The Tao of Tea

I recently ordered Tao of Tea's white Earl Grey. Unfortunately, depending on your point of view, they delivered the wrong package, and I ended up with two tins of teas I didn't order: 500 Mile Chai (a masala) and a red chai. When I called up the company, they agreed to send me my tea, apologized, and said to put the box back out for the UPS guy to take back. They said if he didn't pick it up in a couple weeks to throw it out. (Well he didn't, so it's now been "thrown out" to the tea shrine). But I did finally get the tea I had ordered.

The leaves are a good quality silver needle, very light and completely unbroken. There are no fannings in the tin at all from what I can see. The leaves smell more like white tea than bergamot, but the flavor is excellent. I followed their steeping instructions of five minutes, and it worked out quite nicely. The tastes complement each other quite well, even though I'm quite loyal to my black earl greys. In fact, I haven't been impressed by green Earl Greys, but this is definitely something I would order again.

The 500 Mile Chai is excellent as well, very traditional, and fantastic with milk and sugar. It tastes very fresh, and is full of spiced flavor.

The tins are attractive as well, with pictures of the tea on the front, and a double sealed top for extra freshness. On top of which, the prices are extremely reasonable. These organic teas run much less expensive than some other online retailers. The White Earl Grey costs $9.00 for a 2 ounces in the classic tin, while the 500 Mile Chai is only $9.50 for four ounces in a tin. Of course I can't complain since the chai was free!

Comments

[Mary R]

Lucky!

I've been meaning to try their 500 Mile Chai. I'm generally wary when it comes to chai...everybody and their brother has a different blend...so it was good to hear it's more like a traditional masala. I'll have to throw in the White Earl Grey too, now!

[Phamt]

Although I have learned much about tea, I have only tried Chai tea once when a friend gave it to me. Thus I don't exactly remember how it tastes like. This could be an interesting experiment
thanks for the suggestion

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