Comments on: Tea’s Tea New York

By: matt

matt — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 01:46:33 +0000

I saw some “teas’ tea” green tea right next to some o~i ocha a few months back in Hokkaido. Being from NYC I immediately recognized the label, and knew that it was (in NYC at least) simply re-labeled o~i ocha. Anyhow, I ended up buying both to do a taste test, and, well, they were exactly the same!

I wonder how many people realize…

By: Shelly

Shelly — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:19:12 +0000

I thought the name was a pun on tasty.

By: Tim Frost

Tim Frost — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:20:11 +0000

As Mark in Yayoi notes, it’s actually “Teas’ Tea”, not “Tea’s Tea”. Perhaps this gives more credence to T’s theory. I’m not teasing!

By: T.

T. — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:28:34 +0000

I’ve never seen this in the US, but I didn’t really care about tea until I moved to Asia.

The first thing I thought of when I saw “Tea’s Tea” is that they were trying to make a play on the phrase “Man’s Man”, as in their tea is the best of teas.

Good as a concept but a failure in application.

By: Jordan

Jordan — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 08:55:55 +0000

I thought it tasted like saccharin.

By: Mark in Yayoi

Mark in Yayoi — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 07:22:41 +0000

I’ve seen regular Ito En tea in New Jersey about two years ago, in the “import” packaging that they’re using for this Teas’ Tea. They wanted $1.50 per 500-ml bottle, and I saw people buying it thinking it was some exotic health drink. I had half a mind to tell them that for that price, you could get two liters of it in any Japanese supermarket!

By: feitclub

feitclub — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 07:18:09 +0000

Video game makers have done this for years. When an international/English version received extra content, the new version would then be re-released in Japan at a premium price.

I’ve never seen an orange Tea’s Tea in New York. The flavors I’ve seen have been far more ordinary – green, rose, jasmine, etc. Is this new or only in Japan?

By: himawari

himawari — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 07:17:00 +0000

Stupid name, but I will say that that tea is damn good

By: helical

helical — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 04:35:31 +0000

Wha? What’s this about teats now?