Tea!

[clockworktomato]

Ok, all you people talking about Adagio Teas?

*looks sweetly at alceria and soaring_phoenix*....

Quit it! :D

I have an entire kitchen cupboard filled with tea, yet all this talk about these awesome teas makes me want to buy some! Evil!

*whispers* (So, ah, if one were to, say, be bad get some tea as a gift, yeah, that's it! A gift to oneself -- what would you,

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[cynica]

I lurrrrrrrrrrv adagio!

[clockworktomato]

It's tea! And it's...tea! And! *eee*

Tea!

*glares at bad cup of work coffee*

[clockworktomato]

It's crazy, I'd never heard of Adagio and within the past two weeks I've heard four or five people talking about it. I've always ordered "specialty teas" that I couldn't find at the grocery store from Teavana, but Adagio seems to be much more affordable -- and, hey, trying new tea? Twist my arm!

IngenuiTEA -- I'm going to have to look into this. If I were going to be here a little longer, I'd bring in a small coffee pot or something for my desk, here, so I could keep hot water handy -- we don't have a hot water dispenser or a coffee system with a hot water spout (I've been so spoiled, I realize this, now) and the microwave here is an industrial one that is a little temperamental. I'd like a French press to put here at my desk but, well, there'd be no truly good way to fill it with hot water.

And ooh, you still have the gift certificate?! I totally wasn't fishing -- I figured it'd already been claimed. *ee* :D My LJ name @ comcast.net would be great. :D Thank you so much!

*tries to resist temptation to go tea shopping*

[alceria]

I've aquired a slight tea obsession lately and have sampled a fair amount of the adagio stuff. Everything I've tried so far has been good, but beware of the really high quality green teas, they are very spinachy - apparently that's a sign that it's high quality, but still, I don't like spinach to begin with, so drinking a cup of it isn't that appealing. The green pekoe is mild enough that I don't mind the slight spinachy taste though. Even though a lot of studies are indicating that white and black teas are just as beneficial health-wise, for some reason I feel like green tea is the most healthy though I have done no research to prove it. So that's why I'm drinking the green stuff. :) The reviews on the site are plentiful (they encourage you to do reviews by giving you a coupon for each you do) and they are pretty truthful. They give you a pretty good indication of what is popular all around and which are an aquired taste. Also the sampler packs are pretty cheap, and the individual samples are $2-$4, so it's not to painful to

[clockworktomato]

Wow, two votes on the ingenuiTEA -- this must be a cool pot!

And I'll admit -- the cute little tins are part of what's swaying me to want tea, too. It's like a bonus -- I get good tea AND this awesome little storage container?! *is a dork*

I'm very picky about green teas, so I'll definitely take your advice on those and probably skip those in my first order. The flavor of them is so delicate that it's easy for me to detect tastes in green teas that I dislike -- I generally have to get one that's blended with another flavor or I find I like matcha powder for green tea.

*makes note of flavored sampler* Awesome!

And they seem to be very generous with coupons! That's the quickest way to get me hooked on something -- "oh, I have this coupon and I can't waste it!"

Thank you so much! I should be working, except that I have...no work to do...so tea shopping I go! :D

[alceria]

Sadly it's one introductory coupon per person, I tried using a second coupon I had mailed to another one of my addresses, but it didn't work. If you *do* decide to get the ingenuiTEA (and you should) and you opt for the diggnation giftset (adagio.com/diggnation) I think you get 5% off your order as well. That is the set I first ordered, it comes with three green teas and the chamomile.

As for being sensitive with the green teas, remember that these are loose teas so it's very easy to just throw a little in with one of the flavored ones you buy. A lot of people do that. If they have different steep times you can just throw the first one in, wait until there's 3 minutes left and throw the green tea in. I'm adding small amounts of spinach city sencha overture to my other teas in order to use it up

[vayacondia]

I LURVE the apricot and peppermint flavors. I have a tangerine white, but I haven't tried it yet. And I LOVE the little tins too. I wish I could have some extra - like Penzey's Spices sells their little bottles empty.