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67
drank Chocolate Rocket by DAVIDsTEA
29 tasting notes

Early morning study session before going to lunch/ meeting.

The dry tea smells really fruity, with a hint of coco. The almond pieces, raspberries and the yerba are easily visible.
The brew smells nicely of coco, the raspberry merely a wisp. Drinking it, the raspberry flavor is more dominant, the coco an aftertaste, and not getting the almonds and other stuff. I’m also getting a…I don’t know, banana? Some other fruit? Can’t identify it, but it’s quite pleasant.

Light but flavorful. Quite nice.

Not feeling the energy rush yet, but hopefully it’ll hit me sometime soon.

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83
drank Mango Fruit Punch by DAVIDsTEA
150 tasting notes

The taste and name match up perfectly. It truly does smell and taste like a fruit punch drink. Depending on the fruit pieces that make it into your steeper, this tastes more like mango or more like orange/pineapple, but all fruity flavors are definitely present. It reminds me a lot of their Mango Madness white tea, except this is sweeter and juicier.

It tastes great hot, chilled, and iced, though I’d say iced was my favorite. My only real quibble with this tea is that the .9 oz packet made exactly 3 cups of tea, which would make stocking up on this very expensive, very quickly.

Preparation
Boiling 8 min or more

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80
drank Pink Flamingo by DAVIDsTEA
254 tasting notes

This is a fantastic introduction to DAVIDsTEA! The dry mix smells absolutely amazing – almost a mix of grapefruit and evergreen – but when steeped the listed ingredients come out to play. The hibiscus steps out, as well as some of the greenery, but it works.

I usually over-steep my tea a bit, mostly because I don’t bother to remove the teapot’s filter. With each successive cup of this tisane the thought sinks in more and more that this mix isn’t meant for over-steeping. The hibiscus becomes a little overwhelming. In the future I will try to make sure to get better about that.

Preparation
Boiling 6 min, 0 sec

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40
drank Organic The Skinny by DAVIDsTEA
254 tasting notes

The husband tried this and went, “Oooh!” I tried it and gave the rest back to him! I think the pu-erh teas are going to remain strictly his domain from now on!

Preparation
Boiling 4 min, 0 sec

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48
drank Movie Night by DAVIDsTEA
1146 tasting notes

Ok… still more caramel apple than caramel corn. And artificial tasting. I tried using more leaf and steeping longer, but that didn’t really improve the flavor. Ugh. Not a fan.

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48
drank Movie Night by DAVIDsTEA
1146 tasting notes

Last time I had this, I wasn’t getting any of the popcorn flavor. I thought it was because I was also having real popcorn at the time. Not so. I’m not getting any popcorn this time either. It just tastes like a candy apple. In a really fake way. The maple gives it a lovely syrupy/caramel smell. Unfortunately that’s the only thing I’m enjoying about this tea. The taste is just too cloyingly artificial. I don’t even really want to finish drinking it…

Other people don’t seem to have had the same impression. Maybe I overbrewed?

UPDATE: I had the opportunity to try it again after it cooled. Tasted just like caramel corn. I’m not sure that I like that in a tea, but it’s substantially better than the flavor I was getting when it was hot. One serving left – maybe next time I can draw out that caramel corn flavor while the tea is still hot.

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48
drank Movie Night by DAVIDsTEA
1146 tasting notes

Many thanks to whatshesaid for the sample.

I thought I’d be clever and have this with some actual popcorn while watching the new Arrested Development. Maybe that’s the reason this didn’t actually taste like popcorn. The dry leaves smell of apples and cinnamon. The brewed tea pretty much smells and tastes the same. Don’t get me wrong, I love me a good apple/cinnamon combo in just about any form, but I was hoping for something more popcorn-y. The actual popcorn I’m eating might just be obscuring the popcorn flavor of the tea. No ranking until I try it alone.

Preparation
200 °F / 93 °C 7 min, 0 sec

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90

Okay. I got a sample of this a long time ago, and I was unimpressed with it hot but thought the cold brew, with my leftover hot leaves plus the unsteeped second half of the sample, was a-mazing. I don’t really like hot white tea to begin with.

So I may have bought two of the the gigantic packages of it from Davids web sale. Iced tea is the wind beneath my feet while at work, and this stuff is really good.

But here’s where it gets fun. I have a food dehydrator and am lucky enough to live around farmers markets and a grocery store with a good bulk bin. So I’ve been DIYing those expensive super white tea blends from places like teavana. I dried some cherries and strawberries and mixed it in with a bit of diced vanilla bean, I did a lemon-pineapple-coconut, and I even found some dried goji berries and mixed it with apples and fig bits.

