What’s so great about coffee? The Starbucks people have gotten everyone brainwashed. Tea — healthier, more refreshing and stimulating, and vastly more subtle in taste, is and has been for millennia the caffeinated beverage of choice. If you are as angry as you should be about this iniquity, take your outrage to TEAVANA, where the serene surroundings, the sapid aromas of dozens of black, green, white, flavored, and herbal teas, and the labyrinthine variety of tea-making gimcracks and hypnotic tea-related CDs will lull your turmoil into . . . teavana. The staff will eagerly and knowledgeably walk you through the nuances of Darjeeling Puttabong versus Darjeeling Margaret’s Hope, describe the exquisite citric undertones in Pi Lo Chun green tea, argue the relative merits of Yerba Maté vis-à-vis Rooibos, and explain how to blend your own batch of Russian Caravan tea. Or you might simply taste the numerous sample blends and brews available, both hot and cold.
TEAVANA | Prudential Center, 800 Boylston Street, Boston | 617.262.8327 | teavana.com
