New tins!

[brillig]

I also much prefered the look of the old silver tins. If nothing else, I would rather have the black lids than the clear ones; UV worries aside, the black just looks more classy, even if the tin body remains non-silver.

Secondly, is there any way to purchase these tins (either the old or the new variety) from Adagio without purchasing tea as well? Where does Adagio get them, I wonder?

[vbguy772]

brillig,

I also prefer the old style tins. I found a good supply at my local tea shop here in Vero Beach, Fl. They have a web-site at: http://www.tiffanysteacrafts.com/

The cost for the larger sized tin is $7, I'm not sure what the smaller tin size costs since I don't buy that size, but my guess would be around $4.

Tiffany's does sell by phone.

Hope this helps and..............

Happy sipping ...........

Ron

[sweetea]

Chiming in with another vote for silver canisters.

Does anyone know why herbal teas are not packaged in cansiters but rather in paper bags? I was disappointed to open my last order only to find chamomile and mint teas shipped to me in paper bags. And some of you thought the white cansisters look cheap! Try the paper bags!

[Kestrel]

Does anyone know if the Adagio tins (new and old) are dishwasher safe? Or for that matter, if it's okay to wash them in hot water? Will the metal be okay and the squishy plastic-y seal be unwarped? I had a problem with those style seals in the dishwasher on drink containers - the seals eventually warped and fell out and couldn't be put back in, and the containers leaked forever after.

[teaspoon]

Um wait I'm confused... why exactly do the new tins look cheap and unprofessional?

Personally I think they look better than the old tins, though I have nothing in particular against said old tins. Truthfully, using plain tins with a sticker label stuck on looks more cottage-industry than the nice printed tins.

~tsp

[daughteroftheKing]

Guess I'm in the minority, but I kinda like the new larger tins. I love that they're stackable; they even sit on top of the old ones.
I do miss the old labels with the stack of pretty cups of tea, though.
Now, if you'd just make the tins in RED, they'd match my kitchen.

[yresim]

I did want to say something about the new tins: the plastic tops are really not appropriate for orange teas, or teas containing citrus oils (such as earl grey). The reason is that citrus oil eats through plastic.

You may want to consider packaging these teas differently. I can mail you a sample of what it does to the lids if you like. If you leave plastic and citrus oil together long enough, the citrus oil will eat all the way through the plastic...

~Yresim~

[Carnelian]

I have the eating problem, my mandarin green is well texturizing the lid

[Molly]

Actually, no you don't sound stupid because that was the way I felt when I took them out of the box this morning. This was the first order I placed for larger sizes and most were in new tins but one was the older style. I like the stack feature but that is about it. The white looks cheap and plastic like- I even like the old label better with the vibrant tea cups and the little description of the tea. Silly probably, I still love the tea in them and think Adagio's is great but I would really like the old tins for my teas.

Having been living with my new tins since I received my last order, I have to say that I like the new tins stackability and clear lids. I can even live with the white tins (they are growing on me) but I'm not loving the new labels. I miss the vibrant tea cups and description of the tea too....and the labels on my herbals are wrong! They say 180 degrees for water temp and not 212. Granted, I don't use boiling water but I'm trying to get more friends to buy from Adagio and I would hate for them to decide they don't like the tea if they get a tin with an incorrect label that has them preparing the tea with a cooler temp. water than usual...

[Ric]

I like the new tins, and being able to stack them now is a plus, but... (You saw that coming)

I do not like the clear lids. Tea (as you know) needs to be stored in the dark because light can hurt the flavor. I keep about twelve tins of tea on a rack next to my electric tea kettle, and I do go through tea fast enough for the tea not to go stale. But in my mind I have a lot of money invested in my tea (drinking Silver Needle White Tea as I type this), and I would like to keep it as fresh as I can for as long as I can. My suggestion would be to make the top the color of green as the green trimming on the tin.

But anyway, I do like the new tins.

[himthatwas]

When they first came out their was a post here about the clear plastic lids and the same concerns coming up here with the freshness. The response was that they have some sort of coating that cuts the UV or something like that to eliminate that issue.

They also said that they had a specific lid for Earl Grey that can stand up to the eating issue, but a few have gone out with the wrong lid so your eaten ones may have been of that uniquess.

I lean towards the new ones but I did not already have a shelf full of the old ones. In fact I had several of the new ones before I had even seen the old ones. I like the descriptions on the labels of the old style tins, but that's because I bring tea to work and it's always up for grabs. People never seem to believe a description unless it's written down. If I wasn't sharing like that I would prefer not to have the descriptions.

I tend to remember my teas based on a scent/event association. Jasmine - Beach. Assam - First tea I really like with milk. Lychee Black - That trip to Portland. These don't really work all that well when someone asks what Coconut Pouchong is like and you respond "You're cruising down I-5, 90Mph, Oingo Boing blasting on the radio and you really have to go to the bathroom!"

[marz910]

I was thinking what about takeing the paper they use to wrap stuff and make it so it can stick to the iside of the lid or something white with the adagio symbol. It just something I was thinking about while reading the post. Not sure if it would be cheaper then say getting white tops in place of the clear ones.

[klemptor]

I'm not crazy about the clear lids because they collect and show tea dust; however, I think that the new tins are infinitely more attractive than the old, so I'm not complaining.

[ilya]

The tea lids are in fact made with a special UV-coating that prevents damaging light rays from entering the container. We did a fair amount of research before switching our entire line to the new packaging.

[Ric]

The tea lids are in fact made with a special UV-coating that prevents damaging light rays from entering the container. We did a fair amount of research before switching our entire line to the new packaging.

That's great to know!
Thanks!