Okay, take two before I throw this tea bag out. This time I used “green tea” temperature water and steeped it for about 2 minutes or so. I’m hoping to bring these green tea notes out that I supposedly missed the first time around.
And…. no. It still tastes like black tea to me. And it’s still too astrigent for me to enjoy. Maybe even more so the second time. Not enjoyable at all.
Good try, Starbucks, but this random blend brings me no joy. I gave it a shot.
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Is this what happens when Starbucks buys a tea company? And to think…Teavana already couldn’t make a good tea blend!
LOL. Well to be fair, I don’t know how good Tazo was before this.
To Starbucks credit, they did used to use typical tea bags and switched to full-leaf pyramid bags, so.. it’s a start. But they’re still a coffee company first and foremost (and from what I understand from my coffee snob friends, they’re not even a GOOD coffee company).
Yes, their coffee is mediocre from what I’ve heard. I personally used to enjoy tazo teas – but that might have been before I discovered “real” tea. Maybe. :P
Aww, no judgement here. We all have to start somewhere. I started on Tazo too, since they had a bunch of it in the office breakroom.
They’ve had this for a couple years. I can’t remember if I had it last year or two years ago but it was pretty meh.
Steven Smith started Tazo which was acquired by starbucks in 1999, so, I’m going to state emphatically that Tazo WAS a good tea company at one time. But in the 13 years since Steven Smith was at the helm it has managed to lose its way.
Why do large corporations always throw acquired companies to the dumpster? Large corporations seem to have no care in the world for quality :/
Because it’s all about the money, money, money.
One thing I’ve learned as I get older – especially regarding politics – when I ask, “Why does this happen? It makes no sense” it’s usually because of money.
Bleh. haha
Is this what happens when Starbucks buys a tea company? And to think…Teavana already couldn’t make a good tea blend!
LOL. Well to be fair, I don’t know how good Tazo was before this.
To Starbucks credit, they did used to use typical tea bags and switched to full-leaf pyramid bags, so.. it’s a start. But they’re still a coffee company first and foremost (and from what I understand from my coffee snob friends, they’re not even a GOOD coffee company).
Yes, their coffee is mediocre from what I’ve heard. I personally used to enjoy tazo teas – but that might have been before I discovered “real” tea. Maybe. :P
Aww, no judgement here. We all have to start somewhere. I started on Tazo too, since they had a bunch of it in the office breakroom.
They’ve had this for a couple years. I can’t remember if I had it last year or two years ago but it was pretty meh.
Steven Smith started Tazo which was acquired by starbucks in 1999, so, I’m going to state emphatically that Tazo WAS a good tea company at one time. But in the 13 years since Steven Smith was at the helm it has managed to lose its way.
Why do large corporations always throw acquired companies to the dumpster? Large corporations seem to have no care in the world for quality :/
Because it’s all about the money, money, money.
One thing I’ve learned as I get older – especially regarding politics – when I ask, “Why does this happen? It makes no sense” it’s usually because of money.
Bleh. haha