You can only drink these 7 teas for the rest of your life (you knew it was coming!)

A robust Assam current favourite Borsapori estate Assam from Capital tea Ltd.

A Chinese black with chocolate caramel undertones ideally the Lapsang Souchong I sampled from ken Lee that tasted like a chocolate caramel oolong, or a Rizhao, Laoshan, or other Wuyi black with these tones.

A fruity slightly nutty green current favourite from Rizhao

A fruity tones silver needle

A jasmine tea of some type and or a biting floral green oolong

A dark oolong either a nice osmanthus dancing or a rou GUI.

Lopchu

Runners up, an earl grey currently cjay teas, a fruity ceylon, a Darjeeling with almond undertones. Ginger. Yunnan black, a jinjunmei.

Based on current preferences in no particular order (this is such a tough question!):

*Rock grown oolong like Da hong pao or camellia-sinensis’ Bai Rui Xiang
*high mountain taiwanese oolong like dobra tea’s Ali Shan
*Mao Jian green tea
*shou pu-er like menghai
*sheng pu-er like dobra tea’s lao shu bing cha
*meng ding huang ya yellow tea
*putuo fo cha green tea

this is a tough one! but here i go….

1. sweet almond …teasy teas
2. chen yan thai tea… teavana
3. lemon soltice….the cozy tea cart
4. plum rooibos….teasy teas
5. caramel oolong teasy teas
6. pumkin cream rooibos teasy teas
7. lady hannah tealuxe

Annnnd I just added a bunch of new teas to my wishlist. I’m sorry dear dear wallet.

1)Verdant
2) Butiki
3)Red Leaf
4)David’s
5)Steepsters
6)Fauchon
7)Mandala
What!?!?
You don’t seriously mean 7 little teas?
Why, that is simply impossible
For me ;-)

Uh… seven teas at all? That’s only barely enough for a week.

If I was going on holiday and could only bring seven teas however…

1. Upside Down Rooibos- Della Terra Teas
2. Rare Orchid Oolong- Tea Source
3. Pumpkin Chai- Davids Tea
4. Taiwan Jin Xuan Milk Oolong Tea- Teavivre
5. Bi Luo Chun Green Tea (Pi Lo Chun)- Teavivre
6. Winter Nog- Della Terra Teas
7. Santa’s Secret- Davids Tea

hmmm…. My list would probably look something like this:

1) A good English Breakfast Tea
2) Genmaicha!
3) Classic Apple Pie – Della Terra Teas
4) Lemon Chiffon – Della Terra Teas
5) Lavender Butterfly – not sure what tea company this is
6) A good Earl Gray
7) Rose Scented Black – Harney and Sons

Oh, it’s tough to narrow it down to seven. It’ll never happen for real, but this sounds like fun to think about.

1) Monkey Picked Oolong – Teavana
2) Vanilla Rooibos – Bulk Barn
3) Apple Cardamom Rooibos – 52 Teas
4) Pumpkin Chai – David’s Tea
5) Coconut Matcha – Red Leaf
6) White Chocolate Matcha – Red Leaf
7) Banana Nut Bread Green Assam – Special Teas in Victoria, BC

This would be my current list, but it will be interesting to check back in a year to see what has changed.

Laoshan Roasted Oolong – Verdant
Premium Taiwanese Assam – Butiki
Taiwanese Wild Mountain Black – Butiki
Full Steam – Hugo Teas
Milk Oolong – Gong Fu Tea
Earl Grey Cream – Zen Tea
Yu Lu Chan Chai – Verdant

Honorable Mention
Caramel Vanilla Assam – Butiki
Tower of London – Harney and Sons
Lemon Chiffon – Della Terra
Bailin Gonfu Black – Teavivre
Wu-Long Premium – Shang Tea

Wow, I thought I was being tough on myself trying to get my cupboard down to 30 teas. If I only had seven they would be:

1. Foxfire Chai – Whispering Pines
2. Earl Grey Cream – Zen Tea
3. Bi Luo Chun – Teavivre
4. Tiger Assam – Andrew & Dunham
5. A single estate first flush Darjeeling
6. Mint Chocolate Chai – Whispering Pines
7. Golden Monkey – Teavivre