But as much as I love it as a platform to tell other tea places where to stick their $12 Youthberry, I never would have paid full price for this tea. Sorry, Davids.

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83
drank Lime Gelato by DAVIDsTEA
390 tasting notes

this was a very surprising tea. thanks so much to scribbles for including this in our exchange!

the tea base in this blend is a sencha, a tea notorious for going bitter if you aren’t sitting by the timer. the first time i tried it (last night) i watched and waited. today was a gong show and i wasn’t as diligent. guess what? no bitterness. nice!

the next hurtle: lime and yogurt with green tea? um, i really was not certain. the name of the tea is perfect. this tea is a creamy, refreshing, NOT over-citrused blend.

today in victoria it was a scorcher, screaming hot with humidity piled on top. this tea was an excellent reboot! very nice indeed david’s teas, you combined a group of complicated elements and created a very nice brew!

Preparation
195 °F / 90 °C 6 min, 0 sec
scribbles

Don’t know if you tried it cold brewed…is good! Same creamy, subtle tart flavour…

JustJames

i keep meaning to try it cold, but then i run out of patience, lol.

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68
drank Pink Passionfruit by DAVIDsTEA
871 tasting notes

Made this one hot, iced and cold brewed. The dry mix smells strongly of passionfruit.

Hot: Brewed 1tsp for 4 minutes in boiling water. Primary flavour is passionfruit, followed by sweet apple, and bitter hibiscus. The liquor is dark red and thick. It is sweet enough on its own. Moreso tart than sweet.

Iced: Brewed 2 tsp for 10 minutes, added ice cube then put in fridge. Primary flavour is passionfruit, followed by strong tart hibiscus, then unripe apple. Mostly tart with minimal sweetness. The liquor is the darkest out of the three, it is quite thick.

Cold brewed: Brewed for 13 hours. The primary flabour is passionfruit, followed by strong apple. There is a slight rose flavour. Some tartness but is mostly sweet. The liquor is think and light pink.

Over all I prefer this one cold brewed, then hot, and do not like it much iced. I might have made it too strong iced and that is why it is so bitter/hibiscus.

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81
drank Forever Nuts by DAVIDsTEA
639 tasting notes

I bought this sample on a whim on the mini-moon trip to NYC. I had a bunch of DAVIDsTEA samples I wanted to buy, and when I mentioned I love apple, they brought out this tin. Wow! One whiff and I knew I had to have it!

The dry leaf aroma is amazing!!! It smells like some kind of rich fruit spice cake. Like apple cake or even carrot cake complete with the sugary, cream cheese frosting. I forgot tea could smell so enticing.

The brewed aroma is virtually the same. Yes! I love when that happens. Now for the taste…aww, sadly the taste is slightly lacking. I added a bit of Truvia and that helped to awaken the flavors. But it’s still not as yummy as that gloriously tasty aroma. It is growing on me the more I sip it though, seeing as my cup is empty.

I let the second cup steep for 15 minutes. Kind of forgot about it as I watched Eat Pray Love. That is one depressing movie. I’d probably enjoy the book better. Anyway, this second cup was really good too. No idea why it’s called Forever Nuts though. It’s more spice fruit cake than nutty.

So, the verdict is I like this tea. It’ll be especially good when I get pregnant and can’t drink caffeine. Of course, that’s still about 12 months off or so. But I’m always preparing for it in my heart and mind. :)

Preparation
Boiling 4 min, 0 sec

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74
drank Fantasy Island by DAVIDsTEA
217 tasting notes

This is still a good cuppa but I guess I’m starting to get a little spoiled because brewing this up this morning it doesn’t fill me with a sense of coconut, raspberry awe like it used to… Guess my tastebuds are growing up!!!

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78

Yay!

Cinnamon, cocoa, maté…

Smells and taste like a hot cocoa, only lighter. I love it!

Might keep this one for when I have a chocolate craving.

Preparation
200 °F / 93 °C 6 min, 0 sec

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72

Made this one as a cold brew today. I was craving chai but I was trying to stay away from black tea today. When I had this one the first time, it really reminded me of chai, because it has chai spices in it I guess.

Cold brewed for about 7 hours. It is quite good. I think it is better this way than hot.

There is a light vanilla-ish taste in the base. It is not necessarily distinguishable as a green tea. I can taste the chai spices, cardamom, licorice, ginger, cloves. The black pepper is very strong. I can taste the peppermint but it is very light, and I have to think about it to actually taste it. It is slightly sweet, a little artificial tasting, but the sweetness is not overdone.

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72

I received this one as a gift. It is not something I would have normally purchased for myself, but am happy to have any tea as a gift.

When I first opened the package, I immediately thought, this is a chai. Then I read the ingredients and it is very similar to chai. I had just assumed that this one was going to be more similar to a Moroccan mint tea.

