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I decided to own up and add all my still-sealed boxes of tea to my cupboard. I had them in there for a while, took them out again, and now I’ve added them back. What do y’all do?

Anyway, to help with the stress and guilt of an extra twenty or so teas in my cupboard, I drank some Gold Rush. It was delicious.

Yeah ok second infusion was just licorice on top of licorice. Maybe it’s all in my head. Wait nope I just read a handful of reviews and I’m not alone in the licorice root sadness. Hurrah!

Oh my glob, this is a treat. My first sip of this burned down my throat and warmed my chest like whisky. How odd!

The only thing that distracted me from the glorious warmth of this drink was the hint of licorice. I can’t help it, that ingredient just rubs my taste buds the wrong way. I got this as a sample with an online order and due to the licorice I wouldn’t go back for more.

Hot tip, self—next time you go to the hairdresser, go for the fruit tea. They can’t burn THOSE leaves.

Mostly reviewing this to note the tea company for further investigation, because my sample at the hair salon was served too hot and oversteeped. Burnt leaves, very astringent. I can still smell that apricot, though—I wanna see how well it can come out when properly brewed!

Very pleasant with milk and sugar for dessert tonight.

How surprising for me to experience a black flavoured tea that retains so much flavour in a second infusion.

The Aussie equivalent of DAVIDsTEA aka T2 doesn’t really actively promote resteeping (I think they’re still working on educating Australians on delicious tea options in general), but I’ve often thought the rule of thumb with a standard black is one infusion will suck most of the life out of the leaves. I’m still learning (particularly when it comes to multiple infusions) but as all my DAVIDsTEA stock is so precious to me, I’m draining the life out of it and doing a bunch of multi-steeping… with surprising and often rewarding results.

The black base has mellowed out in the second infusion, with the berry and coconut flavours coming through a little stronger. I’m getting so adventurous with this scoop I’m gonna go back in for a third round!