Jungle Ju Ju

Plus: it smells wonderful. Minus: it tastes absolutely nothing like what it smells like. So bitter. I’m glad I only had a small bag.

I had this as an iced tea of the day on Monday. When I tried the sample in-store, it tasted like down-south brewed iced tea but with a twist. When I got it in my cup, it was like that…sort of.

It didn’t take long for the novelty of trying a new iced tea to wear off and me be reminded that I don’t like papaya. Why on earth would I get a whole cup of tea where the flavours are “green stuff” and “PAPAYA”!?!?!?! Because I’m an idiot, that’s why. I did end up finishing the cup, it’s not like it was disgusting or anything, but I definitely would not buy it. Again, not because it’s disgusting but because…it’s a purely papaya tea. And I don’t like papaya.

Verdict: will not buy, not putting in a yes or no for recommending because I’m not exactly an unbiased judge. Definitely not for me.

My first trip to David’s Tea, I ordered the Jungle Ju Ju iced. I grew up drinking traditional hot mate and i’ve been wanting to try different flavors of it for a while. I have to say I wasn’t entirely impressed. I feel like the fruit didn’t shine through enough, it tasted a bit minty and lost traditional mate flavor. After ordering Jungle Ju Ju, I still prefer my traditional mate, gourd, and bombilla.

Tried this one on a bit of a whim – my local DT is running out of fruit-based flavours that I haven’t tried iced, haha. I definitely got the earthy base from this one, and while the peach/papaya flavours were there, they weren’t as strong as I would liked for them to have been. I know that’s kind of the whole point of drinking maté, but still.

For some reason, I was feeling groggy this afternoon, so it seemed the perfect opportunity to brew up a blend touted as “stimulant” by the folks at DavidsTea: Jungle Ju Ju.

This is only my second guayusa experience, so I’m definitely a gringo about this herb. Jungle Ju Ju brews up much less sweet than I was expecting. The huge chunks of sugary papaya and peach notwithstanding, the green herbal guayusa ended up being nearly neutral on the sweetness scale. I ate a couple pieces of the dried fruit, which is why I know that it is sweet, but the sweetness did not really translate into the infusion.

Whenever I brew up one of the Teavana foodish blends, I grind it up first, so that the flavors will fully infuse. In this case, the huge chunks are not the main player, so it seemed unnecessary. I’m probably better off just munching on the fruit and brewing up the dried green guayusa leaves.

The brew is fine. It tastes nothing like the last (a flavored Runa) guayusa I tried. Instead, it seems about half way between a not-very-minty Morrocan mint and a mate. I probably won’t restock once these .8 ounce envelopes are depleted, but who knows, maybe I’ll develop a craving for this specific taste by then. On ne sait jamais…

(Blazing New Rating #18)

Had this this morning and it’s… okay?
It was watered down at first, left the leaves in, and it turned sour so I don’t know.
I’ll like.. write a proper note in the future when I can actually think okay

My brain is freakin fried because that FREAKIN MIDTERM WAS BRUTAL AND I NEVER WANNA SEE IT AGAIN.
I studied so hard.
Reviewed it over the weekend and a couple days leading up to it, 5 hours straight yesterday, and 2.5 hours straight today. I thought I was confident but I took it and now I wanna cry because it was so hard. And it’s not just me, it was the entire class as well! Thought I was going to get an A, but nope. Now I feel like I deserve a C or a D. ughasdj;aksdfkl;sadf FREAKIN FINANCE.

Pretty tasty! Not sure how much energy it gave me though…

This smells soooooo good. Like juice. But it really does taste odd, like another user said, plasticky almost.

Since I’m not usually a fruity tea person, so this is a nice change. It does have a slightly grassy taste because of the guayusa but it also quite peachy tasting. This is something I like to drink when im looking for change in my typical tea routine, but its definitely not a regular. Ive only had it hot, so I think I’ll try a cold brew next. I have a feeling it will be really great cold, I’ll keep you posted.

Honestly at first…right after i steeped it and poured it into my glass i thought it tasted gross and smelt even worse…but i let it sit for 10 minutes and i actually like it quite a lot!
The tea is slightly spicy (which i love) and i do feel more awake then i did before!
It is very cinnamon-y so if you do not like cinnamon then you will not like this tea!!