help - rishi ancient snow sprout green tea - any experience?

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help - rishi ancient snow sprout green tea - any experience?

by inspectoring » Feb 11th, '08, 20:17

I wanted to know if anyone has had a chance to try this tea. Its ridiculously expensive yet I see that only rishi is selling it...

Thank you for your input...
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by inspectoring » Feb 18th, '08, 04:58

so I guess that particular tea from rishi is not doing well...I will order some and let you guys know...
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by Chip » Feb 18th, '08, 05:14

....cooool...
blah blah blah SENCHA blah blah blah!!!
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by Wesli » Feb 18th, '08, 12:01

Hahaha.





Yes, ridiculously expensive is Rishi's way.
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by devites » Feb 19th, '08, 00:38

It's ok, not worth the price which I guess is what you are asking. Whole Foods is where I got mine (really really expensive), but I like the Jade better.
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by Wesli » Feb 19th, '08, 01:58

Jade cloud or Jade fire?
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by Chip » Feb 19th, '08, 03:23

Rishi's customer service is second to none...from the bottom. If you are going to charge premo prices, follow through with premo customer service!!!
blah blah blah SENCHA blah blah blah!!!
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by Wesli » Feb 19th, '08, 03:27

Chip wrote:Rishi's customer service is second to none...from the bottom. If you are going to charge premo prices, follow through with premo customer service!!!
Xtreme ditto on that one.
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by Chip » Feb 19th, '08, 03:31

And on top of high prices, the hit you hard for the shipping, really hard.

I don't know, maybe I am sore because they canceled a lot of their Kagoshima sencha offerings...that ain't right, get me hooked then drop it...man, I need my fix...really bad.
blah blah blah SENCHA blah blah blah!!!
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by inspectoring » Feb 19th, '08, 08:27

Chip wrote:And on top of high prices, the hit you hard for the shipping, really hard.

I don't know, maybe I am sore because they canceled a lot of their Kagoshima sencha offerings...that ain't right, get me hooked then drop it...man, I need my fix...really bad.
Well - could it be that they ran out of the good stock and will offer it in Spring?
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by Wesli » Feb 19th, '08, 12:54

Haha, no. Rishi ships their tea on the slow boat. Meaning, they just got their 2007 harvest in a month or two ago. On second thought, 2007 harvest could still be on it's way. Hard to tell anything with them because they never email back.
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by Space Samurai » Feb 19th, '08, 16:19

He's not kidding, they just gut a shipment in a week or so ago of last years tea. I think part of the issue they face with that is the very large quantities they deal in.

As a personal tea drinker, I'm annoyed, dissapointed and simply through with Rishi.
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by Pentox » Feb 19th, '08, 16:25

Space Samurai wrote:He's not kidding, they just gut a shipment in a week or so ago of last years tea. I think part of the issue they face with that is the very large quantities they deal in.

As a personal tea drinker, I'm annoyed, dissapointed and simply through with Rishi.
Hm, and I was considering trying some out too.
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by Space Samurai » Feb 19th, '08, 16:31

Pentox wrote:Hm, and I was considering trying some out too.
If you see them at a grocery store or at a Whole Foods or something, it's very worth it. Even with the price jump, their retail tins are still a better value than their competitors. I think Rishi is some of the best, if not the best, tea you can find in a store.

But the world wide web is something different entirely. There are too many other options, better tea, better prices, better shipping, and better service.
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by Chip » Feb 19th, '08, 18:10

If someone offers amazing tea, I can overlook a multitude of bad customer service. It has to be really bad for me to write them off totally...but dang, they have some "new" Kagoshima sencha from who knows what harvest. Extremely expensive.

They could have a pretty big chunk of my business, but instead they will get less than 5% of my business. Just one or two items that I can't l;ive w/o. Well, unless they change their ways.

I know I mentioned this before, but I should add facts to my charge. 3 emails over a 3 week period (the last one was 1-2 months ago) and still no response. I should call them, but I am currently too POed.
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