Wissotzky Mahogany 9 Flavours Tea Chest Gift Box / 90 Assorted Teas

by Wissotzky Tea - Since 1849

Product Features

• Assortment 10 each of 9 different tea flavors
• Individually packaged in heat-sealed tea packet to preserve freshness
• Mahogany wooden hinged box
• Made in Israel

Product Description

Warm up to this delicious selection of 90 assorted teas. Made from a unique generations-old blend, the teas are individually packaged in their own heat-sealed tea packet to preserve freshness. This fantastic set of inviting flavors is held in a rich mahogany wooden hinged box. From Wissotzky Tea. Includes: 10 jasmine teas 10 green tea with verbena and lemon grass teas 10 green tea with ginger and lemongrass teas 10 Earl Grey teas 10 English breakfast teas 10 chamomile teas 10 Nana lemon teas 10 mango and passion fruit teas 10 peach teas Mahogany wooden hinged box Made in Israel Kosher

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 2.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B0010XWSHY
• UPC: 603741001284
• Item model number: M13125-0000
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #62,000 in Grocery & Gourmet Food (See Top 100 in Grocery & Gourmet Food)
  • #63 in Grocery & Gourmet Food > Beverages > Coffee, Tea & Cocoa > Tea > Tea Gifts

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great gift, January 8, 2010

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R. Solomon - See all my reviews
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I bought this tea as a gift for my husband who is a daily tea drinker. He loves the tea, he is limiting himself to one bag a day so it will last. His favorite by far is the Green Jasmine tea. I wish they sold that individually. I'm sure I will be buying him more soon.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great gift idea, January 7, 2010

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Rick J. Bianchi - See all my reviews
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I bought this tea as a gift for my mother who drinks tea but also entertains a lot of people that drink tea. This is the perfect assortment of tea to present to your guests. I loved it

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Wissotzky Mahogany 9 Flavors Tea Chest, December 11, 2010

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Verruca (Pennsylvania, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Wissotzky Mahogany 9 Flavours Tea Chest Gift Box / 90 Assorted Teas (Misc.)

Others have reviewed the teas themselves, and since this is a gift, I won't be trying them - so this review is based only on the gift presentation. If I also get good reviews for the tea itself from the recipients, I'll post an update.

Summary:

I'm a little disappointed; I think the term "tea chest" made me picture something more luxurious than this product turned out to be. It's not bad-looking, but I think this is a case of getting exactly what I paid for - this tea chest and its contents look and feel like a $25 gift. It's a shame, because I think that this could be exactly what I was expecting if more attention had been paid to finishing. As it is, though, I think I will probably be looking elsewhere if I ever decide to buy another tea chest. I'm giving it three stars - I don't feel ripped off, but I don't feel like I've gotten away with anything, either.

Details:

The chest dimensions are 11 3/4" L X 9 3/8" W X 2 3/8' H. The chest comes shrink-wrapped in clear plastic, with a nutrition label stuck to the underside of the chest itself. I didn't try peeling off the label because I was afraid of pulling up some of the finish or making the wood splinter. It's a very lightweight, soft wood - the sides are about 1/4" thick and the top is around 1/16" thick. The chest is a red mahogany color on the outside only. The hardware (hinges and a hasp-type closure) are silver-toned and also of a lightweight material.

The box itself, I don't find very attractive. I like the color of the stain, and the construction seems sturdy enough (hardware is attached with screws, joins are straight and secure, although I can't tell if there's anything besides glue involved), but the finishing isn't very craftsmanlike:

- The surface has dark-colored particles stuck to it, which makes me think they stained this without wiping it down after sanding.
- There's some slight drips of stain visible on the sides of the box.
- The finish is not very lustrous.
- There are splinters around the indentations for the box's hinges - although on the plus side, they did at least make indentations for the hinges.
- The hasp is slightly misaligned, so when you flip the hinged part on the lid down, it doesn't slide easily over the catch on the bottom half and you have to force it a little to get it closed.
- I have all sorts of issues with the lid: it has light scratching on it that looks like it got a few swipes of a medium-grade sandpaper and that's it; it's for some reason really dusty-looking and I can't seem to get it clean by just wiping it; and it's stenciled with the Wissotzky Tea logo in a slightly metallic gray paint.
- That logo - I don't know why, but the logo design, and the design of the tea bag wrappers, does not give the impression of luxury or indulgence.

Ironically, the sides and bottom of the box are a little nicer-looking than the lid; they're slightly more lustrous, not as covered with sanding grit, and you can see some wood grain.

There's an insert to divide the box into nine slots for tea bags; it's a very lightweight wood, glued together but not attached to the box interior. The sanding on the insert also seems incomplete (or not done at all). The interior of the box is unlined, unstained wood.

A big plus is that when you open the box, it smells *delicious*.

To be honest, if I knew what the box would be like before I had ordered this, I would have kept looking. Now that I've got it, though, I'll go ahead and give it to its intended recipients - the helpful and friendly staff of an office I frequent, whom I wanted to remember for the holidays even though my budget's limited. But if I had gotten this for someone as a more personal gesture, or if it had been for someone I was trying to impress (i.e. boss, client, mother-in-law-to-be, etc), I'd probably be putting this aside and looking elsewhere for an alternative.

1/30/2011 - The girls at the office all love the tea! But I still wouldn't necessarily recommend this chest as a gift - you can buy Wissotzky tea for around $3 a box right here on Amazon. I'd probably buy the tea and then see what I could do about finding a nice-looking presentation box separately.