I got some of this tea at a vacation cottage in Hawaii (yes, more Hawaiian teas coming soon..but this first!). I was not impressed at all. The tea smelled pretty nice in dry form, with a lot of vanilla and a little chai, but tasted extremely weak, so that I had to use two bags per cup to get much flavor. Even then, it seemed to be overcome by residual coffee aroma from the only reliable source of hot water (a Keurig machine). So I took a couple bags home, to give it one last fair, fighting chance to prove itself.

Steeping one bag for 8–10 minutes in my home well water probably maximized the flavor one can extract from this blend. While not bad, it wasn't that great either, and still not very strong, partly because of insufficient content, partly because the base tea is not high quality. At least 75% more (and better) can be put in each bag, with greater emphasis on real chai spices, to improve this. The blend is mostly vanilla, with a hint of cinnamon and cardamom, but accompanied by with a faint but noticeable chemical undertone consistent with the "ARTIFICIALLY FLAVORED" label on the box. I saw granules of what appear to be ginger in the tea bag and cinnamon powder in the foil-lined paper wrapper that housed it, so some natural flavor does exist.

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