↑About Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf
The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, founded in 1963 by Herbert and Mona Hyman[1], is the oldest and largest privately-held chain of coffee and tea stores in the U.S. Its franchise of stores has locations in the U.S. in California, Arizona, Nevada, Hawaii, and Texas. In addition, the company has locations in 20 other countries, mostly in the middle east and Asia. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA, and originally achieved popularity primarily in Southern California. Each of the Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf's locations has free wireless internet.
The company has a diverse selection of teas and sells tea both loose and in tea bags. In addition to in its stores, the company sells teas online. The company also sells coffee. Some of the company's products are not sold through their websites, and are only available through other businesses.
The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf stores have been certified "green" by the Green Restaurant Association, which involves recycling, the use of energy- and water-efficient spray valves, low mercury energy-efficient lighting, and a reuse policy to reduce paper cup use.[2]
References:
1. Wake Up and Smell the Profits; A Singaporean Sees the World as His Coffee Cup, New York Times, Apr. 14, 2000.
2. The Green Restaurant Association Certifies The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf(R) U.S. Corporate-Owned Stores ``Green'', May. 9, 2007.
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As with their Chamomile (which was a good bit better), I got a few bags of this blend as a hotel guest in edifices where this was provided in-room, in individually wrapped bags. I hoped for more. The tea was surprisingly bitter and rather plain in taste, without any originality or uniqueness. I'd expect that from a ...
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Chamomile to me is much like peppermint.
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No, I did not mean in terms of its taste. Instead, as with pepperm...
The flavor of this chai is excellent, if somewhat less spicy than is my preference; however, be warned that you'll need to limit the size of the cup if you want to be able to taste much of anything. No tall cups or full thermoses for you! For those of you who like to make chai lattes, I would avoid adding milk and suga...
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I've heard some people say that they think this tea is a bit strong when not made as a latte, but I think it's excellent either way. The smell is wonderful and the tea itself feels like a warm blanket and a crackling fireplace in the middle of a quiet winter's night. Wholeheartedly recommended--but with the addendum ab...
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This tea is so good that I asked the ratetea.net guys to add it to their database!
It's a wonderful black tea (So, you get a pretty good caffeine hit from it.) that is made even better with just the right amount of apricot flavoring. The apricot flavoring is strong enough so that it doesn't disappear behind the Ceyl...
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Winter Dream
| Style: | Rooibos / Tea Blend |
| Region: | Sri Lanka / Ceylon |
| Caffeine: | Caffeinated |
| Leaf: | Teabag |
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