Argo Tea offers exquisite loose-leaf teas for your sipping enjoyment.
Today’s post is sponsored by Argo Tea. Argo Tea has a special offer for West of the Loop readers to warm up this month: receive a free oatmeal with purchase of a signature drink at any Argo Tea cafe location. Argo Tea is also giving away a special gift to two West of the Loop readers: a tea gift set and a $50 gift certificate to its website. See below for details.
Do you have a warm mug of something sitting on your desk as you read this? I sure do. During the recent polar vortex, my pre-WWII furnace could not keep up and the temperature in my house fell to 56 degrees. 56 degrees! We got through it with extra sweaters, lots of blankets and mug after mug of tea. My husband and I are both tea drinkers. My tea habit is bad enough that when I saw a new dentist recently, as soon as I opened my mouth he said: “Tea drinker?” (I have since purchased a whitening toothpaste, so no worries.)
Our favorite local source for delicious tea drinks is Argo Tea. When my husband needs to meet with someone outside of his office, his go-to location is one of the Argo Tea cafes in the Loop. He’s had a lot of important conversations over mugs of white peach tea during the past decade. My favorite drink is a hot mug of sweet and spicy chai.
My favorite Argo Tea drink is the hot chai.
What I love about Argo Tea, besides the wide variety of teas, are the healthy food options. At breakfast, Argo Tea has delicious muffins and pastries, but also hot options like quiche — made with egg whites — and oatmeal. For lunch, I love how Argo Tea offers grains and salads with healthy whole ingredients like quinoa, lentils, chick peas and brown rice. These are especially helpful options for people on special diets, like vegetarians and those who are gluten-free. Argo Tea also creatively incorporates tea into a lot of its menu items, like Chai Chicken Curry and Quinoa or a panini with brie, spinach and chai-infused cherries.
Argo Tea’s loyalty program, the LoyalTea Club, offers lots of perks for regular customers, like a free drink on your birthday, a free drink with every ten drink purchases, discounts on food and drink combos, and a $5 bonus for every $50 loaded onto your LoyalTea Card. You can purchase or reload a LoyalTea Club card at any Argo Tea cafe or online. To get all the advantages of the LoyalTea Club card, you need to register your card, which will also help protect your balance in the event you lose your card.
Argo Tea wants to help you stay warm up this January and to that end, has an incredible offer for West of the Loop readers. With this coupon, you can receive a free oatmeal with the purchase of any signature drink. Whether you are tempted by the chai oatmeal with cherry and apple — definitely my pick — the matcha vanilla oatmeal with banana and walnut or the classic oatmeal with cherry and walnut, I can’t imagine anything more comforting than coming in from the cold to a cozy Argo Tea cafe and relaxing with a hot mug of tea and a hearty oatmeal.
If you don’t live near an Argo Tea cafe, you can still sample the company’s delicious loose-leaf teas, bottled tea drinks and stylish tea ware by ordering from the company’s website. To pique your interest, Argo Tea and I have a terrific giveaway: Argo Tea will send TWO West of the Loop readers a beautiful Argo Tea gift set and a $50 gift certificate to the Argo Tea website. To enter the giveaway, leave a comment to this post telling me your favorite kind of tea. Is it black, green, herbal? Let me know!
You can also earn additional entries for the Argo Tea giveaway in the following ways:
- Register for the Argo Tea LoyalTea Club
- Like Argo Tea on Facebook and/or follow Argo Tea on Twitter or Instagram
- Like West of the Loop on Facebook and/or follow West of the Loop on Twitter or Instagram
- Follow me on Pinterest and/or pin an image from this post on one of your Pinterest boards
- Tweet about the giveaway with a link back to this post. Be sure to tag @argotea
Be sure to let me know in the comments how many of these extra entries you have earned. All entries must be received by Sunday January 26.
