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The Tao of Tea


Web: www.taooftea.com
Phone (503) 736-0198
Last Updated: Feb. 27, 2015

About The Tao of Tea

The Tao of Tea is a tea company founded by Veerinder Chawla and based in Portland, Oregon, with a focus on organic, whole-leaf teas. The Tao of Tea mostly sells loose teas and compressed teas (Pu-erh), but a few of their teas are available in teabags.

A large number of teas from this company are organic. In addition, the company sells teas from operations certified by the Rainforest Alliance, an organization that works to conserve rainforest as well as working to address human rights concerns.

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Difflugia
(170 reviews)
65 / 100
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English Breakfast

Style: English Breakfast – Region: Blend
Feb. 25th, 2022

When first opening the tin, the tea smells earthy and dusty, very much like an inexpensive Yunnan black tea. The leaves are quite large for loose leaf tea at this price, but there are more than a few twig fragments among the leaves. This also matches my experience with inexpensive Yunnan black tea.

While brewing, th...

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Alex Zorach
(1452 reviews)
79 / 100
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Black Mango

Style: Fruit Black Tea – Region: Blend
Jan. 11th, 2019

Wow. This was one of the best-executed, if not THE best, fruit black teas I've ever tried.

I'm not normally a fan of flavored teas, but I had the opportunity to smell this at my parent's house, and the leaf smelled really appealing. The fruitiness is strong but it doesn't completely cover the aroma of the tea itself...

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Olseniteachem
(5 reviews)
82 / 100
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Jasmine Pearls

Style: Jasmine Pearls – Region: Hunan, China
Jan. 3rd, 2019

Lovely jasmine pearl tea. The hand rolled pearls open gently as it brews. The taste is delicate—not as grassy or as floral as a few of the other jasmine greens out there. Nice tea that is smooth and easily drinkable.

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Alex Zorach
(1452 reviews)
72 / 100
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English Breakfast

Style: English Breakfast – Region: Blend
Nov. 22nd, 2017

This tea smelled fantastic, but it was disappointing when I actually brewed it. It also didn't seem to match the commercial description or my expectations for an English Breakfast blend.

The dry leaf has a fresh, light fruity aroma, smelling very sweet and bright. The fruitiness is more like fresh grapes than drie...

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66 / 100
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Pearl Gunpowder

Style: Gunpowder Green Tea – Region: Zhejiang, China
May. 27th, 2017

This was a simple, coolish, fresh green tea with a hint of smoke in the aroma. Gunpowder isn't my favorite style of green tea, but I do enjoy it from time to time.

The dry leaf of this smells mild but pleasant and fresh, dusty with a hint of smoke, some cool herbal notes a little like celery. After steeping I see ...

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Style:Fruit Black Tea
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Style:Ripened (Shou) Pu-erh
Region:Lancang, Yunnan, China
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Style:Jasmine Pearls
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Caffeine:Caffeinated
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Style:Black Tea
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Style:English Breakfast
Region:Blend
Caffeine:Caffeinated
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Style:Fruit Black Tea
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Caffeine:Caffeinated
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2005 Jing Mai Autumnal

Style:Ripened (Shou) Pu-erh
Region:Lancang, Yunnan, China
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