Kanpe Tea

I nearly bought this tea on the basis of the cause alone. That, and the aroma. It’s one of the strongest teas I’ve ever smelled.

I only bought 30g of this. I took this to work the other morning and brewed it right then and there. Maybe I wasn’t in the right mood to enjoy it, but I had issues after the first few sips.

Sips 1-3: Nice and fruity, lots of cinnamon and banana hints.
Sips 4-6: Less fruit, still some notes of cinnamon, still delectable… Is that hibiscus?
Sips 7+: Hibiscus is overwhelming.

I finished the cup and tried again a few days later with similar results.

It definitely is a nice tea, but it isn’t something I can drink every day. I’m not sure I’d buy it again. I wish David’s would do more tea for a good cause.

Not going to lie, I sometimes choose my tea based on how I choose my wine. If it has a cool label or a fun name or is for a good cause, I’ll buy it to try it at least once. This one has all of the above, so I figured it must be a winner. Plus, I’m weird and I love hibiscus tea (like I love sour candy) so I figured I can’t lose. As long as the taste of the coconut could be masked…

Well, I wasn’t disappointed. The hibiscus and “other stuff” in it masked the taste of the coconut, which essentially just gave it some richness on the tongue for me. And left some oil droplets floating on my tea. I didn’t get any taste of mango or banana, but I do taste apple. And hibiscus. Oh, hibiscus. Any sweetness from stevia is severely overpowered by the tartness of hibiscus, so people who like sweetened tea (not me!) would still need to add a sugar of some kind. I’m I would like it iced, too—this time I drank it lukewarm because I forgot about it sitting on my desk (and was wondering who was eating candy!).

There is something about this tea that makes me think a bit of apple cider and it really is a great brew.

I’ve tried it both hot and cold. To be honest, I find that it’s just not as good cold; it really seems to lose something. Having tried it iced, I think my opinion of this tea has been slightly soured, which is a shame.

Gotta say, I definitely prefer it hot and unsweetened.

Sweet jeebus is Kanpe yummy!! Can tea really, truly taste like love in a mug? I say the answer is ABSOLUTELY!! The flavors just burst of fruity goodness in your mouth! I adore this tea with all my heart.

Just got this tea last week. I usually don’t like hibiscus, but this tea has the right balance. My husband just tried mine then went to make his own cup! I guess we will go through this pretty fast.

this is fruity cinnamon heaven! im having it iced. I think it’s the hibiscus flowers that makes it a bit sour, and I really like that! It feels like drinking juice, not tea because it has more ’’presence’’ in my mouth, you know what I mean?

It’s a nice tea. I don’t mind the taste of hibiscus, and for a while was drinking straight hibiscus tea. It’s lovely iced, although I was a bit hamfisted with the agave. I couldn’t shake the cinnamon smell – each time I took a sip, it smelled intensely of cinnamon but didn’t taste spicy at all. It confused me.

I made a tumbler full of this as something to have on my bus ride into the US. I needed something without caffeine, and a couple friends had recommended it, so who was I to argue?

The smell of this tea is heavenly. I thought to myself that there was no way that this tea will be terrible. I was a little wrong. This tea wasn’t outright terrible, but very tart. It reminded me of bagged fruit herbal teas more than anything. This was disappointing for me because it was supposed to be a DAVIDsTEA, not supposed to taste like a tea bag.

But anyway, other than that, the flavours come out nicely when I add some agave. Especially when this cools down, it tastes much nicer which tells me that this is worth it as a tart, strong iced tea. I can just tell that people will love it!

I’m indifferent to this tea, I may give it one more go iced before I write this one off.

I tried this one as a cup of tea in the store – and it is pretty darn fantastic!
the cinnamon was what sealed the deal – I love the fruity notes and it is really well blended. But the cinnamon wrapped everything up beautifully. I had it with only a little agave. Definitely a tea that I will be getting again!

Just brewed myself a cup of this, and had to scuttle to the computer, because I’m in a state of pink-tea bliss right now.

Kanpe is appealing on so many levels – it’s a great cause, the dry leaves smell delish, and it’s one heck of a pretty brew. It also doesn’t have that artificial-flavour feeling to it that I’m finding with some other fruity tisanes.

It’s good, sweet and tart in a pleasant balance. Totally drinkable hot and cold. The banana and coconut makes it feel delightfully tropical, even when it’s raining and blah outside today. And the cinnamon adds a depth that I love. Makes it feel… cozy? I don’t know, but it’s a very good thing.