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Amoda Tea Subscription Box Review + Coupon – April 2017

Marne Orenich
ByMarne OrenichJun 23, 2017 | 4 comments

Amoda Tea
5 overall rating
2 Ratings | 3 Reviews

Amoda Tea is a monthly tea subscription. Every month, they send you loose-leaf teas that have been blended in small batches and sourced from craft tea companies across the continent. Their goal is to simplify your tea discovering and send you the best blends they’ve found.

This box was sent to us for review purposes. (Check out the review process post to learn more about how we review boxes).

The Subscription Box: Amoda Tea

The Cost: $20 a month + free shipping

ACTIVE DEAL: Save 40% off your first box!
CODE: MYSUB40

The Products: 4 different teas, and 10 loose leaf tea bags. There is also a Low Caff option "for light sleepers" that's the same price. "Each tea pouch has enough tea for 3-5 cups of tea."

Ships to: US & Canada

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Every Amoda Tea box comes with an info card that lists and describes each tea blend featured. It also has a coupon code for 15% off any tea order.

Plus this one came with a cute little postcard to send another tea lover!

Perfectly Pear White Tea - Value $3.00?

I love the fruity smell of this white tea. The flavor creeps up on you and forms a more full (yet still subtle) pear flavor once you take a sip. I prefer a delicate white tea, mainly because I am sensitive to caffeine and like drinking tea in the evening.

Strawberry Shortcake Rooibos Tea - Value $3.00?

The flavor here was a little subtle for me. I didn't pick up on the full body of strawberry shortcake even though I followed the directions on the package (which I love that they provide) that called for 1 teaspoon per 8 oz cup of water. I couldn't find this particular flavor on their site for sale either, so maybe this one is new or exclusive to the box?

Madagascar Dream (Black Tea) - Value $3.00?

WOW. Fantastic flavor coming our of this black tea. I could pick up on the vanilla right away. This is by far my favorite, so maybe subconsciously I gravitate towards black tea instead? Who knew? They used fair-trade organic cacao shells in this which I can also taste. Really beautiful sweet tastes all around!

Spring Blossom Baozhong (Oolong Tea) - Value $3.00

By far the most visually stunning of the teas, this tea can be re-steeped, which is great! It also has a more specific temperature for the water. I love seeing the yellow flowers among the twisted green leaves. The smell of this Oolong tea is a little earthy, and the notes of jasmine flowers are coming through for me. It lingers on my tongue a bit too, which is comforting.

Sooo happy they include loose leaf tea bags because there is no way that I normally would have those lying around.

Verdict: Amoda Teas are delightful, and the packaging and presentation are top notch, but I question if the value is there for me. Although the box comes with the tea bags and postcard, it seems like you may be better off just ordering larger tea quantities from their online shop. Otherwise, this may be a great gift for someone you know who loves trying new teas. I was happy to receive four totally different kinds of teas and enjoyed figuring out what I liked. The Madagascar Dream black tea ended up being my favorite, which surprised me. I suppose therein lies the biggest value!

What type of Amoda Tea would you like to try? Did you have a favorite this month?

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The Amoda Monthly Box is a fun tea discovery subscription sending you four delicious teas from small batch tea makers. From unique takes on the classics to fun flavours, every tea is taste-tested by our tea curator and we guarantee you'll love it or we'll send you a replacement! Choose from our Orig... read more.
Marne Orenich
Marne Orenich
Marne is a lipstick connoisseur, record collector, and twice over cat mom. She loves discovering new clean beauty brands and has quite the collection of beautifully packaged serums and moisturizers.

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4 comments

Emilia

Well, to be honest, that was before I had discovered David’s Tea… I have enjoyed getting little sassy boxes in my mail and tasting different teas. Again, at that price it was an enjoyable experience.

I live in Canada, so all prices are in CAD. I have just received my May Amoda box. 4 pouches at 9 grams each (minus packaging net weight is 8 grams each). That’s 32 grams at $20. David’s Tea average price for 50 grams is $10. Need I say more? I personally don’t taste the extra money in a cup…

I admire Amoda’s passion for small batch, rare tea, but for me anything from David’s Tea is the way to go. I realize it’s harder for smaller companies to keep their prices down, and I support them whenever I can, but I have to be excited, too.

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Emilia

I used to subscribe to Amoda a couple of years ago, when it was much cheaper. I really liked their boxes, but couldn’t justify the cost after the price increase. I subscribed again today, for the May box only. For CAD $12 I can do it once :).

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Marne Orenich

Oooh, let me know what you think, Emilia!

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Emilia

Well, to be honest, that was before I had discovered David’s Tea… I have enjoyed getting little sassy boxes in my mail and tasting different teas. Again, at that price it was an enjoyable experience.

I live in Canada, so all prices are in CAD. I have just received my May Amoda box. 4 pouches at 9 grams each (minus packaging net weight is 8 grams each). That’s 32 grams at $20. David’s Tea average price for 50 grams is $10. Need I say more? I personally don’t taste the extra money in a cup…

I admire Amoda’s passion for small batch, rare tea, but for me anything from David’s Tea is the way to go. I realize it’s harder for smaller companies to keep their prices down, and I support them whenever I can, but I have to be excited, too.