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Last reviewed: 01.07.2025
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Did you know that on average each person drinks 15 liters of tea per month, and over 160 liters per year? This confirms the fact that today tea is becoming a real cult, a business, and continues to maintain stable popularity among people of any gender, age and nationality. However, many often complain that there are no shops in their cities where they can buy high-quality tea or coffee. Let's figure out where to buy loose tea both in Kyiv stores and in other cities of Ukraine...
How to buy or order tea without being disappointed with your purchase?
If, when buying black or green tea in regular retail outlets or an online coffee and tea store, you find a painfully familiar sign: “Made in China” and think that this tea was brought straight from China, the birthplace of tea, where growing tea bushes and producing tea is a national business, and there should be no doubt about its quality, then you are mistaken.
In fact, this inscription indicates that you are looking at a fake.
The packaging of truly high-quality tea will never indicate the notorious “Made in China” or “Made in India”.
In China, the tea business is run by the China National Tea and Local Products Import and Export Company. Its name is printed on the packaging of quality tea.
Real Ceylon tea can be identified by the image of a lion on the packaging and the words “Packed in Sri-Lanka”.
On a box of Indian tea, look for a picture in the form of a lion's head or a compass, as well as the inscriptions "Davenport" and "A, Toch" - then you will be absolutely sure that you have a quality product in front of you.
Good green or black loose tea is purchased from producers in India, China, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Japan, Georgia, Azerbaijan. If you decide to order flavored tea, it is better to have deliveries from Germany, England, Denmark or Holland.
Where to buy bulk tea?
Quality, of course, in specialized stores or in the online store!
It is good if you completely trust the seller, but it is even better to be able to independently distinguish high-quality loose tea from a fake. First of all, remember that loose tea is not wine, and therefore, the older it is, the worse. If tea is stored for a long time, the brew begins to smell like hay. Therefore, it is better to buy cheap, but fresher black or green tea than elite, but stale. High-quality tea can also be determined by its packaging. Regardless of whether you buy tea in city stores or on the Internet, it should be packed not only in a cardboard box, but also in a plastic bag or foil. Tea retains its properties best in vacuum packaging. If a tea shop in Kyiv offers loose tea, the container in which loose tea is stored should be opaque, since sunlight has a detrimental effect on tea leaves.
Feel the bulk tea!
Good tea should be heavy, prickly and dense. However, the tea leaves should be easy to break and grind into powder. If this does not happen, the tea was most likely not dried enough during the production process and will soon spoil.
Inspect the tea you are going to order or buy. To do this, you can pour the tea leaves onto a plate. Pay attention to how many large and small leaves there are. Of course, tea dust will appear in any case, but there should not be too much of it - ideally, the bulk of the tea on the saucer should be large leaves (approximately 90% of the total amount of the mixture).
Of course, if you buy tea online, it is impossible to check the quality of the tea by its external features. However, if you buy it in stores in Kyiv and other cities of Ukraine, pay attention to the color of the leaves: if loose tea looks dull, then you can forget about its high quality.
Tea should be stored and packaged in separate rooms, and the proximity of strong-smelling substances should be excluded. Therefore, if the aroma of tea is supplemented with odors that are not typical for it, refuse to buy it.
What to do if you bought bulk tea online?
It is necessary to check the quality of tea during the brewing process!
The infusion is cloudy and the leaves are wilted? Go to the representatives of the company from which you purchased this loose tea to return the purchase - their tea business is probably conducted in violation of all regulations. The infusion of real tea is transparent and clean, and the leaves open when brewed.
Where can I buy high quality tea?
We can talk for a long time about what kind of loose tea to choose and order: green, black or mixed - each of them has its own characteristics, and it is a matter of taste. As for places to buy tea, today the tea business has become a part of not only real, but also virtual life.
The only advice: in order not to make a mistake and buy quality tea, use the services of trusted suppliers and sellers of tea, and then this drink will please, give you vigor and a good mood!