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Darjeeling Loose Leaf Black Tea by Tazo Tea 8.8-oz.
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$31.95
Darjeeling Loose Leaf Black Tea by Tazo Tea
Item Size: One 8.8-oz bag.
Directions: Use one heaping teaspoon loose leaves per 8 ounces of water. Brews approximately 50 cups of tea.
A light-bodied, golden-colored, full flavored tea with floral characteristics,
hints of nuts and butter, and a sweet, lingering finish.
Description: Single-origin tea from Darjeeling.
Known as the champagne of teas, Darjeeling tea has a light, smooth, buttery flavor with floral notes. In character, Darjeelings possess a rich, golden liquor, exotic floral and nutty notes which produces a delicious and indescribable flavor marked as their own. Capturing the essence of the Himalayas, the exquisite tea with a rich, full flavor creates a unique tea-drinking experience.
The tea leaves are plucked during the region’s second flush (a flush is a seasonal growing and plucking cycle) which starts in May and produces the unique flavor for which Darjeeling teas are famous.
Darjeeling tea, cultivated on sloping terrain in northern India amongst the foothills of the Himalayan mountain range, acquire their flavor and aroma by being produced in the unique combination of cool, misty climate, elevation, rainfall, terrain and quality of soil and air.
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Received almost 2 year old tea
Customer Rating:
2.0
Jan. 13, 2010
Would not purchase again
by Matthew(Lodi, WI) 1 review
Darjeeling is one of the most refined tastes for tea. It usually has a very smooth and refined taste. That is, when it is not almost two years old. Tea is at its best when it is fresh. As tea ages it looses that great taste that we all drink tea for.
The loose leaf tea that I received was package almost two years prior to my receiving it. The expiration date was less than 1 and half months in the future.
What did the tea taste like? It had very little is any taste due to it's age. I called Starbucks and explained my frustration. They apologized and gave me a gift certificate in the amount of the cost of this tea. While this is good customer service, I am surprised that they would ship such old tea. Especially when they are presenting this as a premium tea.
I usually am a Twinings tea drinker due to cost and availablity. The Twinings Darjeeling loose leaf, which is mostly chopped leafs and not full leafs, had so much more flavor. I wanted to get some FRESH Tazo Darjeeling from Starbucks, but the nice man on the other end of the phone said he is not connected with the warehouse, which only gets autoshipped product from Starbucks.
If you are tempted to try this tea, please check the expiration date and packaked date when you receive the product. If the pack date was more than six months prior you will NOT be tasting the full potential of the tea.
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