4/5

posted Jun-26-2010

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"I came to know of Adagio Tea's existence through the widespread advertisement of IngenuiTEA, and wow, what a sweet product. (It's so much more accessible, practical--in both design and price--than a lot of the infusers out there.)

I was eyeballing the IngenuiTEA for a good while--and didn't care much for Adagio's wide assortment of teas at the time, but couldn't exactly take the plunge. The listed price in so many places didn't make it all that attractive a purchase; overpriced or used, most just sell the infuser by its lonesome.

So, it wasn't until I poked around Adagio's site out of curiosity that I discovered they were offering a packaged deal, featuring that item; Sold.

The price of the whole was/is less than what you generally find out there for the standalone item, so everything *not* the infuser is a bundled lagniappe of sorts. I really appreciated the various four-tin sampler pack *options* (although I may not have "chosen wisely" with the whole slew of conflicting user opinions), the bonus horoscope sampler tin, and small discount.

Shipping was probably the only sore spot; I kept receiving too many inconsequential updates so it felt as though if I was being forced to track every step of a slow-moving target. Without a satellite feed, it's both excessive and boring. But had there been no imposed monitoring (something less in-your-face and tedious), I would classify their shipping as "solid".

I still haven't made a second purchase from Adagio Teas, although I've thought about it. The teas and their tastes are too subjective, and thus don't make much of an impact on the whole of this entry unless they're on opposite ends of the spectrum, i.e., utter s*** vs. choice flavoring, but I haven't yet come across either. (Being a tea gourmet means making the time, or having the inclination to sample a lot of variety, and experiment...and that's a luxury, not so much a practical investment, unless you take it further.) It should be obvious why (and how) the IngenuiTEA package is such a great pecuniary hook for the company.

If there's anything else of substance, this post will get an update.

Recommended."

This review was modified by Bi0NicSQUiD on June 26 2010 12:10:30 PM

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5/5

posted Aug-12-2007

"Excellent. Fast service, fast shipping, great value. The product (the ingenuiTEA teapot and four sampler teas) was even better than I was expecting, and arrived in perfect condition. I plan to order from them regularly in the future.

Edited to add: I have continued shopping at this site and the service is still excellent. There was one hiccup, though: They have a link rewards program, and it took them about two months to process my submission for some reason; every attempt I made to figure out the status of my submission was ignored.

BUT: When it did finally get worked out, they threw in even more bonus stuff for my trouble. So let me be clear-- the only thing I've ever had any trouble with was essentially getting some free stuff, and they made up for it by giving me even more than I actually deserved. Great folks."

This review was modified by notyourbroom on November 05 2007 02:32:52 PM

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5/5

posted Dec-17-2005

"Larger order processed and shipped very quickly. Upon arrival, a few of the tea containers had come open during shipment. I contacted adagio and they quickly shipped out replacements for the spilled containers. Will buy again, and reccomend to anyone purchasing tea."

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5/5

posted Dec-14-2005

"Very high quality tea. Fast shipping via FedEx. Excellent gift wrap. Affordable pricing. You can't go wrong."

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5/5

posted Aug-01-2005

"Excellent tea selection. Extremely well-packed (great tins!) and quick shipping."

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