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I got this tea as a gift from a co-worker. It has a great balance between the spices and the sweetness of the coconut and rooibos!

Steepster seems to have eaten my notes on this one (probably because they sounded so delicious). I wasn’t sure about this tea at first, to be honest, but it’s grown on me. I’ve actually only got a couple servings left before the bottom of the tin. This was one of my first David’s Tea purchases and even though it’s only been a month since I bought it, I’ve already got eight others. At this rate, I may as well just open my own shop! I’ll drink this one any way it can be made. Plain, with brown sugar (it does have to be brown sugar, though, not honey or white sugar or any other sweetener), with a bit of milk, steeped in milk as a latte…you name it, I’ve tried it, and it’s been delicious. I can see why this is touted as a customer favourite. If I’m drinking it plain, I prefer to steep it for as long as possible. Even in milk, I’ll usually let it go for at least fifteen or twenty minutes. You get a bit of a berry flavour in this one…someone in another review said “Strawberry Quik” and it definitely gets close when done as a latte. I can’t wait for my next one to arrive!

This was one of my first purchases from David’s Tea. I do enjoy it, but I wish that I could add some milk or cream to it. I feel like that would be great. Unfortunately, it curdles. And that’s just the nature of this tea, but it’s still a bit of a bummer. The flavour is light and fruity with a bit of vanilla; I definitely taste the strawberry though I can’t really pick out the rhubarb, other than just some tartness. The aroma is very pleasant, both dry and prepared. I do like to give this one extra brewing time. If I do add sugar, I add brown sugar. I tried it once with white sugar and it wasn’t great.

Not a bad tea, but all I really taste is the mint. There’s subtle valerian and camomile, which is actually nice, because valerian especially can be quite overwhelming. I like the flavour and the aroma of this tea, but I don’t find that it relaxes me at all. I’ve tried numerous “sleepy teas” and this is probably one of the least effective. I’ll finish my tin but I wouldn’t buy it again. I always brew this one for 10-15 minutes because you need more time with some of these herbs. Really, I don’t mind the flavour, but it’s not like minty teas are hard to come by.

I ordered this on a whim with an online sale, and I was not disappointed. Best with a bit of milk and some brown sugar, I think, but perfectly fine black, or just with a bit of milk. Not a lot of spice flavor but it’s very nice for a lightly spiced black tea. Not something I would seek out, and I’m not heartbroken that it’s been discontinued, though I do prefer it to the Glitter & Gold that replaced it.

I received this as a sample with an online order. I’m glad I did, because it’s not the kind of tea I would normally buy. I let it steep for twenty minutes in my Timolino. I started out with the recommended time but every time I took the lid off the aroma was more and more delicious. I’m very confused with some of the other ratings of this tea, because I thought that both the aroma and flavor were spectacular. I can’t wait to grab a full tin of this. The vanilla is light but sweet, and the rooibos is lovely. I don’t have a lot of experience with rooibos, but this tea makes me want to try more. I’m hoping that I get some rooibos samples with my next order!

Thanks to MissB for this surprise free sample! A Vietnamese tung ting/dong ding oolong sounds really interesting.

I have to say I’m impressed by the quality of the leaf here. I pulled them out after steeping and they are almost all nice full leaves, with hardly any shredding on the edges. The scent of the brewed tea is nice and floral, with some sweet cream butter notes as well. The flavor is quite good; not too vegetal, but with some grounding leafy notes. Mostly sweet, with florals and a bit of butter. It’s definitely a sweeter, unroasted dong ding and not the slightly toasty variety. I am enjoying it quite a bit! Thanks so much for sending it along, MissB!

i know it sounds strange, but i didn’t really understand teapots until we were finishing up some home renovations.

i was always like, why would i brew that quantity of ANY tea at one time? i have a hard time drinking 12oz still warm, i could NEVER drink more without it turning chilled.

but when we were renovating and i was staying up late painting walls at all hours, i could brew a full pot and then pour a small cup, drink it, pour a small cup, drink it, pour a small cup, drink it etc etc over a longish period of time and it was usually still hot/warm.

sure there are better methods for all of this. definitely. but at least the teapot isn’t useless haha! and most importantly it is PRETTY. :)

i have the winter tree bubble teapot along with 4 bubble cups. the teapot is fairly thick and has a rubber kind of seal on the lid and these two traits i guess tends to keep the heat in.
i have other teapots that aren’t as insulated that would NEVER keep tea warm, but this one does a pretty good job at least.

and THAT’S when i was like Ohhhhhh I Get It Now.

i’m glad i bought this in my early days of tea fandom. and it’s still in frequent use today.

i know these are over priced and that i can get much cheaper and less fancy tea bags from many other places. but i can’t help it! i just LOVE them!

these tea bags are just freakin fun to use!
and i am freakin lazy about cleaning out steepers.

i use teabags to steep everything in my timolinos. (i never use the basket that comes with them) (so ya if you want an extra basket i could probably send you one.)
i also use teabags to steep anything that has candy in it, like sprinkles or tiny candies or whatever. i mean, not every time, but often. cuz i dislike the film it tends to leave on the cup if it’s a tea i drink a lot of.

anyways, you get the idea. i use a steeper basket once in the morning and once in the evening, and basically use teabags on the go or at my desk the entire rest of the day.
there is really something to be said about easy clean-up!
i add a box of 100 teabags to my cart anytime i need to push an order over $50 for free shipping.