I am so excited to be partnering with Argo Tea, a Chicago-based company that sells healthy and delicious food and beverages. For my local and New York readers, I hope this coupon for a free oatmeal with purchase of a signature drink will provide you incentive to give Argo Tea a try. For those of you who do not live near an Argo Tea cafe, be sure to check out the Argo Tea website and try some of the company’s exquisite loose-leaf teas and stylish tea accessories.
Full disclosure time: This post was sponsored by Argo Tea and I am being compensated for my work. As always, all opinions expressed herein are entirely my own.
I love herbal tea, especially varieties with chamomile. Argo Tea is my go-to for breakfast at O’Hare.
That’s so funny that you say that, Alma, because I was just telling Elliot that I love the Argo Tea cafe at O’Hare because it’s the only remotely healthy food around there!
Love Argo, especially their black teas! They got me into my tea obsession since there’s one 3 blocks from my office, and I started using their chai and earl grey in my jam this summer (plum and nectarine, respectively; chamomile is also good with strawberry).
I already have an Argo card (have to remember to go get my birthday drink), but I made sure to like them on FB! What a fun giveaway.
(Oh, and I just shared it on FB and will probably send the link to the post around my office–we are suckers for free food)
Nothing beats a nice cuppa Darjeeling!
I’m definitely an herbal kinda gal, blueberry teas being my fave.
My favorite is Earl Grey!!
Hard choice between black and green. I like tht there are Argo shops around so I can choose a new tea instead of coffee when I need a drink own town.
I really like the rooibos chai!
I always go for chai!
Ginger green tea. Also following Argo on FB.
Elle, you are one of the winners of the giveaway! Congrats. I will email you about how to get your prize.
I love herbal teas and white tea. Mmmmmm tea!
I love herbal teas, especially orange. It is becoming my go-to afternoon drink when I am craving something warm.
I almost always go for a hot chai tea when it’s cold outside, but in the summer I love an iced tea made with black teas. (I like to mix it up with which variefy of black tea I get, depending on my mood)
“Liked” on both facebook accounts.
It’s chai for me!
Black Tea with raspberry syrup – always iced – best way to go!!
Armenia Mint at Argo Tea!
Earl Grey is a solid favorite, but I also enjoy chai and fruit teas. (I already follow argo on twitter and tweeted about the giveaway!)
Green tea is my favorite but I like black, ginger or mint too!
What a great giveaway! I’m with you ~ I love me some chai. Sometimes I stick with straight chai; Other times I go for a ‘dirty chai,’ which involves adding a shot of espresso. SO good!
As for entries, I did them all, except for tweeting: signed up for their loyalty program, followed both of you on FB, followed both on instagram (username traceybee) and both on twitter (username traceybee) and followed you on pinterest (username MCVC). FYI, your link above for your instagram account is missing the .com. 🙂
The name is ridiculous, but in spite of that I love Argo’s Mango Mambo tea. Delish!
Earl Grey with a splash of soy! or some nice chai tea 🙂
I had a chocolate chai latte at Argo and it was awesome!
OMG i eat/drink at Argo Tea atleast three times a week. I usually go to the one on Randolph or either the one near 1000 N Wabash! My go-to drinks are the Charolina Honey and the MojiTEA, and i LOVE the tart! in fact i was just their today (cant u tell im in love?). ANYWHO, funny story: called myself trying to go home and make my own MojiTEA, but accidentally picked up a “natural laxative” peppermint tea instead… i’ll stick with the professionals!
I have a cup of green tea every morning! I used to be addicted to coffee, and then I switched to tea and absolutely love it. I also love any oolong and have been getting into pu-erh teas as well.
And I ALSO am so grateful for the Argo Teas at O’hare!! I work out of O’hare, so I know allll of my options by now, and Argo is definitely my go-to.
Oh, and I registered for the Argo LoyalTea program…and liked them on facebook and followed them on Twitter and Instagram.
