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My regular readers will probably know that I'm a real tea maniac. On weekdays, I will drink around 1.5l, on weekends this number can easily double. But I don't just drink any brand, with time I became a real connoisseur (and probably addict). I started off with the Teeladen / Teegeschwender collection in Luxembourg, until one day, my parents brought me a few packs from the Palais des Thés in Strasbourg. That was about the same time I moved to Basel and discovered that Mulhouse also got a Palais des Thés, and their online ordering is also quite reliant. Now every now and then, I will try something new, be it a new brand or a new shop, e.g. here in Basel. Yesterday, I wanted to try the Tekoe Tea Shop in the passerelle in the Basel SBB train station. What's funny is that they got the exactly same selection of teas than the Palais des Thés. Also their site will look quite familiar, although mentioning nowhere a relation to PDT. Now this was rather a pleasent surprise, until I got the receit. 45CHF for two teas, thats nearly 33€!!! Now I'm used to high tea expenses, but in the PDT I certainly get more for less. The quality was comparable to their counterparts in the PDT, although they had lost some taste from not being sold for some time... But maybe that was just me!