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Had this with breakfast. Don’t remember much about it other than it was good and I drank it all pretty quickly.

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I was really sad finishing this off in today’s mixed berry smoothie until I realized it is back on the DAVIDsTEA website. I have really enjoyed this one and so it will be one I am repurchasing sometime soon most likely.

The smoothie today is really good. The honey flavor is coming through so strongly but not overwhelming the berry flavor. To me, it’s as if someone drizzled honey over berry coulis since it doesn’t have the tartness of mixed berries but does have the flavors.

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For some reason I wasn’t excited about this one but I am really enjoying it. It’s juicy and spiced and just delicious. Best hot but still nice when cooled. Hotter it was nice citrusy clove and as it cools, a lot of pear has come through. No base, which is my preference. This is one I’d have again for sure.

Cold brewed this is some diluted lemonade (since I only had about 2/3 cup of lemonade so the rest was water). It’s quite good. The base is a little more prominent than I’d like so it could be slightly bitter but there is still a nice ginger peach flavor to compliment the lemonade. All in all, it’s pretty tasty.

Had this with breakfast. It was malty and nice and easy to drink.

Guess I’m feeling minty because this is the tea I decided to have as a latte. Minty and delicious, as always.

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Despite being a hot cup of tea, this was very cool and refreshing. It’s better hot than what it cools but it’s a pretty solid tea, especially given it only cost $1.

Made this as a tea pop last night and it’s been in the fridge since and it’s the first tea I’ve had all day. It’s still carbonated but sometimes the tea itself can get very artificial and waxy and that’s the overwhelming flavor today. Not loving it right now! Sometimes it’s great and others it’s not.

So a lot of my matcha is in the freezer but for some reason I keep the small sample tins of matcha in my tea drawers. That means when I’m pulling a matcha to add to my smoothies, I forget about the Bird and Blend ones in the other room. However, today I remembered and when deciding what would go with a strawberry and banana smoothie, cocoa matcha seemed like a good choice.

A lot of the time I think I don’t taste the matcha but then I realize the aftertaste is distinctly chocolate. So it’s adding a nice layer to the smoothie where the strawberry banana flavor is tied off with an chocolate milk quality at the end of the sip. Works for me :)