Product Description

Contains caffeine. In many cultures, chai simply means tea. A pot of chai fills homes with a delicious aroma that says welcome like nothing else. Now you can enjoy this irresistible elixir yourself. Our Original India Spice TeaHouse Chai is blended from antioxidant-rich premium teas combined with natural spices and exotic flavors. Drink to your health and savor the intriguing taste that stands apart from the crowd. This product contains all-natural ingredients and flavors, and no artificial colors or preservatives. Gluten free.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2096 in Grocery & Gourmet Food
• Brand: Celestial Seasonings
• Released on: 2006-01-11
• Number of items: 6

Features

• Case of six boxes, each box containing 20 tea bags (total of 120 tea bags)
• A blend of premium teas with ginger root, cinnamon, and clove
• Contains caffeine; made with all-natural ingredients
• Packaging features whimsical original artwork; stringless teabags help reduce waste
• Ships in Certified Frustration-Free Packaging

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About the Brand
In 1969, 19-year-old Mo Siegel and his friend Wyck Hay found a bountiful harvest of wild herbs growing around Boulder, Colorado. With friends and wives helping, they picked the herbs and produced 500 pounds of their first blend, called MO's 36 Herb Tea. It was packaged in hand-sewn muslin bags and sold to a local health food store. Hay's brother, John, joined the partnership in 1971. The entrepreneurs set up shop in an old barn outside of Boulder, and they expanded their market to stores throughout Colorado, New Mexico, and the East Coast. The partners also began buying herbs rather than picking everything themselves, and the dream of a national herb tea company slowly began to materialize. This dream was reinforced when Red Zinger Herb Tea was introduced in January 1972 and was an immediate sensation. It remains one of the best-selling Celestial teas.

The company continued to grow and revolutionize the tea industry. Herb teas had previously been perceived as only of medicinal significance, but Celestial Seasonings introduced herb teas as flavorful, healthy beverages, virtually creating the modern tea industry. Celestial Seasonings solidified its sources for obtaining ingredients, such as hibiscus flowers and chamomile, by working closely with herb farmers from the Pacific Northwest to the exotic Far East. This forward thinking attracted the attention of food industry giant Kraft, Inc., which bought Celestial Seasonings in 1984. Kraft's guidance brought Celestial Seasonings to the attention of new consumers, further strengthening its lead in the herb tea industry while also introducing a gourmet line of traditional, or black, teas. In September 1988, Kraft sold Celestial Seasonings back to its management, returning the tea company to independent ownership. The company remains headquartered in Boulder, in the corporate facility on Sleepytime Drive.

The company, in 1991, experienced the exciting return of its original founder and leader, Mo Siegel, as chairman and chief executive officer. Since then, the company has expanded upon its herbal expertise bringing to market successful lines of Green, Wellness, Organic, and Chai teas. In 2000, Celestial joined forces with the Hain Food Group, maker of many top-selling natural foods brands. Today, serving more than 1.2 billion cups of tea per year, Celestial Seasonings is the largest herb tea manufacturer in North America and is expanding internationally at a rapid rate. Assured of Celestial Seasonings leadership position in the herb tea industry, Mo retired in September 2002 to fulfill another dream: to finish hiking the last set of 14,000-foot Colorado mountains he has yet to climb.

Celestial Seasonings' Mission:

To create and sell healthful, naturally oriented products that nurture people's bodies and uplift their souls. Their products must be:

• superior in quality
• of good value
• beautifully artistic
• philosophically inspiring

In their own words: "Our role is to play an active part in making this world a better place by unselfishly serving the public. We can have a significant impact on making people's lives happier and healthier through their use of our products."

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Customer Reviews

best chai
this is my favorite chai tea! it's high in caffeine, and the spices give the allusion of sweetness so you dont have to add much sugar if any. the teabag is strong enough for two or three cups (if you want to fill up with more hot water), and it's not too spicy or peppery like other chais, but is also not weak. for some reason i cant find this in any retail stores, so I'm really glad that it's offered here. you wont have any trouble getting through all six boxes-it's THAT GOOD!

Best chai we've found yet
We first discovered chai lattes on one of our trips. When we got home, we started looking for a way to make it ourselves. We went through a bunch of brands before finding Celestial Seasonings Original Indian Teahouse. This stuff is the best. Great aroma, better flavor, and strong enough to hold its taste when mixed with soy milk. Add a banana and you've got a light, flavorful, well-balanced breakfast. We mix the tea in batches so it's ready when we want it.
Here's our recipe: 4 cups water, one box Celestial Seasonings India Tea House chai microwaved on high for 7 minutes and left to steep 6-24 hours. Remove the teabags, squeezing the liquid from them so you have 3 cups of concentrated chai. Heat in microwave 1 to 1-1/2 minutes on high, add one cup honey. Combine two cups of chai with a half-gallon of soy milk and voila! Chai soy latte on demand.

not just tea
I heard a lot about Chai tea and was very curious. The one from Celestial is the only one I tried so far but I have to say it is great. As said in the instructions, replace a 1/4 of the hot water with milk. I love my tea with a lot of milk but while it usually weakens the taste, milk is mandatory here. Due to this it even convinced a person who rejected tea before as 'coloured hot water'. Actually, it resembles a bit a light latte with a hint of cinnamon and cardamom. Yummy!

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