Mem Tea Imports Monthly Tea Box

What's in the box: Each month brings three teas chosen by MEM Tea from its imported range.

MEM Tea Imports is a tea retailer with a shop in Davis Square, North Cambridge, Massachusetts. Its Tea of the Month subscription is a small add-on to that business, not a standalone box company. The website says subscribers get three teas each month for $20. The company says it tastes over two thousand teas from hundreds of farms each year to build its catalog. That catalog includes loose tea, pyramid sachets, samplers, collections and matcha, so the subscription draws on a fairly wide range that the company picks itself. The site does not say how much of each tea you get, how the monthly picks are chosen, or whether you can set preferences. Expect a curator's selection rather than a box tailored to you. That suits people who want to explore different styles without buying full sizes of each one. Because the shop sells its range online, it is easy to reorder a tea you liked from a box. The subscription details we found were thin, so check what each month includes, how shipping works, and how to pause or cancel before you sign up. Overall it looks like a fairly priced, low-commitment way to sample teas from an established specialty importer.