Need help with tea, please

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Not having the ability to buy on-line I have been trying to find

sources of oolong and Pu-erh tea here in San Diego.

I found:

http://www.infusionsoftea.com/servlet/the-Teas-and-Tisanes-cln-Oolong-%26-Pu-dsh\

-erh/Categories

I called them and they recommended that for brewing with kombucha, i

used the cheapest oolong they have.... but $9.50 for 2 oz??? Ditto

for green Pu-Erh but it is their Imperial Puerh that says ot helps

with weight loss and that costs $16 for 2 ozs!!. They also have

Premium Tuocha in a cake for $15 for 2 ozs and that is 8 cakes.

There is another source of bulk teas in San Diego:

http://www.sdhouse.com/html/san_diego_tea.html

After spending what seemed like 1/2 my life scrolling their website

(no search engine boo hiss) I finally found Formosa Oolong for at $15

for 1/4 lb which i guess is 4 oz. Thedse people also have something

called Wuyioolong Tea for $18 for 1/4 lb and a Blood Type B tea for

$12.

So aside from the fact thnat i have no idea which of those are a good buy....

Would it be advisable to brew KT using Oolong and Pu-erh together at

once? Assuming Oolong is a green tea and Pu-erh a black tea? It's

been so long since I had Oolong I forget whether it is green tea or

not!!!

The reason i want to combine them is weight loss. If I could loose

some weight, it would make a whole lot of other things much better for

me, healthwise.

These prices seem very high to me. I am brewing in 1 gallon pickle

jars and used 5 tea bags i think.... so that was what 5 teaspoons of

tea? How much of these expensive teas would i use to make 1 gal

kombucha?

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