Comfort Yourself with the Savings

November 9th, 2009

So on and off for the last ten years I have drunk Aveda comforting tea—because it tastes good and I like it. I always bought the apothecary-style jar of loose tea leaves, and I had a little strainer I could use to make one cup at a time. I am not sure how much I paid for it, probably too much because everything at Aveda is ridiculously overpriced, but it wasn’t expensive enough to stop me buying it. I don’t often drink coffee and I don’t really like hot drinks at all, so I don’t own a coffeepot, but this summer I got myself an iced tea maker from Target. You can use loose tea or tea in bags, and it’s pretty awesome, having a nice pitcher of tea in the fridge when I want something other than water or tequila shots to drink.

I stopped in Aveda a few weeks ago to replace my tea stocks, since I’d recently gotten back on the Comforting Tea kick and finished off all my stash of it here and at the office. Imagine my surprise when I discovered that they’d not only redesigned the packaging and introduced a tea-bag form of the tea, but they’d also raised the price to $24.00. For tea. For a jar of loose tea. Seriously. I mean, I have been known to spend stupid amounts of money on stupid things, but I know for damn sure I never spent $24 on a fucking jar of tea. I want to say it was $14 last year. Max. They had a box of 20 tea bags for $14.99 too (bargain! not.)

So I thought that they could keep that fucking tea, and comfort themselves up the ass with it, if the mood struck them. I knew from reading the label that it was basically a mix of peppermint and licorice teas, and yesterday at Dierberg’s I picked up some Stash Licorice Spice Tea for about $5 for 30 tea bags, and some Celestial Seasoning’s Peppermint Tea for about $3 for 20 bags. Last night I made a pitcher of tea using 3 bags of each type – and guess what? It tastes exactly the same as Aveda’s Comforting Tea, at what… 1/4 of the price or less? So fuck a bunch of overpriced mall tea made by a company that purports to be all earth-friendly and natural (and used to be, and was founded on those principles) but is actually owned by L’Oreal now and has drastically jacked up their prices and who knows what their business principles are now? Profit at any cost I would imagine. Anyway, if you don’t want to spend $24 for fucking loose tea, here’s an alternative for you. Comfort yourself with your spare change.

And Dear Aveda, No – I have not yet forgiven you for discontinuing Deep Penetrating Hair Revitalizer. You suck.

Mood : triumphant Music : FGFC820

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One Response to “Comfort Yourself with the Savings”

AVD on November 9, 2009 8:39 pm
Oh lord have mercy. I went to the mall tonight and was tempted to go into the tea store, except the whole thing was horrifying I wanted to go home. This is the last straw. I don’t need their ridiculous dresses that are designed only for those participating in the leggings revival, and I don’t need their tea. My black pencil skirt and Jay’s tea are well enough. Harumph.