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I bought this Wooden Tea Chest to give as a gift and it is beautiful.a little more expensive than just the tins of tea but well worth it to give as a luxurious gift in my opinion. I just recently discovered Bentley Teas and can't believe how marvelous their flavors are compared to 'most' other companies' teas. if you like true, strong tea flavor. I highly recommend Bentley Teas. If you don't like a stronger flavor then maybe their teas are not for you but I love drinking a cup of tea and actually tasting the tea flavor. I tend to enjoy the caffeinated black teas, without adulteration, but their flavored, caffeine free teas are also extremely tasty.
That night my mom was planning her next tea social. Each of the teas were individually sealed and came in a variety of flavors. I purchase the Bentley's tea chest as one of my mother's Christmas gifts and she loved it. The tea chest came with a lovely dark wood finish and red lining.
What makes the whole thing worse is that I went to return it and Amazon stated that the item is not eligible for return. I purchased this tea set as a gift for Christmas. Don't bother - waste of time. Now I am out a Christmas gift and $40. When it arrived at my house it was missing one of the tea flavors which wouldn't have been so bad had the missing flavor not been crossed out with black permanent marker on the front of the package and what appears to be a cut out picture of a the replacement tea glued in its placed. I am extremely disappointed and embarrassed by this gift.
I sent the item back figuring I must have been accidentally sent the wrong box of tea. Instead I got a bunch of green teas; Raspberry Green, Blueberry Green, Pomegranate Green, and Papaya Green. When I received the replacement it was the same as the previous box. I would have loved to have received the item as described, but I did not. The Lemon and Chai flavors were not in the box I received.
It offers a pleasant way to offer tea choices to company. The only deterrent to giving this item 5 stars is that the tea ingredients are not listed on the individual pouches. The chest is a polished, fine grained wood suitable for display.
I am a very price conscious consumer, and I thought the $30 price tag was a bargain. This can be important when not wanting to ingest a caffeine product. Shipping was very prompt.
I was quite pleased with my purchase, so much so, that I returned to order a second chest as a gift. There in a nice assortment of teas, and all are foil sealed to protect the flavors. Perhaps they were listed on the outside, cardboard strap which I did not keep.
I plan to replenish depleted supplies with my own choices when the originals are depleted. I did not detect any distasteful order that I had read in another review.
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