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This tastes slightly like minty apple. Very fresh. Very green. Not sure what else but as far as detox teas go, this is nice. Thanks for sharing Roswell Strange!

I kept sending my stash of this to Roswell Strange because even though I love it, she loves it more so I was always happy to share. However, I think she knew I missed it because she shared some back. Thank you!

It was nice to have this around because even though I probably could have had another glitter chai eggnog latte and been happy with it, I decided against that and went for this instead. This was my favourite tea to have as an eggnog latte when I first discovered eggnog lattes and this doesn’t disappoint. So creamy and fruity and amazing. It’s good to have this back in my stash.

This was a tea I was really interested in so I was pleased to see it was part of the 12 teas of Christmas. Drinking it now, I am happy I didn’t buy more tbh because while it smelled mouthwatering while steeping, the flavour is a bit flat. It’s sorta chocolate-y with a hint of peppermint. Imagine someone stirred powder hot chocolate mix in water instead of milk and that’s sorta how this mug turned out. While that isn’t terrible, it does fall short of my expectations.

Another day, another glitter chai eggnog latte. Guess I am liking it so thank you again Roswell Strange for sharing. In other news, for some reason my original post about this tea doesn’t want to post to the feed but is posted on the tea page so that’s a bit odd.

I guess I liked it because this is the second latte in 2 days. I used one less teaspoon today and it is more spice and less sweet. A lot less flavourful but still present and nice. I’ll need to find an amount between today and yesterday’s to really perfect the latte (I guess 3.5 tsp)

This tea is always nice but I never quite enjoy it as much as Sil so this packet, like most of my others of it, will be passed on to her :)

First off, I am surprised there are not more reviews for this blend. I remember when DAVIDSTEA released new blends and countless reviews would go up within hours of the tea being released…oh the heyday of DAVIDs…and steepster. Sometimes I worry that the time of tea has passed since so many stores/companies have closed over the years and it just seems like interest has faded sometimes.

Anyways, I got this blend from *Roswell Strange.” Thank you!! My plan was to use my free 50 g for this but it wasn’t put on the website soon enough and I didn’t have time to get to the store. However, I have it now and it has been used for my daily eggnog latte.

I figured it would have a strong enough flavour to hold up to latte prep method and the eggnog. While I hadn’t tried it before, you can just smell the strong flavouring. Plus my friends in Montreal got very excited when they saw all the tea Roswell Strange so kindly shared with me and they wanted to smell it all…and try some of the more interesting pieces of the dry blends. One of those interesting pieces was the little glitter cubes in this which ended up being a whole lot of glittery cinnamon. While it is sweet cinnamon, the sheer amount packed into the cube made it simultaneously spicy which made for a weird flavour experience. So, while I haven’t actually tried this tea before, based on the smell and that tasting, I knew it would work for a latte.

Taste wise this is sweet. Very sweet. And cinnamon heavy for sure. Sweet yet spicy cinnamon like red hots. Do I like it? I honestly don’t know. Maybe? Like as an eggnog latte it isn’t bad and a nice change from more subtle flavours. However, I don’t know how good it would be plain…and that’s how you’d need to make it to truly enjoy the glitter aspect. I think this is one of those flavours that is so strong that to truly enjoy it, you’d need to really be craving it. And when those cravings come up, only this will satisfy.

This smelled really good while steeping and then my sister turned the timer off and I oversteeped it. The first sip was cake-y and great. However as the tea cools, the tannins are coming out and this is less awesome. It has potential but (1) it is finicky with steeping and (2) is best when hot.