I was introduced to Rishi tea at Saltworks Spa in Bel Air Maryland. I enjoyed it so much I looked it up and ordered my own. I keep a stock of the Peach, English Breakfast, Camomile, and Poached Pear. I hate that Poached Pear is only seasonal. My tea is my peace time and living my tea makes it even better.

My tea-drinking life has changed completely since discovering Rishi English Breakfast. I love my tea strong with cream and sugar (what friends in the UK call Builder's Tea), and, no matter how strong I make it, your English Breakfast is smooth and flavorful, never bitter or astringent. I've bought roughly 10 pounds of the loose leaf variety in the last few years and always have at least two big cups on any day I'm having breakfast at home. I also make pitchers of iced tea with it that are a permanent fixture in my fridge. The only downside is that I am now completely spoiled. Getting a cup of tea at a restaurant is nearly always a disappointment, because I know it's SO much better at home.

I love the taste of Rishi English Breakfast, but their practices and pricing make no sense. For a 15 count box of sachet tea bags, that use a bag, a plastic pouch for each tea bag, a string and a tag as well as the box itself is less cost/serving to the customer than a lb of loose leaf tea that does not use all of this packaging. There is absolutely no incentive to practice sustainability. It's $10 for 15 servings (for the boxed tea bags) and $50 for 45 servings of loose tea. Make this make sense, Rishi.