.
Red Blossom Tea Company
Floral & fruity
$16.00 / 56 g (2 oz)
$28.57 per 100 g (normalized, not the bag price)
Red Blossom Tea Company product page, 1 Oct 2026
Caffeine-free and cranberry-tart; also cold-brews in about an hour.
Not tea (no Camellia sinensis). Origin not published.
Price and offer checked Oct 1, 2026.
UPS and USPS. Free on domestic orders of $100+ ($150+ to Alaska and Hawaii); otherwise charged at checkout.
Upton Tea Imports
Floral & fruity
$21.00 / 80 g packet
$26.25 per 100 g (normalized, not the bag price)
Upton Tea Imports product page, 1 Oct 2026
Kenyan purple-leaf tea with fruit-forward published notes and a pale purple-bronze cup.
Upton does not state the processing style (green, white or black), so the type filter treats it as unknown.
Price and offer checked Oct 1, 2026.
Free shipping on orders over $75 (conditions on Upton’s policy page); otherwise charged at checkout.
Upton Tea Imports
Floral & fruity
$23.25 / 50 g packet
$46.50 per 100 g (normalized, not the bag price)
Upton Tea Imports product page, 1 Oct 2026
Eastern Beauty-style oolong made in Vietnam; stone fruit and honey notes.
Province, farm and harvest not published.
Price and offer checked Oct 1, 2026.
Free shipping on orders over $75 (conditions on Upton’s policy page); otherwise charged at checkout.
5 teas
In Pursuit of Tea
Roasted, malty & rich
$17.50 / 4 oz
$15.43 per 100 g (normalized, not the bag price)
In Pursuit of Tea product page, 1 Oct 2026
A small organic single-farm Assam: bold and malty, takes milk.
Summer 2025 harvest.
Price and offer checked Oct 1, 2026.
Retail orders over $50 in the continental U.S. ship free, typically USPS Ground Advantage; otherwise charged at checkout.
In Pursuit of Tea
Roasted, malty & rich
$12.75 / 4 oz
$11.24 per 100 g (normalized, not the bag price)
In Pursuit of Tea product page, 1 Oct 2026
Caffeine-free and full-bodied; one of the few herbals that takes milk.
Not tea (Aspalathus linearis). Region within South Africa not named.
Price and offer checked Oct 1, 2026.
Retail orders over $50 in the continental U.S. ship free, typically USPS Ground Advantage; otherwise charged at checkout.
Red Blossom Tea Company
Roasted, malty & rich
$31.00 / 56 g (2 oz)
$55.36 per 100 g (normalized, not the bag price)
Red Blossom Tea Company product page, 1 Oct 2026
Spring Anxi Tieguanyin with a traditional roast: toffee and roasted almond.
Same county and oxidation as the daily lot, but a spring harvest and a different roast.
Price and offer checked Oct 1, 2026.
UPS and USPS. Free on domestic orders of $100+ ($150+ to Alaska and Hawaii); otherwise charged at checkout.
Rishi Tea & Botanicals
Roasted, malty & rich
$30.00 / 50 g
$60.00 per 100 g (normalized, not the bag price)
Rishi Tea & Botanicals product page, 1 Oct 2026
Da Hong Pao, the best-known Wuyi rock tea, deep-roasted.
Rishi does not publish the cultivar or harvest year.
Price and offer checked Oct 1, 2026.
Free standard shipping on orders over $60; otherwise charged at checkout.
Upton Tea Imports
Roasted, malty & rich
$17.25 / 100 g packet
$17.25 per 100 g (normalized, not the bag price)
Upton Tea Imports product page, 1 Oct 2026
High-grown Ceylon from about 6,000 ft: bright, brisk, works with or without milk.
Harvest date not published.
Price and offer checked Oct 1, 2026.
Free shipping on orders over $75 (conditions on Upton’s policy page); otherwise charged at checkout.
Tick Compare on two teas to see them side by side. No match score is calculated.
Tea 1 not selected
Tea 2 not selected
This is a selected set of 19 teas, not a catalog. Each is a single purchase priced in US dollars, sold by a vendor whose published shipping policy covers the lower 48 states. The card prices leave shipping out; each card repeats the vendor’s free-shipping threshold.
Price, package size and availability come from the vendor’s product data on the checked date. Tasting words are copied from the vendor’s product page and attributed. We do not add our own scores, awards or tasting claims. When a vendor does not publish a farm, cultivar or harvest, the card leaves it out.
Package sizes run from 50 g to 113 g, so the price on the card is not comparable across teas. Price per 100 g is. Seven days after a check, an offer drops out of current-price sorting and flight totals until it is checked again.
Flavor families sort the vendor’s words: grassy, vegetal, umami and steamed-green notes go to fresh and vegetal; flowers, stone fruit, citrus and berry go to floral and fruity; roast, toffee, malt, molasses and vanilla go to roasted, malty and rich. A family is a map of the published words, not a promise that you will taste all of them.
For a structured side-by-side, use the tasting flights. Brewing starting points: kyusu for Japanese greens, gongfu for oolong and western teapot for black tea. If an offer has changed, write to hello@myteaexplorer.com with the product URL.
Offer snapshot used for first paint: 2026-10-01T11:27:04.000Z UTC.