I've had that tea, and it's so-so. The theory is that the "wings" on either side stabilize it, resting over the sides of the mug. In fact, this doesn't always work very well. It's expensive and the metal box doesn't lend itself well to reuse, as the label is hard to soak off. I won't buy it again.

Is the teabag compostable? If so, it's not so bad.

It seems like it's a tea bag trying to be one of those rest-on-the-rim-of-the-mug tea diffusers (which I love and own many). This, to me, seems to defeat the point. If you are targeting a consumer who is concerned about the difference in tea quality between bagged tea and tea made in a diffuser, said consumer will probably already own a number of diffusers. I agree that this is silly and a waste, especially since those supports, depending on what they're made of, might make it less biodegradable than your average regular tea bag.
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Ordinary tea bags are fine to stick in the compost - so not convinced that this is somehow environmentally superior to "grandma's tea bags" as they put it. Still, organic is good, and I presume 'boutique' means premium price!

I think this product is reaching out to people who may not already be tea connoisseurs and own multiple infusers. They're fine whole leaf teas, so you can't steep them correctly in a closed tea bag. So it's a novel idea to make this kind of quality more accessible and convenient. I've used these before and they work really well, and the teas are fresh and really high quality. I had the whole-leaf Assam and it was the real deal. There's really no comparison to the other teas in tea bags masquerading as "premium" teas. And as far as the tins go, if you're dealing with really nice whole leaf teas, you need to store them in tins that are airtight and block out the sunlight, so they'll stay fresh and won't absorb everything that's around them. It's not like the single-serve infusers are individually wrapped in cellophane like I've seen with other tea packages.

I use an in-pot diffuser not so much because I'm a connoisseur but because if you price it out cheaper bulk teas are frequently much cheaper than cheap bagged teas and the quality is much higher. If I can get a better product for less money that's just good economic sense.

I have had Ineeka teas before. I think they are really excellent quality teas and I love the design of the bag. For the chai, especially, it lets the herbs, teas and spices stew beautifully. My concern, environmentally, is with the tins: if one buys the tea regularly, it would be great to offer refills for the sturdy metal tins. As it is, I use the old ones to store spices, but I really don't need endless metal boxes.

The Labels peel off not soak. and they peel off easy. The bags are compostable. The tins are recycleable aluminum. Whats the problem??

I hate Tea though.