Customer Reviews

Ineeka Whole Leaf Organic Tea, Insight - Ma-Chai, 1.23-Ounce Tin

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This is absolutely the best commercial chai I have ever tasted. The blend of spices is soothing and well balanced, with luxurious saffrom and rose petals in addition to the traditional spices. I love the innovative tea bags, too, and they come beautifully packaged in a lovely metal tin. If you are a chai lover, or a tea lover, I would recommend trying these teas - I am a tea addict, and this is the best quality I have found. I also really appreciated the company's committment to organic farming. My only wish is that they would introduce refills so that one could simply refill the metal container with fresh tea bags, rather than buying a new one each time.

A friend turned me on to this tea... first the metal box is unique... like a steel vault and the first tip that you are in for something really good. Secondly each individual tea bag opens into a device that sits across the lip of the cup that you pour your hot water into--a built in infuser I think--amazing. The tea is rich and just an incredible taste. I was strictly a coffee drinker up to this point. This stuff is wonderful.

Just a warning, I'm not an expert on tea and this is the first loose leaf tea I've tried. The biggest difference I noticed with this tea compared to bagged is the body. The body was full and silky smooth. The flavors were pretty subtle. I thought that the black tea dominated and the chai spices were there but in the background. Compared to say a Tazo chai which is in your face, this tea is there but you really have to pay attention and dig for the flavors.

If all loose leaf teas have this much body, I'll be drinking more tea in the future!

I am a beginner with tea, having been a coffee-drinker for 50 years. Among all the teas--and I have tried many in my initial tea-tasting phase--I count Ineeka Whole Leaf Organic Tea among my top 3 favorites. One unique thing about this tea is the way it comes packaged, each container having pop-out paper sides that fit the tea over the cup so you can pour directly over the leaves. it's as if each container is its own diffuser.