I’m very, very tired tonight but I did want to start writing out my tasting notes for some of the new Summer teas that DT released recently because there are a lot that I’m pretty excited for! I’m not gonna get through them all tonight though ’cause I wanna do them justice…
This lovely fruit blend is our latest seasonal peach tea! I think the name is really quite direct in what it tastes like – peach with that kind of mouth puckering flavour punch! The biggest question that I think a lot of people will have with this blend is how it’s different from Just Peachy, and it’s a fair question!
Both are pretty juicy sweet peach flavours and just Peachy does have a bit of a tang to it, but I think the biggest split is that Peach Pucker is straight up sour! It’s not an overly intense sour in that it lingers for a really long time as something like, say, a Warhead candy – but those initial first top notes when you take a sip definitely get you with a distinct but fleeting sour edge. That initial malic acid hit, if you will. If you’ve had a Sour Patch Kid before you’ll know the feeling.
It’s followed up with a refreshing peach flavour but also this really unique Spanish Cherry/medlar flavour. Not a lot of people are familiar with medlar (which, like, fair) but it kind of just adds a bit of a depth and a really light hint of sweeter red berry flavour to the peach that gives it a little more complexity and makes that flavour shift from sour to deep sweet peach a little more interesting. On the flip, I find Just Peachy has a very even keel peach flavour throughout the whole sip.
Personally, I don’t like this blend hot – but iced or cold brewed has definitely been my jam for the last year while I’ve been waiting for it to come out!
Friendly reminder that I do not numerically rate DAVIDsTEA blends as I’m currently employed there and it would be an obvious conflict of interest. Any blends you see with numerical ratings were rated prior to my employment there. These reviews are a reflection of my personal thoughts and feelings regarding the teas, and not the company’s.