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Okay they must have oversteeped at my place because I thought for SURE that this was a rooibos. For reals. Anyways!

It’s peachy! It reccomends it iced (that’s how I’m drinking it), but I really want to try it warm. I imagine it to be deliciously creamy due to the yogurt! Even as iced, it has this creamy tartness
at the back of the tongue that reminds me of yogurt. It takes a while to taste it, but when you do it’s really unique!

I’m loving this tea, but I really need to take a little home to see how different it tastes when I brew it before I buy a lot. The stevia leaf sweetens it just perfectly without having the aftertaste I usually associate with stevia drops.

As the rain clouds part and show me a little sunshine, I feel justified in drinking this super yummy iced tea. I great contrast to the fall teas! Try eet.

It gives the same wonderful aftertaste that I get from the Long Life Oolong – this fuzzy peach sort of taste that is delightful

This has been by my side since I bought it.

In my travel mug this morning, keeping me warm in the freezing rain. I love fall because I get to wear dresses with tights!

Last night, I made the man love me by making whipped cream right in the bottom of our mugs with some brown sugar, then a scosh of dark rum (The Kraken) and poured the tea right over top. Yumtastic.

Now THIS one is like an apple cider tea.
It’s really quite nice, very fruity! It’s perfect without any sugar, but I bet if sugar was added it would taste even more like apple pie.

The green tea is really what makes it unique to apple cider. It feels so much better for me than a powder mix too! The green tea adds little toasty roasty notes that conjure up the crust perhaps, but for me it just grounds it and reminds me that it is still a tea.

I steeped for just under 4 minutes and it’s just right for me. I wouldn’t add this to my permanent collection, but it’s a very well balanced tea. Not too spicy, not too sweet. Great to drink on a cold, rainy day like today.

WAIT- it just hit me! This tastes just like my favorite shot! Apple pie shot – SoCo, Green apple sourpuss and a sprinkle of cinnamon on top. I must add alcohol to this when I get home. a little spiced rum perhaps? Nice thing is, this tea doesn’t neet the tongue numbing sprinkle of cinnamon on top – it captures just the right amount!

EDIT – I added a dollop of soft vanilla ice cream on the top. Now THIS is apple pie.

EDIT again – Second steep has a lot of straight up green tea flavour, which I like a lot actually. Would be a good drink to have while eating a very sweet dessert

This is a strange tea!
I’m thinking either you’re going to love it or HATE it, it’s one of those teas.

The dry smell is VERY citrusy – that’s the first warning haha. I didn’t expect so much orange, but then I thought maybe the inspiration for this tea are those clove-stuffed oranges some people hang in their homes for potpurri?

The taste is not as citrus-y, but it’s still the main component. I saw some strange fleshy things in the mix and got scared, then looked it up – I guess that’s what a freezedried mulberry looks like haha!

It has a hint of caramel and a perfect balance of spice. It’s not my favorite tea, to be honest, but I really think this will be a favorite for some and a loathe for others. I should note that I added a splash of cream&agave after the first few sips to mellow it out a little, but I love black/spiced tea with cream so that’s my weakness.

Just wanted to get out there that this is more of an orange spice tea than a caramel spice tea! There, my good deed is done for the day haha. Off to resteep.

I added this to my cupboard then realized I used it all to make a pitcher of iced tea so technically I’m out of it haha!

I’m having a cup of it hot while I wait for the rest to cool down. This is an interesting tea, it tastes like a weak banana-apple cider (weak not being a bad adjective, just in comparison with how strong apple cider is). I’m a fan of all of the ingredients in this unique herbal. [yay coconut!]

I can not wait to try it iced with a splash of rum. For a fall tea, I think it is made to be iced, but then that’s the point of this one in the collection isn’t it? To take you away to a tropical place while you wait for winter to set in n_-

It’s a nice fruity drink – love the banana chips in it! Give it a try if you like apple cider and bananas b^_^

Edit: yup it really shines cold! It’s super sweet with natural sweetness (just like me, HEYO)

This is indeed special.
I don’t quite know how to rate it yet, it’s sweet and tasty, and my boyfriend loveeees it.

I want to make cookies with this tea. Okay I must say, if anyone is thinking of ordering the fall collection of 25g per bag, do eet! You get so much of this tea, it’s light and white!

Such a creamy tea, which I don’t usually find in a white. Love it.

Ta ta for now Buttered Rum, I shared the last 2 cups of you with my mom.
You were delish and I drank you every day, but now Punkin chai is here to take me away.
I will return, I won’t be long! eh I’m out of rhymes.

