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Reason why Starbucks only serves Tazo: they own them. Literally.
Perhaps this is also an explanation why Tazo sucks so much?
Perhaps this is also an explanation why Tazo sucks so much?
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Dec 5th, '07, 18:53
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I don't like Tazo at all. There is an aftertaste to me that is the same with all of their teas that I really don't like.
What's so bad about Stash, though? I have a few of their flavored loose teas that I like. And I loved the green and gold tins you could get from them (they don't have those any more, though) I guess if you don't drink flavored tea, though, you wouldn't like them.
What's so bad about Stash, though? I have a few of their flavored loose teas that I like. And I loved the green and gold tins you could get from them (they don't have those any more, though) I guess if you don't drink flavored tea, though, you wouldn't like them.
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Dec 5th, '07, 20:59
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That's it. I like flavored teas. I can't abide Stash tea. It always tasted to me me like someone picked lousy tea and annoying spices to come up with their teas.LavenderPekoe wrote: What's so bad about Stash, though? I have a few of their flavored loose teas that I like. And I loved the green and gold tins you could get from them (they don't have those any more, though) I guess if you don't drink flavored tea, though, you wouldn't like them.
Sorry, I tried and tried to like stash tea. Won't happen in my lifetime.
Dec 6th, '07, 15:12
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I find Tazo only mildly annoying. I would drink it if there were nothing else. Maybe it's an attempt to get us to drink Starbucks coffee?LavenderPekoe wrote:Ah, well, to each his own. That's how I feel about Tazo. All of my Stash teas are fruit or mint so I don't get the strange spice flavor. I need to get through some of my supply, though, so I can justify buying more.
Their iced tea is ok. Nothing to write home about.
Dec 6th, '07, 17:54
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Dec 7th, '07, 01:38
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It's a YMMV thing. I just would rather drink anything than Stash tea.divintea wrote:Yikes, skywarrior! You must really not like it then!
I remember in high school and college when mom would bring home some Stash tea packets from work. I pretty much made up my mind then. Later forays into that tea only confirmed what I already knew.
Dec 7th, '07, 10:40
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Dec 7th, '07, 20:04
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Ah, I'm quite well versed in chai, so here goes..Antony wrote:Does anyone know whats a really good chai tea (teabag or loose) brand to try?
Nerada Chai is quite nice for a big name brand. It comes in both loose leaf and bag forms and is perfect for the afternoon. It goes really well with a slice of raison/cinnamon toast with butter. It's really my 'saftey chai', that I always have a supply of
Twinings Chai is more spice laden than Nerada's and the tea is less strong/perhaps of a lower quality. It goes well with slightly more milk than usual and is best suited to a midday/morning tea tea
Dilmah makes 2 kinds of chai (which I cannot find a link to, sorry ); Gentle Ceylon Spice and Fiery Ceylon Spice. The Gentle Ceylon Spice is still a rather spicey chai tea, kind of like the Twinings chai only even more emphasis on the spices rather than the tea. Feiry Ceylon Spice is a chai tea with chillie flakes in it, it's not spicey in the sense that it'll ruin the chai experience; if you like chillies, you'll like this tea
Alchemy Chai Syrup, which I don't know if you can get countries other than Australia, is a syrup you add to milk and heat to make an apparently traditional chai taste. I don't know how traditional it is, but it tastes pretty good. It tastes more like a chai milk rather than a chai tea though
Lipton make a chai as well, but I won't bother taking about it. It's as you'd expect from Lipton; medicore
Other than that, I reccomend ordering Adagio's or Harney and Sons' Chais. They both seem to be pretty high quality and are, of course, going to be better quality than any big brand name teas. Also, if you like chai, I suggest Glogg, Christmas and Cinnamon teas as well.
Hope I was some help