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Not for me, it smells better than it tastes, it’s very flat when a person associates sweet with caramel.

I mixed it with DAVIDs “Oh Canada” – it works at least I am not wasting the tea this way.

It is amazing, and sad how quickly one goes through a great tea! It is time to go and get more… Soon, quickly… TODAY!!

Ummm I tried this once, maybe twice, and was not impressed… so I sent it home with Mum this weekend – she loves green teas and this one will make her very-very happy.

I am so sad that I allowed my co-workers to sample this one… sigh so delicious! I will have to get me more!

quiltguppy you create desperate addicts! ;o)

I had the last of this at work last week and I will be looking around at the tea shops in town to see if anyone has a Dan Cong to compare with this one.

I went through that 10g sample far too fast! I gotta get me more of this, and I gotta have LOTS of this on hand!!

I made a 4C pot out of the last of this sample and shared with the hubby. I really have not completed the learning process for my tea pot… I might have to go back to a botum to make tea, because tea never seems to steep properly in my tea pot… Maybe it is the basket?

Anyway…

I will have to race out and buy more of this tea… A.S.A.P!!

1 “perfect scoop” (1.5tsp)
1 16oz mug
1 cinnamon honey stick
16oz of hot water….

Oh… Oh… Starbucks, eat your heart out! THIS IS pumpkin chai! I am glad I gave this tea another chance. That first sip of a sample must have not been made well. (It happens I have had bad tea days)

I think the biggest issue is that DAVIDs Black teas have a suggested leaf measurement that is too much. 1.5tsp to a meagre 8oz cup is over kill; for me.

Will I buy a full tin of this one? sip-sip, oh yes!

I sipped the take-away tea that Danielle made for my Mom today and, wow! Though it is not my favourite “neat”; I can see that Danielle is correct when she said: “A little milk goes a long way to helping this tea taste great”

Oh wow! Not only does this tea smell as decadent as a hug from my Hubby, but it tastes great too!

This is one I will be purchasing a full tin of (once I have an empty tin to put it in) It’s great as a latte too! I just need a proper milk frothier!!

I can’t type, I am sipping my second cup and it is chasing away the chills! Mmmmm!!

No notes yet.

This steep was more successful than the first one I did at my mothers house. Maybe it is the mug? Everything tastes better in my over sized Starbucks Whistler Mug! (I guess I am those people who require their serving sizes to be 16oz and incredibly weak.

I breath in strawberries and lemons and something else, this tea would kick A$$ iced! because as it cools it is becoming eerily more and more refreshing.

Mmmm This was my take away tea the other day… ME WANT MORE!

This tea is on my: I will have to take a sample home and try again" list. I tried a small sample in store… He claimed it tasted not like tetley, but more like red rose (ouch) and I kinda agree. For all the hype this one fell incredibly flat for me! :(

I don’t know why the picture did not work.

This tea is defiantly better as a lemonade. Thank being said I don’t think this is a tea I would purchase again, it is rather acidic if I have had a strong black tea or coffee before this one.

But… the kids at work love it!

Mmmmm.

This is roasted so well, it tastes like coffee but without that terrible acid reflux, AND there is a distinct chocolate scent/flavour that gives this the potential for a yummy chocolate latte!!

There is a reason hibiscus is the first ingredient… BLECK! I wish I had some lemonade or fresh lemons, because that would fix this tea right up!

Undecided..?

It smells so deliciously of caramel I was a little un-nerved that once iced all I could taste rooibos, although there is a distinct finish of caramel with each sip. I think this might be better hot with some steamed milk.

The kids at work had the last of this tea, it was worth sharing, they went nuts over it!

Good.

This is one I might actually enjoy and it might actually encourage me to go back for more, or maybe send my mother. (I’m still reeling from the service in the store, and my dirty decorative tea tins)

First steep was intense raspberry flavour, with a buttery finish that allude to thoughts of raspberry crepes.

Second steep… I think the water may have been too hot, but there was a slight astringency that I did not appriciate and the raspberry bits started to look tired (they were a blanched white, no more pretty red)

I might take the time, when I get home tomorrow to try this one again.

Buying this tomorrow at Tea Desire!

They did not have this in stock, so upset, and they only sell the boxes of these teas, and for an exorbitant price!!

Had this again tonight at White Spot, and I am so buying this tomorrow when I go to Tea Desire!

So excited!

So let down, this tea will just have to be a special tea I have when I am out at White Spot or willing to walk to the Roost. (But I can live with that)

Oh… Wow! OH WOW!! Thank-you QuiltGuppy for sending a small sample of this one my way! I thought I had died and gone to heaven.

When the package is opened all you can smell is cinnamon and freshly baked brioche, it makes me instantly think of my weekly indulgence. Brioche and a London Fog at Serious Coffee on Saturday mornings while I read a book and waste away a few hours (I am starting to get good at that)

But instantly I knew this would be a tea that I would not be sharing with my co-workers; I love to share tea, and they are forever telling me: “I think this is the point where we realise that tea is crack to you and this is an intervention” Nooooooo!

I have forgotten myself, the American Tea Room has nailed every nuance of flavour or brioche in this tea. From sticky brown sugar, to melted butter, to carb-sugar-gooey-goodness of soft dough – all of those flavours you can smell and taste. It was tough to share this with my co-workers and even tougher to leave behind at work as a Friday treat for the Manager who is covering me tomorrow for my extra long weekend off! (Friday to Monday!!)

This tea is a delight, and I will admit I am “biting the bullet” and applying for a credit card if only to get this one and Dan Cong sent to me on a regular basis… QuiltGuppy you are an influencer! (But don’t get me wrong, I am enjoying this!)

Mmmmm, 2nd steeping! I am really excited about that!

This tea just gets better and better.

(after note) The tea has cooled considerably, and there is a definable sweet note to the liquor and I thought I smelled apricots?!

I can*not* wait to take this up island this weekend and share it with my Mum!!