Awesome tea, will restock asap!
oops.

OMG ITS SOOOO GOOD
New favorite tea omnomnomnommn
I get the box with 25g of each tea in it. eep excite!

This one is thick, in such a good way. Edit: Okay folks, this tea tastes like pumpkin. No fakes, no extract, it tastes like pure real pumpkin goodness.

I make my own pumpkin chai by steeping regular chai in milk and adding pumpkin spice & a can of pumpkin. This is totally on par, and way less work.

I actually can’t wait for fall so I can drink this all day every day. I can wait for winter, however.
Sigh what am I saying, I have to enjoy the hot weather while it lasts!!

(In Saskatchewan, where I live, the summers reach a high of +40 C and the winters a low of -50 C ) Convert that to F and then come talk to me. haha

Cold brewed this for today with some Belgian Chocolate rooibos
It’s like a roobibos party in my mouth, and everyone’s invited. Or maybe just me.
Either way… TASTY!

Backlogging..

SO I wasn’t a fan of this one. I didn’t want to write the review really, haha, so I’ll keep it short and sweet! Again, a huge thanks to Tea Forte for the extremely generous samples.

For me, being a ginger, I love ginger. It’s in my blood :D Anyways, I do love ginger. The ginger in this wasn’t enough for me, it didn’t tingle really and I could hardly taste it – although I knew it was there. I liked the dry smell, very limey and fruity, but it was almost too “thick” for me, even after a short steep. Maybe if it was a bit more tart it would have ‘fit’ better, I’m no expert though haha!

Not tasty pour moi, and I only have one tea forte sample left! Wish me luck :)

Not my fave! To be fair, it was the first tea I’ve had from the store that they oversteeped. My DT is is really good for steeping their iced teas just right, but hey.
I like the spearmint more, this one is a punch to the face of mint – which is awesome when you’re in the mood for it!

I love my peppermint teas with milk, so I’ll try it again and give it a better rating once I’ve had it hot. b^_^

My first Milk Oolong :)

It’s delicious. But I can’t rate it yet, because I don’t really know what’s going on in my mouf. I didn’t know what to expect to be honest, even after reading every single review.

It is buttery, creamy, milky and very spinachy on the first steep. (2.5 min)

I really don’t know what’s going on, but I do know that I like it. Just perplexed! Like nothing I’ve ever tried before.

EDIT: Second Steep (3.5 m)- yep, even better than the first, as is the consensus. Even creamier, mm it’s sweeter too. But I still don’t understand! I’ll just sip.

Yes. This is the tea for me.
I didn’t get a lot, if any, of fruity chunks like in the photo up there, but frankly I don’t care.
because dry, I smell BLACKCURRANT. Ever had Fruitips? Best candy ever. Smells just like that. I oversteeped a bit, but I also don’t care. Because DANG it’s good tea!

The bergamot is not overpowering at all, in fact it’s barely there, dancing with the black currant essence. I suggest a first steep closer to the 4 min side than the 6 minute side.

It’s sweet in the smell like candy but not too sweet in the taste. It’s perfect! (for me, disclaimer. haha)

This would be a totally different experience with a splash of cream and agave. Like berries and cream. yes. Next cup!

Second steep!
It’s already proving it’s monetary worth to me with the quality of steep #2. The liquor is just as rich and deeply coloured. The taste is even more smooth and inviting.

I LOVE the aftertaste, it’s amazing! Tastes like I just finished eating a real peach.
In fact, it tastes like I just aped out inside a giant peach a la James and the Giant Peach.

And so, I rename my little oolong bag to: Daisy and the Giant Peach

ohhh em gee, my first Oolong what do I do?! It’s steeping!! What do I do! It smells so good :D
It even looks buttery, oh my gosh I love peach! IMSOEXCITED

Why yes, I am dramatic. and yes, I do have a bachelor of fine arts degree. I studied 4 years to be this dramatic so deal with it! :D That’s what I tell my poor boyfriend anyways.

Speaking of anyways – THIS TEA

First steep: A little over 4 min.
The colour of this tea is so vibrant! The smell is more muted than the dry smell of course, but it’s gorgeous and I want to bathe in it. My first Oolong o: It’s very tasty, and I really didn’t know what to expect! It has a very full body, I feel like I could use this tea as a lunch replacement when I’m still full from breakfast haha.
I like it, it is earthy, as it the way of the oolong I suppose. I can’t wait to compare this to the milk oolong I also purchased.
It’s sweet and hits the spot! I’m very impressed.

