The Energy Stack | Masala Chai, Assam and Green Tea
Why buy the set
| This set | Bought separately | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $35.35 | $50.47 |
| You save | $15.12 (29%) | - |
| Cost per cup | $0.24 per cup | - |
| Delivery | One box, free shipping | Three separate orders |
| Runs out | Much later | Reorder every few weeks |
Hand-blended in small batches. No factory. No middlemen. Just real tea, the way it should be.
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Three teas that carry a morning between them. Bold spiced chai to wake up on, a single garden Assam for the second cup, and something clean and green for the afternoon. Three 100g pouches, 150 cups, and a third off buying them separately.
What is in the box
- Masala Chai Loose Tea, 3.53oz. CTC black tea with whole cardamom, cinnamon, ginger and cloves. Boil it with milk for the real thing.
- Everyday Assam Loose Tea, 3.53oz. Malty and strong enough to take milk without disappearing.
- Green Tea Loose Tea, 3.53oz. Light and crisp, about a third the caffeine of coffee.
How to drink it through the day
Chai first, two heaped teaspoons boiled on the stove with milk and sugar in the pan. Assam mid morning, a heaped teaspoon, three to five minutes, milk optional. Green after lunch, let the kettle stand two minutes off the boil first, then two to three minutes in the cup.
All three are bought straight from gardens in Assam, Darjeeling and the Nilgiris, blended by hand in small batches. No auction houses, no flavour sprays, no additives. Fifty cups in each pouch.
Masala Chai
Everyday Assam
Green Tea
How to brew it
Three teas, three rules
Nothing here is fussy. Each tea wants one thing, and once you know which of the three it belongs to you will get it right every time.
Boil it, do not steep it
Two heaped teaspoons in a cup of water, boil hard for two minutes, add a cup of milk and bring it back. Sugar goes in the pan, not the cup.
Straight off the kettle
One heaped teaspoon, boiling water, and take it out on time. Past five minutes the tannins come through and it turns sharp. Takes milk well.
Never boiling water
Let the kettle stand two minutes off the boil first. Boiling water is what makes green tea bitter. About a third the caffeine of coffee.
Cold brew, storage, and the stovetop chai method in full.
The maths
What a cup actually costs
Three pouches sounds like a lot to buy at once. Spread across the cups in the box, a cup costs about what a supermarket tea bag costs and a fraction of what a coffee shop charges. The difference is what is in the bag.
| Compare | The Energy Stack | Coffee shop | Supermarket tea bags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cost a cup | $0.24 | $3 to $6 | $0.15 to $0.40 |
| What is in it | Whole leaf and whole botanicals | Varies | Usually dust and fannings |
| Where it comes from | Bought direct from Indian gardens | Varies | Auction bought, blended by brokers |
| What you get | Three different teas | One cup | One blend, repeated |
| You pay | $35.35, down from $50.47 | Full price, every time | Varies |
| You keep | $15.12 | Nothing | Nothing |
| If you do not like it | 30 days to tell us | Already drunk | Already opened |
Cost a cup is based on the $35.35 price spread across the cups in this box. Coffee shop and supermarket tea bags figures are typical US ranges and will vary by where you shop.
Real fresh, fragrant ingredients you can see and smell. Best ready to brew Chai mix i have found. The spices give it a soft sweetness, so no sugar needed. Reasonably priced for this quality.
Es muy delicioso este te primera vez que lo compro y lo seguiré ordenando , lleva una cucharadita de té con 7 onzas de agua caliente . La primera vez creo que puse mucho té y estaba muy fuerte ya ahora aprendí que no es necesario poner mucho y lo endulze con miel
In my attempt to substitute plastic tea bags filled with microplastics, I purchased BREWIX and am thoroughly pleased with the quality, taste, and peace of mind! The dry leafs absorb water very well, as shown by their volume in my before & after photos.
delicioso!
Update: I am on my 2nd bag now. I love this so much. After brewing the tea in my French press, I have started adding ground coffee and brewing coffee with the once brewed tea leaves in it and it is SO GOOD.******Original review:This tea is my absolute favorite. I was originally trying to find a tiger chai tea mix because I fell in love with the flavor at a boba shop where it is a special, and after doing some research I found that this is super close, it is just missing vanilla. I bought this so I could make my own knockoff version of the boba tea at home, and I am thrilled with it.I brew the tea at 212 degrees since it is a black tea and I steep it for at least 5 minutes. After I pour out the tea, I add a little bit of fresh tea leaf mix and I'll make a second batch from the same leaves. I keep adding a little bit of tea and using the same leaves all day long and it works great. (I am fully aware that this may very well be considered a crime against tea to some, and I apologize if that made you cringe).The tea is fragrant and flavorful, especially the first batch made from fresh leaves. The black pepper gives it a kick that I never would have imagined enjoying if it hadn't been for the boba shop. I just started to bottle it up into 8oz bottles to use throughout the day as 8oz is the perfect amount to put over ice and add milk in our drinking glasses. This also lets me chill it in the fridge instead of shaking it with ice and watering the tea down.I don't think I am going to get 125 cups out of the bag as I make it pretty strong, but I am happy with it and will definitely be buying more. I have had it nine days and the bag is already over halfway gone.In my photo showing the chilled bottles of teas, the small bottle is this tea and the big bottle is jasmine.
