29 Tasting Notes
1/24 for my tea advent calendar. Unfortunately we started December off with this really awful tea. It had a deep purple colour and the odd tastes of cinnamon and pineapple. Nothing says christmas like beet root, am I right? Anyways did not like this tea.
Flavors: Apple, Fruity, Pineapple, Spices
Preparation
Holy crap, I went into David’s looking for a new green tea and this was recommended. Super expensive, but so so delicious. It’s really everything I’ve ever wanted in a green tea. It’s earthy, sweet, I do pick up the buttery notes, and not in your face with bitterness. It’s completely relaxing and makes me wish I had something to pair it with. I do not regret buying my tiny 30g bag but I don’t think I’ll go higher and it’s definitely going to stay as a treat when I really need a pick me up.
Flavors: Butter, Green, Sweet, Warm Grass, Vegetables
Preparation
I was really hesitant to try this one, I decided to drink it iced and concentrate the hell out of my little sample of this tea. Very mango-y(?) but a nice strong aftertaste of black tea. As a black tea lover I personally wouldn’t buy this to fill my black tea spot, but it does make a nice fruity iced tea. Pomegranate thankfully wasn’t the main flavour in this one.
Flavors: Mango, Tea
Preparation
Wait.. This wasn’t a capri sun? I loved this tea so much. I made this in my ice tea pitcher but steeped it for 30 minutes. No sweetener needed, this tea was so fruity and flavourful. Loved it to the very end.
Flavors: Fruit Punch, Fruity, Guava
Preparation
Drank it iced, very sugary but seems to have to steep for a long while before any other flavours come in to play. What I do taste is no surprise, a very familiar fake cotton candy taste like a cotton candy flavoured rock candy. Props to David’s tea for not making it a very fake looking pink colour but instead a brown, although it’s kind of weird telling people it’s cotton candy tea.
Flavors: Cotton Candy, Sugar
Preparation
I bought a pitcher pack of this tea so I could get the 5 for 20$ thing. First of all I had to leave the steeper in the pitcher overnight for it to not taste like water with faint orange taste. Not a favourite of mine even when it has more taste, it reminded me of a childhood snack (which snack I can’t remember) that I didn’t like. I think overall I’m not a fan of citrus teas. The spearmint did add an interesting twist though!
Flavors: Orange, Spearmint
Preparation
Reminds me of the type of tea they serve at sushi restaurants.Still very good, just a little generic. Very toasty,warm and familiar.
Flavors: Toast, Toasted, Toasted Rice, Toasty
Preparation
I went into David’s and decided to get this iced, I later purchased 50g of this delicious tea. Today I had it hot for the first time and omg it was good. I put a little agave in it because that’s what I did when I got it iced and it almost tasted like a fruity, sweet juice. I could definitely taste the honey, rooibos and lemon. So good!
Flavors: Floral, Honey, Lemon, Rooibos
Preparation
I got this as a sample with my David’s tea package. Since I didn’t have enough to make a pitcher of ice tea with it, I decided to drink it the old fashioned way, hot. It had a lovely fuzzy peach smell that instantly made you think of candy but the taste was a little disappointing. Very dull peach taste but super sweet, I think it would be better as an ice tea. Drank the whole cup though because it wasn’t all that bad. I just need to go fill my 20 cavities first.
Flavors: Peach, Sugar