Online Tea Shopping Guide: 2024 Edition
If there’s one household product that always makes it to our shopping list every month, it is tea. It is undoubtedly a classic and staple purchase we never get bored with. What’s interesting is the way people buy tea has changed a lot over the years. Now, many tea lovers in India prefer online tea shopping over retail shopping.
And if you are hopping on this trend, we are with you! We have prepared this online tea shopping guide that may help you make your online tea purchases worthwhile. We encourage you to check out this guide thoroughly as we have also shared helpful tips to choose the right online tea store.
Best Types of Tea Leaves for Online Tea Shopping
As simple as it may sound, planning to buy tea online can at times be confusing, considering the varieties of options available online. Even if you already know what type of tea you want to buy online, it can be fun just to explore the different types of tea available out there (and in our online store 😉). Here are the tea varieties that are worth ordering online:
1) Green Tea Leaves
The best types of green teas are available online, and there’s no doubt about it. Sure, you can get your hands on green tea at local markets, but they are usually available in loose varieties and it can be quite confusing to tell the differences between them. Online, it’s much easier. From reading product descriptions to customer reviews, there are a lot of resources you can refer to choose the right type of green tea for yourself.
A lot of green teas available online have broken leaf form. But if you want to buy green tea in its original form, choose whole-leaf green teas. Compared to broken green tea leaves, whole leaves release more flavour and antioxidants as they gradually unfurl during the steeping process.
At Naturolled Tea, we offer only the best green teas with whole unbroken leaves. Our pure green tea delivers the original green tea taste with hints of muscatel and fruity flavour along with pristine freshness in aroma.
2) Black Tea Leaves
Black teas are also some of the best teas to buy online. The reassuring comfort that black tea provides definitely makes them a worthy purchase. But the availability of a lot of varieties can also make it quite confusing to choose the right type of black tea leaves. Ideally, you’d want to go for orthodox tea leaves if you prefer black tea in its classic and timeless form.
We suggest choosing long-leaf orthodox tea over broken-leaf orthodox teas that are commonly available online. Similar to green tea and other whole-leaf teas, unbroken orthodox tea leaves release more flavour in warm water with their larger leaf surface area.
Our whole-leaf orthodox tea product is a perfect companion for quality tea time. Steep it for the classic black tea taste or prepare it with milk for a flavourful milk tea experience. Our masterfully crafted blend leaves a musky after-taste that delights the senses.
3) Milk Tea Leaves
You can never go wrong with adding milk tea leaves to your cart during your online tea shopping spree. And this is one of the most interesting categories as there are a lot of milk tea leaves products available online. In fact, it is safe to say that there are more options for milk tea leaves than in any other tea category. But with more options comes more confusion.
It all comes down to your milk tea preference. If you prefer a robust and intense milk tea (like the ones on tea outlets), you can choose regular (or unblended) CTC tea to keep things simple. However, if you’d like your milk tea to be more flavorful, you can go for CTC tea blended with either orthodox leaves or broken green leaves.
We offer all three varieties of milk tea leaves. Choose our Assam Classic tea for CTC tea blended with broken green leaves. Order our Premium Tea for CTC tea blended with orthodox tea leaves, and check out our Gold Tea for pure CTC tea.
Choose the Right Store for Online Tea Shopping
To ensure you buy tea securely, you must always check the credibility of the online store before adding products to your cart and checking out. Here are some of the basic checks you can perform to make your online tea shopping safe and hassle-free:
1) The Website’s Link
The first basic check you can perform is to look at the tea brand’s website link. Make sure that the website’s link includes the tea brand’s domain name. For example, our online tea store has the naturolled.com domain under our copyright protection.
Also, make sure that the website’s URL uses the https extension. It is a secure SSL certificate that prevents third parties, such as hackers and data collectors, from accessing customer information.
If the website’s URL does not have the https extension, your phone or laptop’s browser itself will display a warning message before loading any page.
2) Online Payment Partner
Another factor that makes any online tea shopping website reliable is trustable payment methods. Before you order tea online, make sure the website has renowned payment processors that do not include hidden charges. At Naturolled Tea, we have RazorPay as our payment processor partner and ensure every online payment you make is end-to-end encrypted.
3) Overall Look and Feel
Lastly, it goes without saying that any renowned tea brand’s website offers a feel-good experience through proper branding, layout, and tea product collections. A well-maintained website indicates that the brand is genuine and reliable for regular online tea shopping.