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Mint Julep really reminds me of a certain tea…. but I can’t quite put my finger on it! So I guess that makes it its own unique tea! Yes, it is certainly special and tastes great when it’s cold! The mint is barely noticeable; it’s more melon-y than anything. What a wonderful way to celebrate summer; with flavor-full melon tea! Definitely worth a try.

Coconut Grove is really similar to Coconut Oolong from the spring collection, If you look at the ingredients, the only difference is the tea base, one is oolong and the other is White Bai Mu Dan. And that is it! There is the perfect amount of coconut flavor in this tea to balance with the white tea base. It tastes great and would probably be good iced ;)

Pink Passionfruit was the second tea I tried in this collection. It reminds me of Pink Flamingo in more ways than one: the color, and the tangy-ness! So basically, they are both this crazy pink color and tangy! These are great things that give it a summer vibe!

Mango Fruit Punch is the only returning tea from last year’s summer collection, which is a good thing because this tea has everything you could possibly want in a summer tea. It is made entirely of fruit pieces and flowers, no tea leaves at all. This tea has an incredibly strong fruit flavor, so strong that t is almost exactly like fruit juice! I loved it a year ago and I still love it now! It is a perfect thirst-quencher!

Mango Fruit Punch was the first one I tried. It’s made of only dried fruits and flowers (yay). But don’t try to eat those dried fruits right out of the bag because they are infused with strong flavoring. Overall, this tea does taste like fruit punch! It’s really sweet and it kind of reminds me of juice! The only thing I’m not a fan of in this tea is all the sediment at the bottom. There is SO MUCH it’s annoying, but worth it because the tea just tastes so nice and fruity. Good for a day at the beach (iced, of course)!

This tea is absolutely delicious. It is very strong and fruity! The perfect way to bring in the summer! It has tonnes of flower petals, which I am a HUGE fan of, and they give the tea a beautiful, perfect and strong, floral aroma :) The papaya and mango work together and give a nice sweet taste that is not tangy at all!

The green tea base is fantastic and is not astringent at all (if you brew it properly). I would definitely recommend this tea, hot or cold!

It smelled like… toasted walnut! Haha. And it had a nutty taste that was oh so lovely and comforting. The pineapple in it goes really well, because it is very slight; not over powering. Same for the coconut, I barely noticed it at all! The green tea base compliments the nuts, and made me feel better and energized after drinking it. :) Great tea, overall, I would definitely buy more in the near future!

Dragonwell is an extremely strong green tea! It is a somewhat high quality tea. A lot of work went into making this tea taste the way it does.

It tastes rustic, and kind of woody, but in a good way! The green tea taste is still there though, and that’s the best part.

I feel like I should be on a retreat in the mountains in China, practising ancient Buddhist meditation to a beautiful sunrise! Yes, that is the journey that this tea takes my senses on when I drink it! It feels so good, and comforting; it’s incredibly delicious!

I had never heard of goji berries until I tried Goji Pop. They were also good to eat after the tea was done steeping hehe. The tea was really sweet and fruity. Probably more of a summer tea (but I was drinking it in winter shhhh) and would be great cold.

It was fruity, and flavor-full, but not too busy or overwhelming, So that was great and made me love it even more. This bag of tea will go quickly, I can tell!

Pink Flamingo is an herbal tea. It turns your tea a dark-ish pink (like a flamingo?). Apparently, Flamingos are white, but their coloring comes from their diet (i.e. shrimp, and I think the shrimp get their color from the red algae).

This tea is quite tangy, probably because of all the citrus and the lemongrass. I’m not the biggest fan of tangy teas, but this one was pretty good I must admit. It is a good way to start (or end) a hot summer day :P

I thought that it would taste strong, and (*warning I’m about to make up a word) overpower-ingly tangy. Actually, it was surprisingly sweet and only a little bit tangy!

The person in the store made it really concentrated, and my mom was complaining that her tea pop was too weak. So I tried her tea pop and it actually had less flavor than my regular iced tea. I guess that makes sense…

So overall, it tastes exactly like lemonade! It’s delicious, sweet but not too sweet, and has just the right amount of tangy-ness :) This will definitely the perfect tea to quench your thirst on a hot summer day!

For a winter tea, I was expecting it to have a nice cinnamon flavor that is warm and comforting, but this is really not the case, and I was a little disappointed. This tea has a lot of fruit in it, and popped rice (I didn’t even know this is possible)!

This tea is really unique and I’ll tell you why. It is sweet, spicy and tangy! How is this even possible? How can all this be tasted at the same time? Honestly I have no idea, but this is what I’m tasting right now.

My best guess is that the candied fruits add the sweetness, cinnamon add the spice, and the apples and beetroot make it tangy!

It is a blend of oolong and pu’erh teas and some orange zest. Over all the taste is quite plain but there is a splash of ginger and citrus flavour! Not necessarily a summer-y kind of citrus but it gives the tea a very clean taste that makes you feel refreshed after drinking it!

Nettle Leaf is another one of the teas from my friend’s tea collection that I am drinking at one o’clock in the morning! But we are having fun here and that’s what counts.

This tea has a very strong and overpowering aroma but the taste is not that strong; it is very soothing and medicinal. Not something I would drink everyday, but it was nice to drink at this hour and I would think it would be good for sore throats? I’m not an expert but that’s the impression that I’m getting.

Gyokuro Yamashiro is the final tea of this night at my friend’s house. I must admit, it is definitely my favorite green tea from David’s tea so far! I’ve tried most of them, and none are really as pure and delicate as this one!

It’s really smooth, not too strong, not astringent (if brewed correctly) and not bitter like some green teas. And it only has one ingredient: steamed green tea from Japan!

It’s lovely, and makes me feel great when I drink it. I would definitely recommend it to tea amateurs and green tea lovers!

I got Toasted Marshmallow tea for my birthday from my friend.

I must admit, when I look at this tea, I could swear that I have seen these ingredients somewhere before… like maybe… on a tree! Haha.

Anyways, so as soon as I read that this tea contains allspice, I went to sniff my own container of allspice in my kitchen, and well, the tea and the allspice, smell almost identical! The taste is very rustic and a bit sweet, but really,nothing like toasted marshmallows! Sorry to disappoint you all, but the allspice is overpowering, and it’s basically all I taste.

As a quick side note, right after my friend ordered this tea for me, they discontinued it :( Oh well. I’ll miss it a little bit, and I’ll enjoy the 50g that I have with me now and cherish and savor it!

Honestly, where are the berries? Okay maybe I taste them a little bit. The berry flavor is really slight, practically unnoticeable and it’s only in the aftertaste. Why would they give the tea this name if it can’t live up to it? It basically has no flavour at all, I’m pretty disappointed.

Honestly, where are the berries? Okay maybe I taste them a little bit. The berry flavor is really slight, practically unnoticeable and it’s only in the aftertaste. Why would they give the tea this name if it can’t live up to it? It basically has no flavour at all, I’m pretty disappointed.

White Peony is a tea that I received as a sample in an online order. I really wish I had more of this tea, because it is delicious!

It tastes pretty much like plain white tea, but it has this ever so slight floral aroma, that draws you in, and it’s so comforting! I feel like I’m in the botanical gardens, or lying in a field, surrounded by beautiful flowers :)

It’s not quite the aroma of real peonies (I have some in my backyard to compare), but this tea is lovely and satisfying nonetheless. It’s a great way to end a meal or the night (well maybe not so much because it has a medium caffeine level).