I was very careful to measure so I could write a proper review. First, the tea is grainy, which I like very much, in comparison to tea's that are crushed to powder. I steeped 1 tablespoon in 1.5 cups water, for 5 minutes. It is very strong. Perfect for adding milk and sugar.Instead of tossing the tea grounds to compost, I dried them for another use, and actually liked the 2nd go-round better than the first. It was still clean and tasty, but not as strong.I recommend this for the bolder tea drinkers.Update: It took some time to learn the right way to brew this. But I finally got it, and now its the best tea.
I am a big fan of masala chai, and was so excited for this product. I'm satisfied with how much of the blend is provided in the bag. And it's easier than ever before to brew my own chai and chai lattes at home. The aroma is mouth-watering. The product itself is fine. It's by no means the best chai I've had, probably actually being some of the most mediocre. If you follow the instructions, you get a pretty weak cup of tea. I've been trying to fix this by steeping a little more a little longer, but it's such a delicate balance and I'm bad at math. I'm satisfied with this product and happy I took a chance with it, but still in search of a good cup.
This tea is great! It smells wonderful in the fall and tastes like chai from a cafe. I added milk to mine to make a latte. Two things to be aware of: 1. You need a tea strainer or your own cheesecloth because this is loose leaves. 2. You may not want to gift this to a tea novice. There's no instructions and it's not simply dunking a premeasured bag into a cup.Other than the fact it's not super gift-able to a new tea drinker, this product is pretty good. I love that the ingredients are straightforward with no added weird stuff. Nice for a regular tea drinker or someone who doesn't mind googling for a few minutes.
I drink masala chai many days a week. I've stuck with the same brand for a couple years. But, I decided to give this one a try. Most masala chai's are very similar, but sometimes have slightly different ingredients. The one I have been using doesn't have ginger in it (but I add my own ginger). So these basically are the same ingredients. The flavors are slightly different. Not very different, but you would know if you tried them side by side. Very tasty.I make my chai with just whole milk in a pot on the stove (I prefer no bitterness in masala chai, and making it just in milk provides a great taste with no bitterness). I like mine strong, I use 2 spoons for a cup of tea. I simmer for 10+ minutes. I do not add any sweetener, but some people like to. This made a great chai, good color, pleasant smell, and great taste. Tastes like Christmas.This is a very good masala chai, I have no complaints. Has a good spice to black tea ratio.
If you are a fan of that Chai Tea Latte from the big green apron coffee shop, you'll LOVE this.If you have a more refined taste, you too will enjoy this tea.This comes as loose leaf so you will want to make sure you know how to brew it. comes with directions on the back 200ml of water, 2g of tea, and about 3-5 min of steep time.I made about a cup and a quarter myself so I used about 1 tablespoon of tea leaves and steeped for about 6 minutes and gave it a stir about at the 4 min park.It has a really nice aroma. I wish I has smell-o-vision so you could smell it. If you want a Latte, add a little cream and sugar while it steeps and you'll be pretty close. If you want to be extra, steam your milk, add it to your cup, poor the steep and add foam to the top.Would recommend if you want to try a loose leave tea. Really good.
I brewed this tea at 185-degree-Fahrenheit for four minutes in 8 ounces of water. The package does not say the water temperature, which is an oversight. Boiling water makes green tea bitter, so I never use water that hot. The resulting brew was clear golden yellow and the flavor was for the most part tasteless. I did expect it to have some flavor but it does not.This Darjeeling green tea is grown in India. Note that for those that have allergies, this is manufactured in a facility that processes nuts and it may contain milk, tree nuts, mustard, and sesame.In summary, I like the aroma of this tea when dry but it lacks flavor when brewed. This looks like good tea and would have received 5 stars if the green tea flavor was there.The current price of $14.24 ($14.99 minus 5%) for 3.53-ounces is reasonably priced as this is supposed to brew 50 cups per tea. At that price, it would bring it to almost $0.29 cents per cup.
Spicy! This tea is phenomenal! If you like chai tea this is for you, it’s perfect! Great any time. I especially love it as a fall 🍂 season tea
Tastes very good. I really enjoying it.
Definitely great tea. The flavor is delicious. Is ready to be used so don’t worry to prepare
Quite good. I wish it was extra spicy. I’m not gonna get 50 cups out of this because I have to double the amount and still not getting enough flavor but I’m enjoying it. I doubt that I will buy it again because it’s too expensive considering the amount of cups of tea I get out of it for my taste.
This tea is one of the best I have ever tasted! One of the few chai teas that has a “chai” flavor in my opinion. I have been searching for some time now for a good chai … found it. Note: it is pretty strong , but wow is it good! I will be buying more from this company.
So delicious!
I've used many different brands of leaf tea and this is the best!
I love it. Smells good, tests good.
Not a very strong chai flavor. If you like strong chai this is not the tea for you.
It's okay, the tea is mild on the chai flavors
This is it! Exactly as pictured. Fragrant aroma and spices. I’ll be ordering this again!
delicious! And this is coming from a chai lover. All chai are not equal. This one is pretty good. Has deep flavor without having to use much. 1 tablespoon will give you four deep cups of brew chai.
Love this chi tea settle flavor
Great taste.