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Strawberry Shortcake, huckleberry pie… who’s gonna be your lucky guy, A, B, C, D (mine ends at D)… and so goes the sing along while playing skip rope.

Alright, I must be the minority here. I bought 100g of this my first ever order of Davids tea. The whole 100g, I have been trying to convince myself to like it.

The smell… so fake, so astringent. The lack of black tea to balance out what feels like a bottle of liquid fake Strawberry flavour. Am I the minority here? This tea is flat out gross… I’ve tried it with milk, cream, sugar, stevia, brown sugar… you name it. I’ve steeped, oversteeped, understeeped, over-leafed, under-leafed… NOTHING. I made myself a nice mug of it hoping to sooth my some what sombre mood and it just made me a little irritated. WHY does DT have to use fake tastes… and why does this tea curdle my milk and cream? They’re fresh, very fresh in fact… WHY!?!?!

This tea had a lot of potential, but with the lack of leaves, the fake taste and the murky look to it… I just don’t understand what all the fuss is about. I have about 30g left and after that, good bye, never again. I’m glad I get to stop before S in my skip rope song, because quite frankly… if I had to drink Strawberry shortcake for the rest of my life… I would be one sad sad excuse for a tea lover.

(PS: the face in the rating totally says it all)

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My passion for tea started at a very young age, thanks to my grandmothers beautiful china tea cup collection. I use to brew Tetley’s or whatever version of Orange Pekoe she had in the cupboard and pick out my favourite tea cup to use. It wasn’t until I was in my late teens that I really started to develop a passion for it. My town had the Urban Tea Merchant and it was there I was exposed to high tea and the very fancy Mariage Freres brand. When they switched over to The O Dor, my girlfriend and I found salvation in going for a lovely cup of tea and decompress with some tea scones.

It has since become an obsession. I have a tea cupboard, filled with a very large variety of teas. I also use the Breville Tea Maker to make my tea. I favour black teas, with a close second being North African Mint Green Tea. Because I have the luxury of working from home, I get to enjoy a wonderful cup of tea every morning, and the journey resets daily.

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