With the emergence of Starbucks and the evolution of customized coffee orders, tea seems to have gotten the short end of the stir-stick and lost some of its allure amongst the mainstream bowing down in most demographics, other than the age 60+ community.

Canadian gourmet tea brand 4 O’clock is a good change of pace for those coffee addicts who’s rate of consumption would land them a podium spot in the coffee olympics.

We’re not tea connoisseurs by any means but we consume more than our fair share on a daily basis. 4 O’clock beats the pants off of most teas right out the box. The smell is mesmerizing even before you add water. The green tea was a favorite and the most frequent repeat customer.

Rather than discuss the bouquet and every other buzz word and term we can come up with, lets just cut to the chase and say the taste of this tea is far beyond most teas on the market outside of specialized tea shops. You will pay extra for the taste though, a box of 15 bags will run you $9, about double the grocery store brands but a fraction of the coffee shop pricing.