How best to describe the two sides of Tazo Green Ginger? Its yin is smooth, smoky, steam-fired Chinese green tea. Its yang is sweet, spicy ginger root with a kick. But just to make it even more wonderfully interesting, there's a slight touch of pear we like to add for its fragrant finish. That's the part we call "yow."

The Romans brought ginger to Europe from India. This is often cited as their greatest legacy, just after roads, aqueducts, sanitation and modern typefaces.

Tazo happens when one combines amazingly flavorful teas with a fertile imagination and some other good things from nature.