Lemon Pound Cake

Advent tea! A nice change from all the cinnamon, chai, chocolate of the seasonal teas. I do like a good lemongrass tea, but this has just one note to me. The cake is an aftertaste and the oolong non-existent. I am enjoying the lightness of the blend, but it is a bit pale in comparison to Tazo’s hebal version of lemon cake. Thanks for sending it for me to try Lexie!

I am always disappointed by teas that smell great and taste nothing like advertised. So imagine my surprise when this tasted exactly like lemon pound cake. Actually, I was most reminded of the lemon poppyseed loaf that Starbucks sells—the only thing missing from each mouthful was the poppyseeds.

Although the flavour was accurate, it seems strange to be drinking this instead of eating an actual cake. It just means that I have to be in the right mood to enjoy this. This won’t be an everyday tea for me, which is just as well, because I only stocked 100g.

Turns out I really like oolongs. This one tastes like a low sugar dessert in the best way, and is now top of my list. Love it both iced and hot and recently made iced lemon pound cake mixed with lemonade Truly hard seltzer and yummy

Iced – Yes
Hot – Yes
Latte – Not even gonna try

Pleasant oolong tea which really does taste like lemon pound cake.

I’m not a big fan of citrus teas but this is lemony and sweet…..like a pound cake

Omg, I was hoping to finish this off today but the rest of my packet went missing at work. BOOOOO. Because this was actually pretty for a flavoured oolong from David’s Tea; second steep was like a lemon meringue pie.

Wish I had picked up a little more (and taken it home). Why do I learn to like a David’s Tea offering just as they are discontinuing it?

I absolutely loved this tea when it first came out, and stocked up on quite a bit when it was first discontinued. Looking at the DavidsTea site today, I noticed it was back in the sale section, which inspired me to brew up a cup.
I added a bit too much sugar, but it’s still so delicious. A lovely combination of cake lemon flavor, and mild floral notes of the oolong.

I got this one from Ost. This tastes like lemongrass, and it also tastes buttery and cakey. I really like it. Lemongrass in dessert teas really works for me for some reason!

Work – 2:00 PM

Hmm… Well I suppose this smells nice at least.

It mostly just tastes like lemongrass to me. Which doesn’t really make me think of lemon cake at all…

There’s maybe a tad bit of butter or cake or something in the aftertaste, but mostly it’s just a lemongrass tea. And I’m not sure I would really know it’s an oolong either, it could easily be a green tea or an herbal as well. I suppose I can slightly taste the roastiness from the oolong?

Pretty nondescript lemongrass tea. shrugs

It’s not bad, but it’s not cake either.

I don’t get it. This tea has crazy high ratings. I steeped it exactly per the instructions, and yet, it’s just blah.

I don’t get “just like lemon pound cake” at all. I don’t get “buttery, citrusy oolong” either.

I thought it had additional sweetener added to it, so I didn’t add any the first time around. Ick. Big mistake. It just tasted a bit tangy with hints of citrus, and lemongrass. No butter, no nuthin’.

Second steep was about the same as the first, but I added one cube of sugar to the 16 oz cup. Okay, this makes it more… well, sweet. That’s about it. Oh, and once it cooled I tasted flat cardboard. Not butter. Sigh.

No idea what I did wrong here, but this sucks. Expensive tea these days, DAVIDs, and I can’t say I’m thrilled with the results. I’ve got enough for another big cup, so, we’ll see.