On Apr 15, 5:24 pm, imagine wrote:
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Rick and Scott,

It's unfortunate that a posting from a devout tea drinker has led you
to believe that 'hotfortea' is a "fraudster." Perhaps in the past, some
such 'fraudsters' have taken advantage of or angered you by posing as
someone they were not. As the web goes, that assuredly does happen.

As an actual employee of Ineeka, I can 110% vouch that 'hotfortea' is
in no way, shape, or form associated with our company as a vendor or
the like. We met 'hotfortea' just recently at a tea event we were
holding at Swim Cafe. In actuality, this person is quite simply a tea
lover looking to explore the many teas out there--and is excited about
sharing a new found tea with others who may be interested.

At this tea meetup, a first for both Ineeka and 'hotfortea', we were
able to talk a bit about the company's roots--but our main focus was
about teas in general: tea plants, growing regions, the production
process, etc.

Much to our surprise, we found this FoodBanter posting just yesterday
and are flattered and humbled by 'hotfortea's entry. As far as we're
concerned it was very kind of 'hotfortea' to communicate our product to
the food world as he did. But I can tell you this--this posting was
straight from someone who decided to share his passion and excitement
for a new-found tea...in his own way.

Also, I urge to you take a look at and try our entire tea line if you
get the chance. While, yes, some are herbals the rest are genuine,
fresh-grown, hand-picked TEAS!

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Richard Chappell;1110223 Wrote:



It certainly is promotional - a search for "hotfortea" and "Ineeka"
shows that.

A request to my friends on this news group: Please consider staying
away
from such fraudsters.

Rick.

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In article ,
Scott Dorsey wrote:-
HotForTea wrote:-
This past Tuesday I was at Swim Cafe in Chicago for an Ineeka Tea
Tasting. I think I have a new favorite tea. Ineeka Tea was founded in
2005 however the Goel family has been growing tea 1861. The family has
about 12,000 acres in India and Ineeka in Chicago, where the company
has it's headquarters, gets regular shipments to package for the
American market.-

This looks a whole lot like a promotional puff piece. It really does
look sleazy when vendors post fake ads here pretending to be
satisified
customers.

I will say that most of the Inkeeka products aren't tea at all. In
fact,
the only actual tea of theirs that our local grocery carries is their
Darjeeling.

The Darjeeling is okay. It's a little more grassy than I would like,
but
it does taste like a real Darjeeling even if it's not in the same
league
as the Rohini second flush or the stuff Lochan is selling.

The silly metal boxes and overpriced bags are a problem, though, and
the
goofy self-supporting bag would be fine for commercial food service
use
but only fit into a limited number of cups and won't fit into a
teapot.

It's not bad stuff, and I have bought it occasionally because sometimes
I
like having the bags when I travel, but it's pheneomenally expensive
for
what it is.
--scott

--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."-

--
imagine

I can understand where you are coming from, and I've stayed out of
this so far, but I have ZERO sympathy for the OP. His site is beyond
shaky and so cluttered with ads and product offerings which take the
customer straight to Paypal (and Inkeeka links). It's very bad form
and I'd advise extreme caution to anyone even thinking of purchasing
something from it. I'd also maybe rethink sticking your neck out for a
random individual good intentioned or not... because even if you
believe he is, if things aren't as they seem you have unnecessarily
linked yourself to him.

Regardless of all of this, Rec.Food.Drink.Tea is most likely not your
company's target audience. It seems all of hotfortea's Usenet posts
are to a Tisane group, and it's probably best that they stay there.

- Dominic