And I have liked West of the Loop on facebook and followed you on twitter and pinterest! I’m on it all! haha. I found you via Chicago Food Swap and love your stuff 🙂
Thanks so much, Valerie!
I’m a chai latte girl, though lately I’ve been drinking
Lactation tea.
I love green and chamomile tea!
I absolutely love green tea! I drink about 4 cups daily. I had a pumpkin chai tea at Argo awhile ago and loved that, too!
I am following West of the Loop and Argo Teas on Twitter. Handle: @momsandkeyboard
I love oolongs!
Just saw on the argo website there is one on Northeastern’s campus. I’ll check it out when I’m in the neighborhood!
One of my all time favorite herbal teas is chamomile. I just love it’s delicate flavor. I’m normally a coffee drinker, so when I turn to tea, I want comfort. And, that’s why I love chamomile. Classic and timeless. Love it!
I “liked” Argo Tea on FB. I also followed them on Twitter. And, I tweeted a link to the giveaway. 🙂
Only ONE favorite tea? It really depends. 🙂 I like all the interesting combos of flavors that Argo creates- both winter and summer mixes are fantastic. But in the morning, some green tea to start the day, unless it’s a lazy weekend, in which case I want black tea with milk and cream. But on a winter night, chai is the perfect cup of warmth while watching it snow outside.
My favorite tea right now is Argo Tea’s CHARItea, which is herbal (floral), but I also love mint tea! (P.S. I also liked West of the Loop & Argo Tea on facebook…so 2 extra entries!!). Thank you!
All those extra entries paid off! You are one of the winners of the giveaway. Congratulations! I will be in touch about claiming your prize.
Black tea for sure. Earl grey is my favorite
I love Carolina Honey Breeze/Tea. It’s the perfect blend of honey and sugar becuase normally I would put a good amount of sugar into teas but with drink I don’t have to and it pairs with any macaron perfectly.
I am in the LoyalTea.
I liked Argo Tea on Facebook.
I follow Argo Tea on Pinterest and Instagram.
I agree that the Carolina Honey Breeze Tea is my fave at Argo– but I also have to plug MarketSpice Cinnamon-Orange tea. I like sweet teas in the afternoon (I am a bitter coffee drinker in the mornings…), and this yummy blend of black tea and spices from the Seattle purveyor is pleasingly sweet with no sugar!
I’m a huge fan of green and white teas! They pair well with sweet fruits. I usually get a pump of mango in my green tea at Argo! Please note, I follow Argo on twitter as well 🙂
My favorite is definitely green tea, but I also love Carolina Honey Breeze and chai tea! I tweeted about the giveaway and follow West of the Loop and Argo Tea on twitter
I love black tea. Ginger peach is my favorite
My all time favorite tea is earl grey but I also really enjoy chai tea. Depends on my mood 😉
love pom tea
Mmmm… tea… I’m enjoying a matcha green tea latte right now.
I also “liked” Argo tea on facebook, “liked” West of the Loop on facebook, am following you on pinterest, and also following you on twitter, as well. 🙂
I am a huge tea drinker. I am actually drinking some right now! My favorite is pomegranate but I drink all kinds. I noticed Argo has a pomegranate white tea which I can’t wait to try next time I am near one of their locations.
My favorite argo tea is the herbal tea, Fruit Sangria. I also always like some simple green tea action too though.
English Breakfast. Back when I was drinking dairy and could have it with milk!
My go-to tea is a good earl grey, but when I can’t afford to have caffeine I like some of the rooibos blends! And I have really liked mate when I have had it, it’s just not as easy to find (unless you’re at Argo Tea!)
I am also registered at LoyalTea, have liked and followed Argo Tea on both FB and Twitter, and WOTL on FB, Twitter, and Pinterest! So I think that makes 6 extra entries for 7 total? Thank you and ArgoTea for this giveaway!
Iced Honey Green. I love the sweet, but subtle flavor of the honey.
I love any tea with a hint of spearmint infused in it