Look at what you have all done to me.

I picked them up from Primatea.

Here are all of their tins: http://www.primatea.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=6_7

Here is the green one I have: http://www.primatea.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=6_7&products_id=233

Here is the red one: http://www.primatea.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=6_7&products_id=232

Thank you!

Thanks! I think I missed that thread.

Haha! That was my first thought when I looked at the picture too!
“Hey, thats my dishwasher” ;)

Lol, that was my first thought when scrolling through everyone’s comments, “We’re terrible enablers!”

Elyse,

I think selling tea around the 1 oz range seems like a good idea. Maybe offer two options: a sample size (somewhere between 0.5oz and 1oz), and a larger size for those that like the tea and want to stock up.

There were a bunch of teas I wanted to try from McNulty’s, a small tea store in NYC. I have a family member that lives there that was coming home for the holidays, so I had her pick me up some tea on her way home. The problem, and I guess it isn’t really a problem because I ended up discovering that I really like their teas, is that the smallest amount you can buy is 4oz. If I knew before hand what tea of theirs I really liked, that would be a perfect size for stocking up, but I really just wanted to try a variety of their teas. Because I couldn’t get anything smaller, I ended up getting 2lbs of tea! The good part is, their tea is cheap (and delicious), so I paid $39.50 for 2 lbs.

Just my two cents. I am still in the “I need to explore and buy every tea possible” stage.

I have WAY overbought because of minimum requirements and I now skip anything that forces me to buy 50 grams or more right off the bat. I want to know I like it before I have that much. Offering a sample size may be a lot of work but I think it would pay off in terms of more tea drinkers trying your product and returning for larger orders if they like what they drink. Teavivre got my business that way!

I agree with Uniquity. There are a lot of tea companies that have never gotten my business and they never may. This is simply because they don’t sell sample sizes. I really dislike buying teas in bulk without knowing if I like them or not to begin with.

I totally second that. I simply cannot afford to spend that much money, and waste cupboard space on a tea I might dislike.
In fact, if someone said the tea was free but I had to take 100g, I might refuse

There are some places that actually force you to buy 4 oz. 2 oz is bad enough, but 4 oz I will never go through of one tea :(

Thanks for all the great feedback guys! It means a lot, we want to make you all happy!

Yup. The minimum is one of my gripes about Teavana. Their teas smell great, but don’t always taste the way they smell. I now have several of their teas that I don’t like and am not likely to buy from them again in part because of those minimums. Also, when a company has a large selection and there are several teas I am interested in, there will be many I don’t try because of large minimums. So I might skip one I’d end up liking and buying one I end up not liking which leaves a sour impression. Once I find a tea I like for sure, I’ll go into hoarding mode and stock up on it.

I second what most have mentioned here. What i would like to add is that I like the ability to pick up a pack of samples for a decent price. I prefer being able to chose my own samples, but I also like it when they have sample packs pre built if there’s a nice range. Tn I get things I wouldn’t necessarily have tried on my own as well