Mei Leaf

Pros

• I’ve been looking at meileaf and they seem good. Expensive but nice.
• Extremely good teas, but they charge a pretty premium for it ... the old tre dianhong I got there was so good that I didn't even care about neither price or a weirdo owner.
• Mei Leaf has some excellent sampler packs for each variety and is a great beginner resource for how to get into tea tasting and which notes you might find in any given tea. In your case I'd go with Mei Leaf, but be aware that the proprie...
• Mei Leaf is controversial in this sub, but they have a tea shop in Candem, which is also a small tea house. I really like their tea.
• Mei Leaf, that is not the cheapest shop in the tea world, sells a nice simple gaiwan for 11 pounds, how much cheaper would you find it on line? And you'll be able to see it before you buy it and have a more direct relationship with the s...

Cons

• Mei Leaf is entertaining and informative but often over the top with sales pitches and shady with their claims of tea tree age- check them out but do take the tea tree info with a chunk of salt.
• Mei Leaf has a reputation for being overpriced, and has been known to sometimes sell precious rarities that they could not possibly have obtained. But they should be safe to buy Assam or Dianhong from.
• Yeah Mei Leaf is... questionable. That Don guy will try to have you believe that the tea is gonna lower blood pressure, cure cancer, and make you shoot lasers from your eyes. I stopped buying from him when I realized he's just trying to...
• Mei Leaf honestly seems so overpriced to me.
• Mei Leaf in Camden have gong fu teaware and tea if you really want to buy somewhere physical. ... it will most likely be very overpriced.