Mask and tea prices

[redbird]

For people living in the United States: Bona Fide Masks has sent out email saying they will not be raising the prices of the Powecom KN95 masks they import from China, and gave a discount code, SPRING25, good for 25% off through April 20th.

Separately, I just ordered a bunch of tea, because I expect the price to go up, and realized after placing the order that while we think of the Formosa oolong as Chinese tea (rather than Indian or Japanese), Formosa is another name for Taiwan, so those ridiculously high tariffs may not apply.

Comments

[otter]

Good to know.

[ambyr]

Probably also worth pointing out that the team responsible for monitoring N95 standards has recently been laid off, along with the rest of NIOSH. If you prefer masks made in a regulated environment, there's reason to stock up on already manufactured ones now.

[redbird]

Thanks. I should see how many boxes of the actual N95s we have here. I try to have some of those ear-loop KN95s around for people who prefer them, but I don't know what sort of quality control there was on imported masks, even before DOGE.