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Scott bought me another box of chai to try. This is Bigelow's vanilla chai. It's not great, but it's not terrible either if I limit the steeping time to three minutes (the package calls for four). I'm not sure if I should be relieved that I find something so cheap palatable or if I should take it as a sign that I'd like better quality chais that much better.
I do wish it was required for caffeinated things to list on the package just how much caffeine is in a normal serving. I've seen the websites that list average values, but I want to know specifically about each tea I try and about my instant coffee (those websites give a ridiculously broad range for instant coffees without any more information. I have no idea where on the scale my coffee falls. I suspect it's at the lower end, but I have no way to know. The company that makes it doesn't provide that information anywhere I can find it). Tazo does label its teas with the amount of caffeine one can expect, and I like that.
Speaking of Tazo, Scott picked up one of their green teas for me. It's a ginger pear if I'm remembering correctly. It's nice enough, but I have so many boxes of tea to get through. I'm going to have to start drinking tea daily to get through it all. I have approximately thirty servings worth of various chais. I've got that vanilla coconut white tea and the peach blossom oolong. And that's just the caffeinated stuff.
In spite of that, I'm looking with covetous eyes at some of Adagio's samples and samplers. I'd like to try the various different things they sell, at least those within my price range. I'm just not sure I can justify the expense when I've got so much other tea and when I find much less expensive stuff passable.
I do wish it was required for caffeinated things to list on the package just how much caffeine is in a normal serving. I've seen the websites that list average values, but I want to know specifically about each tea I try and about my instant coffee (those websites give a ridiculously broad range for instant coffees without any more information. I have no idea where on the scale my coffee falls. I suspect it's at the lower end, but I have no way to know. The company that makes it doesn't provide that information anywhere I can find it). Tazo does label its teas with the amount of caffeine one can expect, and I like that.
Speaking of Tazo, Scott picked up one of their green teas for me. It's a ginger pear if I'm remembering correctly. It's nice enough, but I have so many boxes of tea to get through. I'm going to have to start drinking tea daily to get through it all. I have approximately thirty servings worth of various chais. I've got that vanilla coconut white tea and the peach blossom oolong. And that's just the caffeinated stuff.
In spite of that, I'm looking with covetous eyes at some of Adagio's samples and samplers. I'd like to try the various different things they sell, at least those within my price range. I'm just not sure I can justify the expense when I've got so much other tea and when I find much less expensive stuff passable.