Quote Originally Posted by chidarake View Post
those tea leaves are from a level 51 node in the first area, not exactly hard to get, also you can get 30nq an hr.

and yes saurian leather used tea leaves too.

I agree the 3 skins needed for leathers is steep though, but so is all the material cost for everything in xpac.
Saurian leather is an extremely bad example, as it was a 3* craft. 3* items were not produced in bulk as leveling 51-59 items are.