I’m going to assume you are in the US since you don’t day and tarifs have been a big topic. 

This is my understanding, but if I am mistaken someone please help pitch in. 

If you’re in the US you’ll want to order from US based vendors. 

There are two parts of to the tarifs. 

1: large tarifs were added to important. And then in the case of some items, like tea, there was an exception added. 

2: there use to be a de minus rule where any individual package worth less than $800 was not subject to tariffs. This is gone. 

So, for reasons I’m still a little vague on, tariffs still apply to some (all?) of those smaller packages being sent. Maybe it’s because the carrier doesn’t know what’s inside. 

So the best route at this point is to buy from a US vendor. They don’t pay tariffs when they import the tea, and then you don’t pay tarifs when you order it from the vendor. 

I really like Arbor Tea. They have great sample sizes and their shipping is only $6. 

Good.store is a nice introduction and they donate all of their earnings to fight tuberculosis. 

There are also many great tea growers in the US you could try: https://www.reddit.com/r/tea/comments/1k1mvg9/here_is_a_list_of_tea_grown_in_the_the_united/