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Last Updated: Mar. 10, 2016

About Peet's Coffee and Tea (Peets)

Peet's Coffee and Tea is a company best-known as a coffee roaster. Peet's was founded in 1966 by Alfred Peet in Berkeley, CA, and has since grown into a national chain, although most of their locations are still in California. After a 2001 IPO, Peet's became a publicly traded corporation (PEET on the NASDAQ).

Peet's used to sell teas, both loose and in teabags under their own brand name, until some time in 2015. Their teas covered a fairly wide range of styles. Peet's carried a few organic teas as well as a few rare and single-estate teas. In addition to being available in their coffee shops and a few other retail stores, Peet's teas were available by mail-order through the company website.

In 2014, Peet's acquired Mighty Leaf, a brand of tea. Some time in 2015, Peet's discontinued their own brand of tea and began selling the mighty leaf brand exclusively. We list the old teas and review of them for archive purposes.

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Alex Zorach
(1448 reviews)
73 / 100
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Jasmine Downy Pearls

Style: Jasmine Pearls – Region: Fujian, China
Jul. 17th, 2014

A very bold-tasting Jasmine tea. Tried at my friend Fairleigh's house; thank you for serving this!

Dry leaf is very aromatic, with a strong and pleasing jasmine smell, but also the base tea is evident.

Upon brewing, produces a golden-colored cup with a rich, powerful flavor. A good balance of jasmine flavoring ...

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Tea Panorama blogspot
(2 reviews)
60 / 100
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Snow Leopard®

Style: White Tea – Region: Fujian, China
May. 22nd, 2012

Snow Leopard is a white tea though its aroma and flavor seem very close to green tea.

The predominant flavor is one of light grassiness while the taste on the back of the tongue and the finish have a pleasing but very subtle fruitiness.

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Alex Zorach
(1448 reviews)
67 / 100
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I tried this in a Peet's in the Philadelphia airport. I let it brew 2 minutes. Peet's said they normally include two teabags but I only used one and saved the other for later--and I'm glad because this tea would have been far too strong.

This is unusually strong for a Darjeeling, but this could just be due to a ge...

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Bethany
(12 reviews)
70 / 100
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Phoenix Mountain Oolong

Style: Dancong Oolong – Region: China
May. 20th, 2010

This is Peet's most affordable and gentlest-tasting oolong. It has a nice toasty-grain flavor with hints of fruit, decently complex but not overpowering. Peet's apparently calls it "pungent," but I don't think that's accurate at all.

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63 / 100
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Lapsang Souchong

Style: Lapsang Souchong – Region: China
May. 20th, 2010

This tea has an inviting campfire-smoke aroma, but tastes very, very smoky, almost meaty, to the exclusion of the basic tea flavor. If you're looking for a less intense smoky flavor, try the Scottish Breakfast (still a little strong for me) or the Russian Caravan (which I love).

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Snow Leopard®

Style:White Tea
Region:Fujian, China
Caffeine:Caffeinated
Leaf:Loose
2 Ratings
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Jasmine Downy Pearls

Style:Jasmine Pearls
Region:Fujian, China
Caffeine:Caffeinated
Leaf:Loose
1 Rating
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Winter Solstice Tea

Style:Flavored Black Tea
Region:Blend
Caffeine:Caffeinated
Leaf:Loose
1 Rating
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Russian Caravan

Style:Russian Caravan
Region:China
Caffeine:Caffeinated
Leaf:Loose
1 Rating
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Darjeeling Choice Teabags

Style:Darjeeling Black Tea
Region:Darjeeling, India
Caffeine:Caffeinated
Leaf:Teabag
1 Rating

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