I am not a huge fan of chamomile. I don’t actively dislike it, but I would never reach for it. But Mango Lassi seems to take all the good parts of chamolmile, and add something special. I really like this tea. The flavor is predominantly chamomile, but with a soft sweet background, almost like candy.
It makes for a sweet tasty combination.

Surprisingly the mango is not at all prominent!

Not impressed at all. To be quite honest I’m sick of wasting money on David’s tea right about now. At first I was impressed being as I never drank tea but I find that with teas such as this one the flavour doesn’t live up to its name or claims. It tastes nothing like cake! It tasted like plain black tea but a bit sweeter. Not mention I had to add 3tsp of agave. But that’s not the point, the point is this tea like many others from David’s was so weak I had to use 2 heaping tbsp and it was still weak and I feel my money burning in my pocket as I scoop spoonful after spoonful trying to get a decent taste.

This time I wasn’t paying attention to temperature or time. I think I brewed it too hot.
Some weird flavors came out. an almost fishy taste.
It was off putting.
It wasn’t bitter, but the flavors were not right. Something was off.
Still, I drank the whole cup.

This is a beautiful tea. It is one of the most balanced and harmonious chai’s I have come across. The most pronounced flavor is cardamon, but it is not in any way over powering.
I can’t taste the coconut, but it does give the tea a beautiful rich mouth feel.
The black pepper is completely undetectable.

It’s rare to find a good chai that is NOT a black tea, so this tea is the perfect chai for me!

This tea and Forever Nuts are very similar, however Sleigh Ride has hibiscus in it. I ordered this on web special and drink it chilled for the most part. I like the flavour but I find the huge chunks of cinnamon(which are not advertised in the picture) to be a bit cheeky for purchasing. My 250g had about 20 “hunks” of cinnamon stick in it and I’m totally going to weigh the cinnamon and see how much it came up to!

That being said, I do like this tea a lot and it was a no brainer when it came up for sale to purchase it. Iced, it is delicious!

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This was a sample in one of my many DAVIDsTEA orders and an easy Sipdown since I’m at 25 empties and trying to stretch it to 28. Feels a bit like cheating but technically counts, right?!

This particular tea I’ve had several times before and it can be quite finicky. Today it’s awesome. Somehow the jasmine and other flavors is reading almost peach like. I don’t know how that’s a thing but it is and it’s good. A light, fresh, and sweet peach cuppa – like fuzzy peaches, without the sour coating.

Had this the other day when I was staying over at my friend’s place. I just had a small teacup and it was alright. Floral. Nothing special.

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Thank you Aimee Popovacki for sharing some of this with me. Unfortunately this was too bitter and too floral for my tastes and it got dumped. That may have been due to it being broken up a fair bit so I won’t rate it but ultimately I don’t think this tea is for me.

These tea filters are absolutely brilliant and soo convenient! I use them for mainly CTC teas or flavoured greens/blacks or herbals (like DAVIDsTEA’s North African Mint, Peet’s Coffee and Tea’s English and Irish Breakfast teas, and Teavana’s Berry Almond Amaretto). I save oolongs, pu’erh and long leafed teas for my DAVIDsTEA Steeper or DAVIDsTEA’s gung fu teapot, which brew better with those teawares.

January of 2013 I picked up DAVIDsTEA’s The Matcha Essentials Kit, which contains this spoon. The spoon is well made and sturdy and is perfect for measuring matcha. I love it!

I have a white Perfect Tea Mug from 2010 that I absolutely adore and that is in perfect condition. It is a wonderful tea mug and perfect for brewing just one cup of tea or for doing multiple infusions with. I love the lid that comes with it, it’s perfect for holding the strainer when your tea has finished brewing. Great product, especially for newcomers to loose leaf tea!

I bought these January of 2013 when they were on a big sale (they were already decently priced to begin with, but were a major steal when i got them) and I absolutely adore them! They’re super cute and well built. I mainly use them when I do gung fu brewings and they’re just perfect! I don’t have a cha hai, but my 1 cup pyrex measuring cup does a fine job for now.

When I went to David’s Tea last Saturday I decided to get pretty much every tea that had lemon in it. I loooove lemon and was looking for the best lemon tea ever (which I think I have found in Coco-Lemon Thai even though it’s not just lemon it’s also coconut and creaminess and decadence and ok I won’t get started on this one again, god I love it!) Naturally I could not ignore something called “La la lemon”.

I’m happy I got to try it but I care for it much. Even though I had this one hot, the taste was exactly the same as unsweetened Lipton’s Brisk iced tea, which I’m not a fan of. I put some sugar in it (something I very rarely do with tea), and then it tasted exactly like the sweetened version of Lipton’s Brisk iced tea.

All in all, not something I would re-purchase, but I think I’ll be able to enjoy a cup once in a while and finish my 25g bag. I still have a lot of other lemon teas to try ! :)