The brewed tea smells and tastes just like a green chai tea. There is very strong clove and cardamom taste and aftertaste. There is also a sweet mint taste.

Overall it is a good blend but I prefer a chai with a black base.

Preparation
175 °F / 79 °C 2 min, 0 sec

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91
drank Coconut Oolong by DAVIDsTEA
576 tasting notes

I’ve had this a sample in my stash so I decided to try it – as iced. I’ve had migraines all this week and I love a glass of iced tea when I’m feeling sick.

This is light and airy as a tea – perfect for an iced tea blend. I didn’t need any sugar (it’s rare that I add it nowadays anyway); the coconut is sweet enough. I was also able to reinfuse the leaves for a total of three times – stretching the tea dollar is always nice.

Since it’s a sample, I’m keeping the last part to try hot. Will report back soon! :)

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90
drank Pink Passionfruit by DAVIDsTEA
248 tasting notes

Yum! Iced this today after reading that I wasn’t supposed to have caffeinated beverages before my LASIK procedure because I am supposed to be relaxed and calm blahblah. Anyway, this is super tasty! I added a teensy bit of rock sugar because I like my fruity iced teas a bit sweet. The hibiscus doesn’t really show up at all. I think it tastes like passion fruit (I don’t know if I’ve ever had it…). Juicy a bit tart/sour but sweet as well. Just super yummy.

Preparation
Iced 8 min or more

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69

A pleasant and bright oolong but not what I was looking for this morning. I wanted straight tea, and I had a 50 cent packet in my desk. I need to keep some darker blacks at work for these moments. Good excuse to order Laoshan Black?

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69

This was a little rougher around the edges that the Verdant oolongs I’ve tried, but it was a pretty good, especially as a sample for 50 cents!

I seem to always be smelling oolongs at the front of my nose first, more forward than any other teas I’ve had so far. This one hits me there and then migrates to the front of my mouth, where I pick up a bitter greens taste (not unpleasant bitter) along with the oolong creaminess I’m starting to really love. The mouthfeel is a little dryer and rougher than the Verdant oolongs. It ends in a very bright taste and feel again very forward in my mouth, slightly astringent.

The biggest issue I have with this tea is that I smell something spicy, but don’t quite get that in the taste. You don’t hold up to your promises, you sneaky little tea!

Michelle Butler Hallett

Yeah, this one’s decent for the price, but I agree, Verdant’s spoiling us for anything else.

Fuzzy_Peachkin

I know! I’m lucky Verdant has been one of the first few companies I’ve tried and now I know where to get the good stuff! :-)

Tealizzy

I was just smelling this one at the store yesterday! I didn’t get any though, cuz I enjoy Butiki and Verdant oolongs, and I think they are probably better quality! Spoiled is right!

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93
drank Buddha's Blend by DAVIDsTEA
4 tasting notes

This tea is definitely one of my favourites at the moment; I could drink this all day hot or iced. Sometimes, I find myself let down by some teas because they smell lovely and delicious, but the taste is not up to that same standard. But, Buddha’s Blend from DavidsTea smells good, AND tastes good. A big plus for me.

I love floral blend teas, and this one is also the perfect blend of white and green tea. You definitely have to watch your steep time and water temp to avoid a bitter aftertaste on this tea because of those two. I love that they used jasmine pearls because the fullness of the unfurled leaves adds the perfect amount of flavour to a light white tea. I’m assuming it’s the white hibiscus and.. something else (?) that adds a light fruity taste to it. It makes it, for me, a tea I can drink 5 cups of in one sitting. It’s refreshing, but still a strong tea.

I prefer strong tea, so for me, this tea tastes best when I make it in my teapot because it allows everything in the blend to steep fully and evenly. I avoid steeping it in my to-go tea tumblr, because the temperature of the water stays very hot, and the small space for steeping just isn’t ideal in my opinion for this tea.

Overall, I love this tea. I highly recommend this to anyone. I also think it’s a lovely tea for those who are just getting into drinking tea, and don’t know where to start.

Preparation
190 °F / 87 °C 3 min, 15 sec

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99

I’m a peppermint addict , and this tea just hit the spot, with a semi strong smell, and mild taste I adore it. Highly recommend it

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90
reviewed The Steeper by DAVIDsTEA
2 tasting notes

I love the Steeper!!! Really Really oh so very much!!

It is the most essential item for anyone who is a tea lover!!

If you go into David’s now and pick one up, you get a 15% off Tea Lovers Card for 100G or more of tea until September 2!

How awesome is that, it’s the perfect time to go pick one up if you have been wanting one!!

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90
reviewed The Steeper by DAVIDsTEA
2 tasting notes

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