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| - I'm giving this place 3 stars because it is overpriced and hardly any of the staff is knowledgeable about tea, but is good in a pinch when you can't wait for the mail or you are at the mall. I've heard that there is another good tea store near Carmel and 51, but I haven't been there.
I hate to be cranky about this, I know they have more overhead and expensive rent and blah, blah, blah... I'm fine for paying a little more for the tea, but to try to shake me down for an extra $4-8 for a tin is kinda slimy. Most of the online stores will give you the tin for free or charge you a minimal fee.
Just go to www.adagio.com and get good bulk tea at low rates. The samples are pretty cheap and the quality is the best out there.
Oh, and the girl at Teavana told me that masala chai is what people use in India to make tea. I told her that I'm Indian and make chai every day with plain strong black tea, sugar, fresh ginger, milk, and tea masala... she said that she has been to India and they usually didn't put milk in tea.
Phew, I do sound grumpymeanandcranky, don't I? I hate to write "I'm Indian and I know better" reviews, but this one irritated me.
Blerg.
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