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In sipping the tea, we experience the pleasure of two characters in harmony with each other, Chai Spice and Green tea. Hyde, we experience the tragedy of two characters at odds with each other. His gentle self makes the darker more menacing, and vice versa.Īnd Stash’s chai green tea shares this duality of nature, with one exception. He becomes a man of two separate natures within a single vessel an entirely new creature. Hyde”, the mild doctor concocts a mysterious potion (I assume there is no tea ingredient, although Stevenson doesn’t elaborate on that point) that causes a darker, disturbing version of himself to emerge. It is, in fact, the mildness of the green tea that makes the chai spice stand out, and, conversely, the flavor burst of chai that makes the green tea seem that much meeker. Chai is a classic, spicy collection of flavors, but in combining it with green tea (versus the classic black), it’s a completely different creature. It is this quality that so defines Stash’s Chai green tea, and pairs it so well with Stevenson’s story. Utterson encounters a strange and eerie gentleman, who he eventually learns is familiar, yet surprising, indeed. Utterson, a London lawyer and longtime friend of Dr.
Hyde”, written by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, was first published in 1886. If youre suffering through a hot, sunny afternoon and cant find an air-conditioned room to cool off in, a cold watermelon or strawberry drink is the next best thing. It’s a tea I have come to consider a favorite just as the book I’ve chosen as the reading companion has become a favorite. Watermelon and strawberry are two of the most refreshing flavors you can imagine. Stash Tea offers an intriguing chai green tea that is at once familiar, yet surprising mild, yet zesty.