At Rembrandts, we sell only the freshest, highest quality teas in the world. Our flavored teas are made with the essential oils from fresh fruit and are not chemically or synthetically altered in any way. The quality of tea we carry represents the top 1% available in the world.

High-quality tea is comparable to fine wine. Teas are often named for the estates where they are grown and have distinctly different tastes based on their country of origin. Tea can be described using “wine” vocabulary; Words like brisk, citrusy, toasty, fruity, nutty, mellow, subtle, robust, full-bodied, earthy, vegetal, strong, sweet, delicate. . . are some descriptions commonly used. Unfortunately, mass-produced tea bags have taken all of these complexities and flavors and turned them into one, monotonous, bland beverage.

Ordering tea in other countries means a cup full of fragrant jasmine blooms in China. . . a fresh, potent bright green cup in Japan. . . sweet orange tea in Turkey. . . thick mint tea in northern Africa. . . . But in this part of the world, most of us have only encountered the mass-produced teabags we see on grocery store shelves. This is unfortunate because teabags are typically the cheapest, poorest form of tea.

With commercial teabags, a low-grade product is ground into dust and packaged in the standard thin-paper box and plastic wrap--which does little to protect the nutritional value of the leaves. Nearly all of the teabags found on grocery store shelves are well-past their prime; the small bits of tea infuse unevenly in hot water so the resulting brew may have more caffeine and less healthy benefits.

Additionally, many companies use cheap, synthetic chemicals to flavor their tea. Unfortunately, these artificial chemicals are not required by law to appear on the labels, so we may not even know what we’re drinking!

Teabags have fooled us into thinking all teas taste and look the same. High-quality, whole-leaf tea offers tremendous variety, more healthy properties, and a better taste. According to scientific research, high-quality, fresh, whole-leaf teas may be up to 300% healthier than low-grade teabags. Choose whole-leaf tea over teabags whenever possible.