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I started getting serious about trying and drinking teas now for about 5 years. I decided that money was not going to deter me from anything and everything I wanted to try. I decided to go right to the more expensive higher quality loose leaf teas. The First year it seemed like every tea i tried was amazing. By the third year however I was definitely throwing out a lot of loose leaf teas and finding it harder to find any good new teas, Especially ones with a good fruit taste. I thought I would just have my 6 or 7 core teas and there was nothing more to learn or taste about tea. Then one night when i was house sitting I noticed a sample box of Tazo tea sitting out so i thought why not, and guess what? Half the teas in there were absolutely delicious. That's when I realized I had to start over. Could it be possible that there's tasty inexpensive tea right on the shelves of my local supermarket? Yes of course [hello]. I realized that Tea companies like Ahmad, Tazo, Celestial seasons and stash needed to be sampled thourghly, and that's exactly what i did. These Teas are supermarket staples not because there cheap junk, but because they're very flavorful. Not only that but there all competing against each other to see who can come up with the best flavors. A Competition that unfortunately most of these expensive loose leaf companies are loosing badly, that is if they even decide to participate at all. Basically it took me 5 years to realize that a lot of these L.L. tea companies put there focus on high quality teas. ( I like to call them the grown up teas. ex... Sencha, Assam, Darjeeeling Young Hyson, GenMachi and chai.) Not fun fruity flavors. I feel i have now went full circle and fully appreciate both catagories. I also should point out that not all loose leaf herbal teas are crap. Tealyra makes some really good ones. Some good examples are coconut vanillia chai, Cherry goddess, orange lemonade and l heard the Pina colada is really good as well. I would say that Ahmads tea sampler is the best for begining tea drinkers. You have a good variety of grown up teas and fruity ones. My favorites from this sample are Wild strawberry, mango magic ,black currant, english #1, Mixed Citrus, Lemon lime twist, earl grey, and best of all. The mighty and powerful Apricot Sunrise which i wrote a seperate 5 star review on. Here's some other inexpensive teas that are unsurpassed in flavor. TAZO- Earl grey and glazed lemon loaf. STASH- WIld rasberry hibiscus, maple apple cider and Holiday chai. CELESTIAL SEASONS- Tru bluberry and black cherry berry. To sum it up. Don't make the same expensive and ignorant mistakes I did as a novice tea drinker. Loose Leaf tea should be appreciated for it's higher quaility teas not it's intense fruity flavors. Start with this sampler and some of the other teas i have mentioned then start working your way up the tea ladder.More fruit tea tips- 1. I enjoy my taffine but more times than not the herbal teas have the most intense fruit flavor. Easy fix, just add a bag or tea ball full of yerba mate or plain tea. It does very little to affect the flavor. 2. You can almost always improve the taste of your fruit teas dramatically by reinforcing it with either dried fruit or fresh squeezed juice. 3. Same concept with chai tea. Boil some ginger, allspice and half a cinnamon stick. Pour that hot spicy liquid over your chai tea bags. 4. Use coconut sugar in every tea that has coconut flavoring. 5. Almost all of the loose leaf Earl greys suck, except for Vahdams and it's the very best. If you don't want to pay or bother with that then go with tazo's Earl grey and Ahmad's English#1. 6. Every tea type, flavor and company mentioned above can be found right here on amazon. Hope some of this helps. Enjoy.

We got these at Christmas time and were surprised by the wide variety of flavors. It's the BEST mix we have found!

I love Ahmad Teas. Nice to have all the different ones to try! Fair price too!!

I am really impressed by how flavorful these are. You won't be disappointed. I plan on buying again.

This tea seems to be on the strong side, and has a somewhat artificial flavor. I think it’s a bit overpriced, but there are so many different flavors to choose from. It’s great for iced tea, and you can easily get two steepings from each teabag.

Really enjoy giving as gifts.

all flavors were delicious

Looking for a good flavored tea that leaves no lasting effect in the mouth.(So disappointed at the older brand not making flavored teas anymore.)Some of these teas are ok. But just not what I am used to. I don't think I will be buying any more. (But in all fairness, I am only one person who has been used to another brand.) The teas arrived in a very pretty box. The individual envelopes are very pretty. Opening the envelope up the aroma is fantastic. As it is seeping the aroma is also fantastic. I have been trying one a day.