Comments on: Wissotzky Magic Tea Chest, Gift Box Collection w/ 80 Assorted Teas

By: Saroufim

Saroufim — Sat, 11 Jan 2025 11:52:24 +0000

By: Tintashoopa

Tintashoopa — Sat, 11 Jan 2025 11:52:24 +0000

We purchased this box so that we would have an attractive box for our guests to choose their tea preference after dinner parties. There is a huge variety of teas which are quite good. Although it is acceptable, I would have liked the box to have been a bit more substantial.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Sat, 11 Jan 2025 11:52:24 +0000

I bought this product as a gift, they loved itBut it was not the right box as advertised, the cherry tea (the main reason I bought the tea) and the mint were not included. I hope that the amount I paid for this item was worth it

By: X

Sat, 11 Jan 2025 11:52:24 +0000

Great selection and service

By: W. Moncure

W. Moncure — Sat, 11 Jan 2025 11:52:23 +0000

An Excellent Tea Collection with a Free Box to Boot
I had been doing the proverbial (sounds better than cliche) “surfing” of the net looking for a quality tea assortment for someone incredibly dear to me. Let me first disclose, however, that I am a male, and typically my decisions – unless there is a degree of planning and research – are hasty and off the mark by the time they get to their target. I guess being a poor mind reader is part of being male, but then there are so many folks who have taken the time to write excellent reviews about the product online that there is really no way I can go wrong in the end.This thing is a better price than many of the other branded Tea products out there, and I don’t know much about Wissotzky (in fact I did not know they were in Israeli brand as I was gifting it to someone who was a child of the Persian Revolution of the Carter era).All I know is that I purchased a gift that comes with ninety different tea bags for a price that’s much better than many of the other tea dealer-type retail stores that seem to put more into fritzy marketing and high-rent retail locations to build a brand than this company. I have a discriminating taste when it comes to other drinks – typically beers and wines – but tea is not my strong point. That said the recipient of my gift in fact claimed this was much more tasty and the box is fantastically arranged and well thought out. It may be some sort of stained softwood (maybe something else other than mahogany – but it did have a nice stain to it), because the JANKA rating of mahogany, proper, would not dent or ding (only one, Amazon) in shipment.The main things that separate this product from the others are, as I see it, as follows:1) The tea is from Isreal. That means a religious leader had to bless this for coming from a clean place that adheres to standards of quality and cleanliness that not every manufacturer does. It’s like these Rabbis naming this stuff Kashrut are our food-chain-of-custody experts that ensure consumable goods meet Kosher standards. That says something! Seriously, all Kosher, very important as I see it.2) The company’s been in business for like 150 years plus. Tea brokers come and go. Tea retailers come and go. Then there are folks like Wissotzky here who stay in the biz and sort and cull and provide some quality teas to folks who can appreciate them around the world. Yeah, we got Lipton and stuff, and they’ve been around. But they’re probably owned by Nestle now. Go team Wissotzky!2) The case is nice and makes a great gift box as well as a photo stuffing box that looks pretty. Having been a wood buyer earlier in my career I was very confident that while what I received was nicely done, wrapped, and pretty, this wasn’t that hard mahogany you get in a door or anything like that. The JANKA rating was certainly close to something like North American softwood. BUT THE TEA is what this about, and not some silly case.3) Few manufacturers deliver both “pretty” and “tasty” in one product. Usually the prettiest box of whatever you’re getting has the most horrid tasting product inside. So pretty box means making up for something inside that doesn’t taste so pretty (my opinion). Just stop and think about the ground and hammered potato chips we buy in cans. Cool cans! Not so cool product. And here’s another, “Cool car; not so cool a guy.” But here we have a product that is really not overcompensating for itself by putting a product in a nice box and selling it. Hell, every other tea company is, so finally a quality tea company has, out of necessity to follow suit. GREAT PRESENTATION, GREAT TEA (according tor resident tea expert), and GREAT VALUE AND QUALITY.4) Most importantly the aesthetics and the fact that this was really good tea enabled me to endear myself closer to this person in my life who absolutely adores tea. It showed that I was a thoughtful fellow who bought this lady something I don’t like that much, but she does. And it came in that fancy box which in this case really set me apart from my normal mode of delivering such grocery items – it funky little boxes that have the best price and usually a banged up box.Great job Wissotzky – seriously a great product, and I’m not knockin’ you guys on the wood, because I’m not a scientist or a wood expert or any such person, and after all you guys do tea, your customers drink tea, and hopefully when this American fad of teashops slows down and the angel investors take their money out of these funky little retail stores gone crazy, we’ll get back to what quality tea is and not the “clothing” it has to wear to sell itself.

By: Vickie

Vickie — Sat, 11 Jan 2025 11:52:23 +0000

Perfect!!!
Love the wooden tea box and its description of every tea bag flavor. Great quality.

By: Nicholas Calderone

Nicholas Calderone — Sat, 11 Jan 2025 11:52:23 +0000

Wife’s grandmother loves this set
My wife’s grandmother is a big tea drinker and loves to try new flavors of tea. When I was searching for a few things to get her for Christmas this tea set popped up. I thought it might be worth giving it a try so last week when my wife was dropping off groceries to her grandmother who is not leaving her house she made sure to tell my wife to tell me how much she likes the tea. I know this was not her just being nice because that’s not something she’s done before. She is pretty to the point type of person and so after telling her that she asked if we could order more for her. This is a nice small kit and if you have a tea drinker in your family it will be a nice gift.

By: Bruce R. Gilson

Bruce R. Gilson — Sat, 11 Jan 2025 11:52:23 +0000

My biggest problem is the description…
The description does not mention anywhere that “nana” is mint. I probably would not have ordered this assortment if I’d known that — I absolutely detest mint, though I was able to pass the 10 mint tea bags to someone else. But as a result, I’ve paid for 8 varieties and gotten 7.Saying that, the others look to be good. The cherry tea has a wonderful fragrance, for example, so although I’ve not tasted all of the 7 I like what I’ve tried and gave it 4 stars.It’s the usual problem with assortments: you can’t control the mix. I got this because there looked like some flavors I really wanted, and it got a good review for quality. But it would be so much better if there were some way I could CHOOSE the flavors from a listing.

By: Ellen

Ellen — Sat, 11 Jan 2025 11:52:23 +0000

Great selection!
This was a Valentine gift for my husband who is an avid tea drinker. He is enjoying the variety of teas and liked their presentation in their wooden gift box.

By: Chad

Chad — Sat, 11 Jan 2025 11:52:23 +0000

Superb Teas!
After receiving a gift card for Amazon, I had to buy this tea sampler box. My wife and I both love tea and have it at least every other day if not more often. We particularly love samplers too since we have different tea tastes. I really love the Nana (mint) tea, the lemon and the raspberry. She loves the English breakfast and Earl Grey. My highest compliment is that these Wissotzky teas taste real, unlike many other flavored teas that often don’t taste as you’d expect. When you brew a cup of lemon tea – guess what… you get delicious lemon-tasting tea. The box is nice. Nothing special, but a nice clean look and I really like the inside lid’s labeling that gives a little information on each tea flavor in case you’re not sure what flavor you want any given day. Oh yeah, the other great thing about this sampler are there aren’t any “filler” flavors. Each flavor is unique and delicious and I’m sure we’ll happily finish the entire box and be back for more.