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Kristal drank Lemon Myrtle (Organic) by DAVIDsTEA

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A re-review of this tea.

More than a year ago I stocked up on this tea (like, 150g worth and this is a light tea which means its like 2 tins worth) because DAVIDs was discontinuing it. This was before I started buying a lot of teas at iHOT and realized they also sell lemon myrtle. I loved the fact that this was a natural herbal tea (which is now a rarity of DAVIDs). Now it’s been like a year or a year and a half and this is the oldest tea in my cupboard and I’m really trying to drink it down. What I’ve realized with lemon myrtle is I like it more as an “additive” in blends and not as much on it’s own because even though it’s herbal it’s prone to bitterness. For that reason I’ve been adding it to blends like super ginger to add a little lemon flavour but avoid the bitterness. Also, in my opinion, this smells like marijuana when brewed up. Weird lol.

Anyways, dropping my rating from 90 to 75. I was wayyy over generous lol. I’m now down to half a tin and hope to be done with it soon because I’m trying to keep my cupboard with teas that are under a year old (even 6 months if possible).

Flavors: Bitter, Lemon

Preparation

Boiling 4 min, 0 sec

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rosebudmelissa
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I’ve found that I like lemon flavored herbals with anise. If you have any on hand, you might want to give it a try.

Kristal
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Not the biggest fan of anise (unless you are talking about the dutch anise milk :) ). Thanks for the tip, though!

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rosebudmelissa
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I’ve found that I like lemon flavored herbals with anise. If you have any on hand, you might want to give it a try.

Kristal
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Not the biggest fan of anise (unless you are talking about the dutch anise milk :) ). Thanks for the tip, though!

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I used to drink coffee, but it started to hurt my stomach so I switched to tea. A friend of mine introduced me to DAVID’s TEA and I couldn’t stop after that! I’ve now been expanding my scope beyond DAVIDs away from “candy-like teas” into more natural teas or flavourings. Current favourite stores include International House of Tea (iHOT) and Verdant Tea.

When it comes to tea ratings, I usually only ever rate them once. I know a lot of people on steepster do many tasting notes for the same teas depending on their mood, but I prefer to rate once and if my opinion changes, I will delete the old note and rate again. How I rate teas goes as following:

1-49: Teas I won’t buy again. Either the taste is disgusting to me, or it’s too bland, etc. I’m most likely not even going to finish the tin/bag.

50-59: Teas I wouldn’t buy again; I have to force myself to drink the whole cup to not waste it.

60-69: I’ll finish the cup and even the bag/tin, but I wouldn’t buy these teas again. Teas of this rating are “lacking something”.

70-79:Teas that are pretty good and ones I might buy again. Usually these teas are ones I have to be “in the mood for” and drink occasionally.

80-89: Great teas! Ones I will drink several times a week and often have in my stash :).

90-100: Favourite must-have teas!

My favourite types of tea are green tea and different types of “natural” herbal tea (different herbs, natural flavourings, etc). I cannot drink black or oolong teas due a sensitive stomach. I don’t really go for white tea due to its cost and the fact that it has just a little caffeine (if I want caffeine I’ll just go for a green tea and if I don’t I’ll go for a herbal-no sense on just having a little caffeine). I also like to do iced teas in the summer time, and then I’ll gravitate towards herbal fruit blends that are bagged to cut costs and convenience (it’s easier to throw out bags than clean a filter). Flavours I don’t care for include anything too tart, bitter, artificial, overly spicy or overly sweet.
Also, when I have time (usually when I’m not working much) I like to make tea lattes out of different rooibos blends.

My everyday green tea is Gunpowder since it is strong and not sensitive to temperatures or steeping time which is something I cannot be bothered with when I’m getting ready for work. Other greens I enjoy are dragonwell, sencha, and different Chinese greens. I’m not the biggest fan of yunnan greens since they are so finicky (although I do like gyokuro)

On a day to day basis I usually have 2-3 cups of green tea and several more cups of different herbal blends.

Besides tea I also work at a couple libraries (I am finishing my library tech diploma),am in my early 20s and got married in Oct 2014.