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Drank this one last night.

This is good, not great. The scent is quite strong and I keep thinking it’s some sort of caramel tea. The taste is much more muted but still smooth and pleasant. I also had to use cream in this as we had no milk at the cottage, which could be changing my perception a bit.

Drank yesterday.

I keep reading how similar this is to Elf Help, but I can’t believe how much that’s true! I don’t think I’d be able to tell them apart.

It’s pretty good, though. It’s quite tasty but I thought the description sounded so amazing that it’s not knocking my socks off. I think it’s tasty but not a must-have for me.

My mom grabbed the summer collection when Davids was having the sample sale and gave it to me for Christmas. My boyfriend and I made this yesterday morning at the cottage.

I don’t know. It was alright. I thought it tasted like grape juice, and he said “how can there be no sugar in this? It tastes like Koolaid!”

I do think it’s meant to be iced, though. It looks like that’s true of the whole collection, which makes sense. I may try a small cup of each iced and save them for icing.

I made this in my new Breville One Touch for my mother, to whom I gave it in a sampler of teas for Christmas.

She said it took her back to the 80s. Interesting interpretation of the decade!

Anyway, this was tasty. It’s nice and fruity but more delicate, of fresh strawberries, than the almost candy-like fruitiness of a couple of other DavidsTeas. Mother liked it, too.

Not bad! I found this sweet and rich and nicely spiced but not overbearing. I’m a bit scared of apple/apple-cinnamon teas as they can be too artificial tasting or otherwise gross. This was nice.

Also the first (decent) tea ever given to me as a gift!

I think I’ll increase my rating of this one a little.

Tonight I was baking and had a headache from all the Christmas stress and food. I made some of this and took a break. It helped me relax and get rid of the headache for the most part (only sleep will do the rest!) and not to feel so awful after eating so much all day. Nice and cozy for the holidays.

So, my second experience with this was much better and I’m upping the rating. I think my sample was a bit off as it had no scent and tasted a bit weird.

This one, an actual baggy of it, smelled quite nice if confusing. I had it with a bit of milk this time. I don’t think that changed the taste much, but possibly. It made it nice and creamy though it’s already rich. I could actually see the creme brulee angle on this try. I get more caramel than creme brulee, but there is that hint of burnt sugar. Quite nice!

One of my two free Design a Tea samples. I’m skeptical about my abilities, but here goes.

It smells very interesting. Not really getting peach from it, nor can I discern the vanilla. It smells more like a tropical fruit, I think. Or some sort of candy. Hm.

While steeping, I can smell the rooibos and the fruitiness steps back a little. It steps back even further when I taste it. Interesting! I don’t taste peach-vanilla in this, but I like it. It has a nice rooibos taste with a sweet and fruity finish. I don’t really like the scent (and it really smells like a cany that isn’t coming to mind right now), but it’s quite pleasant and smooth.

I drank some without milk and then added a splash. Both are good.

This is tasting a bit weird on the second steep as I had strained the leaves and re-steeped a couple hours later. I think I’m pushing it with that.

But on the first steep, I couldn’t get over how delicious it was! Again.

Just as good today.

I used a little more matcha and saw a bit more froth, though still very little. Oh well. I’m hoping this will help me prevent the cold I feel coming on!