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Thanks jeweledthumb for this. I love it! Too bad can’t get anymore of this :( I definitely tasted the nutty banana bread. I used about 2-3tsps (too chunky to really measure properly) in 4oz of boiling water and steeped it for well over 10 mins. It has a natural sweetness to it coming from the banana. I re-steeped about 4 times and the flavor remained until the 4th re-steep.

Good thing I read the reviews before steeping this one. I decided to steep this in a pyrex measuring cup so I didn’t have to use an infuser. Worked really well.

Has a strong lavender scent and flavour with a coconut aftertaste. Might taste better with sugar added.

If you look through boxes, sometimes you find tea. This one smells nicely minty, with some cocoa. The flavour is mostly mint, and some creamy chocolate. Not as cookie-like as it was before. I get more of a base flavour now too.

I haven’t had this a while. At first, there is a stronger scent of mint. The chocolate comes out nicely in the flavour, but the mint tends to linger a little. It is smooth, and tastes almost like a chocolate bar. Maybe I should try this cold soon.

I got this because it smelled really nice in the store. This tastes like those mint crisp chocolate bars. It’s creamy chocolate with hints of mint.

Terrible experience and money spent for nothing. I don’t enjoy this tea at all. And I mean it. At all. Not sure what I will do with the rest of my 50 g. supply…
The color is good. It smelled the most fruity from all their pu’erh teas so I decided to take chances. Didn’t worth it. It is basically tasteless and on top has this disgusting film from white chocolate that is part of the blend. I will never buy another blend with chocolate in it!

It was actually really funny… no sooner did I make this tea then I had someone drop by my office for an impromptu meeting; not only that but I got the comment “You’re the only person I know that drinks tea that smells like one of those nice candles!” I’m choosing to take this comment as a complement to the tea despite the fact that it was a comparison between a wax product and a drink…

I really like the cinnamon and ginger in this, they mix well with the rest of the flavors and leave such a pleasant tingle which warms me up after being out in the weather. I also found that I enjoyed the dry finish today as well, it just tied everything off quite nicely. I still keep expecting a slightly richer mouth feel though, that’s the one detail that always seems to leave me hanging with this infusion… I wonder how that would change if I made this as “classic” chai and steeped it in milk over the stove. Something to try one of these days.

Having just returned from the sunny South (20-24C FTW!) to the snowy North (-10C anyone? :P) I really needed some tea to warm me up, so this morning I went looking through my cupboard for something with a bit of spice… In the end it came down to Sweet Ginger Heat, Sugar & Spice or this tea; a few sniffs later I figured I’d give this one another shot and see if it would grow on me a bit more.

Warm, a touch spicy with a hint of sweet and that interesting mix of flavors… yep it’s grown on me! :) I still keep expecting a fuller mouth-feel when I’m drinking but aside from that (and that bit of dryness at the end) it really is quite nice.

I’ve never tried guarana before so I was a bit hesitant in trying this tea at first but after the first few sips it started to grow on me.

Dry this tea has a definite spicy scent, with lots of cinnamon and ginger. Add in the small hit of sweet licorice as an undertone from the anise seeds, and it becomes a compelling scent that begged me to smell it just one more time.

Brewed it gives a mildly cloudy medium-dark liquor, that has a pronounced black licorice and cinnamon scent to it. The flavor of this reflects it’s smell as the licorice flavor comes through quite strongly with just enough cinnamon and ginger to give it more than that one note. It’s mouth feel is in the middle range for me, lighter than I was expecting given the dark liquor, but not overly rich, with a pleasant tingle left over from the spice. Unfortunately there is one detriment for me, a rather bitter aftertaste that leaves my mouth feeling quite dry. A splash of milk and a touch of raw sugar helps to even this out but it’s still not as nice of a finish as I would like.

Overall a good tea for those days when you need a bit of a “pick-me-up” and are in the mood for something with a bit of cream and sugar but not a must have for me. Well, at least not yet… ;)

THis tea was tasty, but I found the cardamom a little too strong.

This tea doesn’t actually scream ‘coffee’ or ‘chai’ at me, but I really enjoy it. I drink it black with a fair helping of sugar and it tastes great. The cardamom fades a bit behind the cinnamon, and the tea is fairly subtle, well balanced, and perfect for autumn.

aroma: dark chocolate, black tea, peppercorn

taste: black tea, dark chocolate, chilli pepper

a super unique tea! reminiscent of pepperoncino or mexican hot chocolate. super delicious to bake with.

Mmmm. The perfect remedy to an upset stomach. At least it seems to be helping.

I’m on my second round of this. I meant to grab Salted Caramel but I pulled this one of the shelf by mistake and I regret NOTHING.

I love the spices in this. It’s perfect.

Licorice, yes! Pepper, yes! Fennel, yes! Mint and ginger? Oh, yeah!

I can’t really tell that there’s green tea under all that but I enjoy this. I really do. I bet it’d be great if I was sick.

Oh wow!
I dragged my best friend off to the mall yesterday and made sure we stopped in at the local DavidsTea to see what was on sale for summer clearance. She’s not a huge fan of DT because of all the crazy blends, but she has found a few that she likes.

Read My Lips is not one of them. :P

She found this one though, and so we asked to smell it and take it in a go cup. We weren’t far from the store before we decided that it was freaking amazing and we ended up splitting 100g. :D (So she could get the tin).

I love the licorice and fennel and anise and PEPPER. How neat is that? And it’s not that crazy strong a blend or anything either. It makes me feel alert, yet calm with the peppermint. It might be soothing for a sore throat too.

So, this was a surprise purchase but I’m happy she found it because I’m such a green tea snob I would never have though something called “North African Mint” would be this delicious.

I made a cup of it as soon as we got home, because the sips I had from hers weren’t enough.

ETA: I’m drinking this again today, even though it’s 1 AM. Who needs sleep when there’s packing and cleaning to do!

A surprisingly nutty herbal tea. The leaves are all curled and then expand hugely in hot water. This made a vaguely sweet, macadamia flavor underlain with a hint of fruit. I think I would pick up more of this, as it’s such a change from my “normal” herbal blends or rooibos that I drink at night.

I also like the nut flavor here a lot better than in Forever Nuts or Sleigh Ride, which is interesting. Maybe it’s the absence of apple?

I haven’t logged this one yet?? How it that possible?? I’ve had this one for like two years and I’m sure that I had logged it… but maybe not. Oh well! haha

When I first got this tea, I remember how crazy sweet it seemed. It smelled sweet, tasted sweet and was just far too much all around. But tonight, I’m not minding it.

I did add some milk to add some smoothness to it, and it hopefully curb the sweetness that I was expecting.
Comparing it to rum, I’m not sure I’m the best judge. I don’t really drink rum. But I can tell you I like the smoothness of this one and the sweet coconut in it.

I’m glad that this one has held up over the last bit. Honestly, this is one of the teas that I haven’t stored properly. It’s in a container that isn’t air tight, is glass that isn’t UV blocking and has been around for two years. I over leafed a bit just in case, and it seems to be okay. I do think time is making this tea taste a bit different, but I’m okay with it. It’s okay.

This chai blend is pretty evenly balanced. No super aggressive cloves (adagio’s masala chai) or weird licorice. It’s a light-tasting tea in general, but I could taste the cinnamon and ginger notes without any trouble. I didn’t try it with milk or sweetener, and honestly am not sure if the spices would hold up under milk. Maybe if you made it extra strong to start with. Experiments for another time!

I still love Coco Chai Rooibos better, but so far this one’s the black tea winner at Davids. We’ll see if that lasts when I go back later to try Pumpkin Chai.