Stash Chai Green Tea - Steeping with the Enemy
Mike: Stash Chai Green Tea is the sexier, smarter, more athletic brother of the Stash Chai Black Tea. It’s superior in every regard. A deep, rich taste of concentrated cinnamon and other spices permeates your essence with every sip. Really get your nose in that tea cup and take a whiff of this chai tea and you’ll see what I’m talking about. You literally experience sensory overload as your head gets the dizzies for a second.
The one threat to this Stash tea is his brother’s jealousy. If I have learned anything from a series of movies about sibling betrayal, brotherly rivalry can be a fierce thing. All is good until Stash Chai Black finds out that Stash Chai Green has been steepin’ with black’s wife: Stash Chocolate Hazelnut Tea.
Rating: B
Dax: Stash chai green tea is an interesting tea fusion that was given to me from my partner. Mr. Kofman. I popped open the tea and to took a sniff. This teabag hit me like a silo full of smelling salts; powerful stuff. Regaining conciousness, I took a sip of this green tea/chai tea. the color of the tea was lighter than expected, as was the taste. I cant say that I didn't enjoy this Stash tea review, but after getting hit in the face, you expect a bit more intensity, you know?
Rating: B-
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I'm not a big fan of chai green tea. To me, chai spices are more suitable for black tea or red tea. You guys seem to review more "flavored" green teas than straight green tea. I highly suggest that you try Stash Organic Premium Green Tea. I'm Chinese and know a good cup of tea when I taste it. Mike doesn't seem to have a palate for green tea, as he has several reviews where he finds the taste grassy, whereas Dax is more appreciative of the taste. So one of you should enjoy Stash Organic Premium Green Tea. The flavor is quite earthy and full, without a cheap grassy aftertaste. Not only that, there is a lingering warm note, as you sip the tea. It's very satisfying. When you take a whiff of the cup, and notice the oils floating on the top of the liquid, you know you are not getting some dried up tea clippings. The aroma and essence of the tea leaves are what is so satiating about this tea. So skip the weird chai green tea and go for the premium regular green tea in the Stash line.
Alright Tea Dutchess, here's where you overstepped the line.
I am a teasan, so by definition I have a palate for green tea (as well as a palate for every kind of tea). You may be Chinese but you weren't certified a teasan by the Chinese Tea Consortium like Dax and I. This not only makes us teasans, but it makes us more Chinese than you are or will ever be. : )
One of our themes here is that we do all kinds of tea reviews, ranging from teas with 0 steepability to teas so good they will have you coming back night after night just to get your fix no matter how guilty you feel about it.
Mike
Just wanted to let y'all know I just referenced this review in my blog. Here's a direct link to the entry: http://makeithappenmama.blogspot.com/2010/03/how-do-i-love-chai-let-me-count-ways.html
Emily thanks for the shout out! Looks like we both have a certain "thing" for tea as well. Keep steepin!