Ineeka Tea - Tea Tasting at Swim Cafe, Chicago IL

This looks a whole lot like a promotional puff piece. It really does look sleazy when vendors post fake ads here pretending to be satisified customers.

I will say that most of the Inkeeka products aren't tea at all. In fact, the only actual tea of theirs that our local grocery carries is their Darjeeling.

The Darjeeling is okay. It's a little more grassy than I would like, but it does taste like a real Darjeeling even if it's not in the same league as the Rohini second flush or the stuff Lochan is selling.

The silly metal boxes and overpriced bags are a problem, though, and the goofy self-supporting bag would be fine for commercial food service use but only fit into a limited number of cups and won't fit into a teapot.

It's not bad stuff, and I have bought it occasionally because sometimes I like having the bags when I travel, but it's pheneomenally expensive for what it is.

--scott

It certainly is promotional - a search for "hotfortea" and "Ineeka" shows that.

A request to my friends on this news group: Please consider staying away from such fraudsters.

Rick.

------------------------- Rick and Scott,

It's unfortunate that a posting from a devout tea drinker has led yo to believe that 'hotfortea' is a "fraudster." Perhaps in the past, som such 'fraudsters' have taken advantage of or angered you by posing a someone they were not. As the web goes, that assuredly does happen.

As an actual employee of Ineeka, I can 110% vouch that 'hotfortea' i in no way, shape, or form associated with our company as a vendor o the like. We met 'hotfortea' just recently at a tea event we wer holding at Swim Cafe. In actuality, this person is quite simply a te lover looking to explore the many teas out there--and is excited abou sharing a new found tea with others who may be interested.

At this tea meetup, a first for both Ineeka and 'hotfortea', we wer able to talk a bit about the company's roots--but our main focus wa about teas in general: tea plants, growing regions, the productio process, etc.

Much to our surprise, we found this FoodBanter posting just yesterda and are flattered and humbled by 'hotfortea's entry. As far as we'r concerned it was very kind of 'hotfortea' to communicate our product t the food world as he did. But I can tell you this--this posting wa straight from someone who decided to share his passion and excitemen for a new-found tea...in his own way.

Also, I urge to you take a look at and try our entire tea line if yo get the chance. While, yes, some are herbals the rest are genuine fresh-grown, hand-picked TEAS!

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Richard Chappell;1110223 Wrote:

I can understand where you are coming from, and I've stayed out of this so far, but I have ZERO sympathy for the OP. His site is beyond shaky and so cluttered with ads and product offerings which take the customer straight to Paypal (and Inkeeka links). It's very bad form and I'd advise extreme caution to anyone even thinking of purchasing something from it. I'd also maybe rethink sticking your neck out for a random individual good intentioned or not... because even if you believe he is, if things aren't as they seem you have unnecessarily linked yourself to him.

Regardless of all of this, Rec.Food.Drink.Tea is most likely not your company's target audience. It seems all of hotfortea's Usenet posts are to a Tisane group, and it's probably best that they stay there.

- Dominic