1)
My mom runs a small craft fair business.  She makes things (think Martha Stewart) and sells them at local community events.

She already has a credit card terminal from her bank and adding the "Internet Processing" feature costs about $20 per month.

Basically, her bank has a hosted shopping cart.  When someone orders online, the descriptions and values of the items are passed to the bank and they process it for her in an iFrame.

2)
Paypal has a shopping cart feature that works really well:
http://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=p/xcl/rec/sc-intro-outside

It's hosted and will allow you to easily sell your tea online.

It's been around a long time and is well refined. With paypal, you can accept any credit card. Google Checkout is a really nice option (I use it whenever I can), but more people recognize the paypal name when thinking about payments.

3)
E-junkie is a really good, easy to use option. It can be found at http://www.e-junkie.com/.

Ejunkie lists the following features:
Easy to use, centrally managed service
Digital storage & delivery for files & codes
Supports multiple payment processors
Copy-paste Buy Now and Shopping Cart buttons
Supports variants for tangible products
Shipping and packaging calculator
Sales tax and VAT calculator
Packaged products
Inventory management
Product promotion
Discount codes
Affiliate management
Autoresponder, updates & newsletters
Sales tracking, built in support for Google Analytics
Customization
Download link renewals
Easy integration with 3rd party and custom services
Logs & e-mail notifications
Globalized

The major advantage to E-Junkie is that you can accept all forms of credit cards and various online payment methods. If you're planning on selling your tea "across the pond", remember that folks on that side of the world don't use credit cards the same way, but will gladly use one of the alternative methods that E-Junkie provides.

I hope that this helps!
Source(s):
I'm a pro webmaster. I have setup a few small, medium and a couple of large e-commerce shops. As mentioned, one of my projects has been for my mom who sells (somewhat) similar merchandise.

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