This is a very tasty tea - nice and spicy, plenty of cinnamon and the ginger gives a nice bite, and no caffeine.  Every box I've gotten has been fresh.  My gripe however is the lack of strings.  The box claims they save 3.5 million pounds(!?) of landfill waste every year by not using individual wrappers or strings/tags/staples.  That seems like an exaggerated claim, and the lack of strings and staples is a real annoyance in my book.  It means I always should use/carry a spoon in order to agitate the bags a bit while steeping, and remove them from the hot tea.  It's so annoying I even considered only 3 stars.  Mostly I drink tea at the office, and bringing a spoon around with me to meetings is odd, so instead I tend to wait until tea is cooler and use my fingers, which also is odd.  Individual wrappers I can do without because I drink frequently enough the tea doesn't go stale, but please give me strings and staples.