Tea Club

What's in the box: The site does not offer a subscription box; customers choose their own loose leaf teas, coffee and teaware from the shop's range.

Tea Club is a tea room and online shop based in Poznań. It sells loose leaf tea and coffee by weight, along with porcelain, cast iron teaware, accessories, chocolate, syrups and gift items. Despite the name, the site works like a regular online store. It does not describe a recurring box, a delivery schedule or any plan options, so shoppers hoping for a monthly surprise should know that before ordering.

The main strength is the range. The shop carries black, green, Pu-erh, oolong, yellow and white teas, plus flavored blends and Chinese jasmine teas. Tea Club says it buys only from established suppliers, that its products carry the required certificates, and that it tries to source from organic plantations that avoid artificial fertilizers. Some of the shop's descriptions make strong health claims about tea, and it is best not to rely on those.

The site also has sections for business and restaurant customers, seasonal collections, promotions and bestsellers. Its gifts section could work as a one-off alternative to a subscription box. The site is in Polish, and both a phone number and an email address are listed.

This is not clearly a curated tea subscription. If you are happy to put together your own order from a well stocked Polish tea retailer, it is a reasonable place to look.