Subsequent steeps to come. I’m savouring it in the meantime.

Yummeh!
I went in to David’s today to buy 4 teas, and this was my to-go iced tea. It tastes kind of like a fruity bubblegum. It’s super yummy. I love it. The end.

Until we meet again, G&F.

Hokay you guys. Okay. Okay. I can’t even putinto words what i did with this tea last night. Okay?! Deep breaths.

So I wanted to try making tea cookies, with tea infused butter. I chose this tea because a black tea seemed smart for the first try. Oh my god. DO IT. Okay I digress, I chose a simple Whipped Shortbread recipe because it would totally allow the flavour to come through if I did it right. (I used 1 cup margarine, 3/4 cup powdered sugar and 1 3/4 cup flour).

To make the butter (margarine because I’m cheap) it’s just one tablespoon of loose tea to every tablespoon of butter. In my case, I eye balled it and used way more than I should have because it was my first time, but the flavour was over the top so you don’t need to use that much!

Anyways, the smell of the butter was just.. honey and raspberry and I wanted to eat the leaves right then and there. But I made the cookies. And they were amazing, I can’t even describe in this super long rating. SO – got a cheap black tea that is bitter or meh? Make cookies.

I’ll be sending this out at a sample to a few people, so if it’s meh to you too, give a recipe a try!

Edit: If I knew an cheap and safe way to send these to each and every one of you, I would in a heatbeat. I have plans now for blazing strawberry cookies with a little bit of pepper and strawberries in the mix

Still delish. Iced again.
Except I swear the people at DavidsTea don’t like me for some reason :\
It better not be because I come in too much, I want their tea and they better want my business haha.
Anywho! I can really taste the peppercorns today. I think it’s because I had a lot of Blazing Strawberry lately, so I can more easily pick that taste out now.

My mom in law gave me one to try ._.
Ah hibiscus run!!
I steeped for maybe 2 minutes haha, and it’s pretty darn sour.
It has a yummy aftertaste though – like those Rocket candies, or those suckers made of powder.

My morning cup!

Paired with Dad’s Goodie Rings for Breakfast.

My healthy choice :)

I was going to adjust the rating, but no I think it is spot on!
I recently had my first David’s Tea Sipdown (thanks TEB :D ) of a mix of this tea and the rest of my Swampwater. It was yummy, but I don’t think I’ll restock next summer if it shows up again.
But who knows, it’s a year from now. Maybe I will. haha!

I have to adjust my rating on Luscious Watermelon I think, because this tea just stole my heart.
I can’t believe I hadn’t tried this tea yet. It is AMAZING. (Iced in store)

Incredibly fruity and juicy, I’m getting lots of ripe mangoes and a fuzzy peach sort of after taste, which I am loving. The only bad thing is that I haven’t tried it until now, when summer is reaching it’s bitter end. le Sigh.

Iced time!

So I did the hot brew over ice at home, praying my glasses wouldn’t shatter. Haha not my way of choice for sure, mostly because my ice cubs taste slightly like my freezer – not noticable in pop or juice, but def noticable in tea. So yuck. But other than that, yum!

So I have a big pot in the fridge for tonight, hot-cold brewing. haha I used my usual method for iced teas that aren’t green or black (aka bitter) – just fill the pot with hot water and leave it in the fridge with the tea bag still in it over night. Yum.

I stole a bit of it last night as it was still warm, poured it over ice with a splash of white zinfandel. IM IN LOVE!!! Do this. You deserve it. It’s so so so so so good.

What do you mean I’ve never tried Blazing Strawberries but I went out and bought 100grams this afternoon?… that’s how much I love and trust the Steepster community :D
I’ve found a few taste twins and trust their tongue judgement 100%. Also, I needed it before it went away! I missed out on Banana Daquiri :( The girls said that the fall teas are coming next week but we don’t get to try them until the start of Sept! Way to tease me.

Anyways wow. This tea is good. It’s super light, I wasn’t expecting it to be this light at all. I used a generous 2 tsp with lots of peppercorns and strawberry chunks so I could have a proper first cup. The flavour is quite subtle, but I’m so in love. It’s strange, it’s not spicy, but there is a fieriness to it that is quelled by the bamboo. ALSO the bamboo is cooling my throat from my bad acid reflux.

You mean I just found a tea that sooths my heartburn? And it’s name has Blazing in the title? And it’s almost out of stock?!

Well, at least I bought an insane 4 ounces of it :D