Interesting article about the different types of tea:

"All true tea comes from the camellia sinensis plant of China, and one of its cousins in the Assam tea region in India. The varying styles of the teas are the result of their growing regions, their freshness, and the way they are picked and processed.

Tea connoisseurs snub tea bags and prefer to drink only loose full-leaf tea. If they are passionate, they learn about individual tea plantations and buy only what is known as “single estate” tea, all of it hand-picked on one plantation so that each leaf has reached the proper maturity.

The teas at Finleaf all originated on single-estate plantations.

The rest of us are content with widely available full-leaf loose teas, and if those aren’t around we look for tea bags that are labeled as carrying full-leaf tea. If it doesn’t say “full-leaf” then it likely contains what is known in the tea trade as “dust,” the finely broken pieces that aren’t considered top grade. It’s the tea most of us drink."

DAAN has a wide selection of fine teas. Enjoy!