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Mmmm… Oolong how I love thee!

Thank-you QuiltGuppy!

I know that I have a sinus infection coming to settle in my upper nasal cavity, so I am not sure I will be able to do this tea justice.

It smells indefinable (right now) but sweet, I will admit this tea deserves a coveted place next to DAVIDs Nepal Black, as both are sweet and smooth.

I will comment more on this tea, when I no longer have a cold. Other than the fact that this is delicious, I really have nothing else to share right now, I am too busy sneezing and sniffling.

Thank-you QuiltGuppy for this sample.

First off, I am so happy that I reviewed how to heat of the water to steep green teas, because I know that scorched leaves would really suck with this tea.

I could smell the fruitiness of the leaves as soon as the pouch was opened, and decided that despite the time I would have a cup of this.

I agree with QuiltGuppy the fruit scent is still there once steeped, but the taste is just green tea, or sencha, or the like. I am not familiar enough with the varying flavours of green teas, but I will admit this was tasty.

Oh how I will be sad when this goes.

I know that I mentioned I had added what was left of my Lucious Watermelon tea to this batch, and it looks as though I have maybe three cups worth of tea left… Hmmm, payday is coming maybe I need to focus on this tea and go get me a full 100g.

I know I have said this over and over again, but “this totally brings me back to my childhood, of ice cold Freshy on Summer days while running screaming through a sprinkler”

I LOVE THIS TEA!

It’s not as I remember it, I am still tasting a LOT of lime rind and nothing else. There is a slight astringency that lets me know the black tea is there, but that is about it.

I am really sad, because this was my first DAVIDsTEA experience, and although I know it was not be my last; it is still saddening to know that it is just not for me anymore.

There is a reason this is still in my cupboard and a reason that I only had 5 bags left of a 12 bag package. Today I can’t find it, I taste a very medicinal vanilla flavour with the rooibos. I’ll leave it in the fridge, maybe hubby will be interested enough in this tea to finish it off?

I’m unimpressed with this one. I might try again later, but not any time soon…

Tried this in the store and loved it enough to take 10g home.

The lavender is the scary ingredient, that has the potential to become soapy when over steeped, so, I figure 10g is a safe amount to try.

It’s a white tea, and for me an incredibly finicky tea when steeping. I do think this will be a tea that I will not purchase more of. It was great while it lasted, and I enjoyed the fact that the fruit flavours were able to hide times when I over steeped the tea, but there was still a finish that I can’t explain but it was not pleasant enough for me to want to race out and buy more.

Umm, I just had the last of this pot iced, and added the smallest of agave to see what would happen to the flavours. While the banana stands out more this time, I am not impressed enough to make this tea a part of my permanent collection.

Ummm, I think I will have this as a “take-away” tea before I really decide it to be a “Not for me tea”

That being said the 12g I took home, did not steep well, I can not taste any banana or chocolate, but the red rooibos that I am not a huge fan of unless it is flavoured in some way. Maybe I did not get enough banana or chocolate in my sample size? As such I will keep an open mind and try this tea again some time. I am just not up for racing out to try it.

After making a pitcher of this tea with the kids, there was enough of the 50g bag to make enough iced tea for the staff.

This is the life! Sending staff home on a brutally hot Summer day with iced Bear Trap tea and a splash of fresh squeezed lemonade. Mmmmm!

So today, I took yesterdays left over Bear Trap tea and added lemonade. And voila, fact that this group of kids enjoy their drinks “wicked sour”

But this 2 litre pitcher of tea lemonade disappeared faster than the tea on it’s own did yesterday!

I must have thought this was good tea because when I was organizing my tea shelf (ahem, cupboard) I found 5 packets, they are now cold steeping over night and waiting for my commentary tomorrow.

I have had this tea, I don’t know how many times and yet I still refuse to purchase this?

I must say it is delicious, but still a tea that will only be a take-away tea from the store, I doubt I would ever be able to convince myself to purchase this and I worry the contents would settle and I would get nuts and none of the other items in my t-sac.

Oh, Oh this is “wicked-awesome” (to steal a phrase from a co-worker)

I loved everything about this, from the fact that I was able to steep 1.5 tsp twice and still was strong enough to pour over ice and not loose flavour!

I offered my hubby a sip and without telling him what kind of tea it was he sniffed and said: “I smell cinnamon, something citusy, cardamon? No, but defiantly cinnamon” and I will say that after that sip I was done sharing. I sip, savoured and drunk the entire cup to myself and was excited enough about this one to put it on my MUST buy list!

Yesterday when I made some of this tea iced to take to the Managers meeting, I had two young lads race up the the counter and ask for a sip. I made too much for my travel mug and rather than put just a little amount into the fridge. I poured the last little bit over and ice cube (one for each lad)

I held my breath…

Lad 1 – “Oh My GOD Erin!! THERE IS CINNAMON IN THIS!”

Lad 2 – “Erin, I know this is from your stuff, an-an’ I know e’pensive, but can we have this for Beach day tomorrow?”

And that is what we did today, Lad 2 helped me set this one up for a sun-steeped tea today, and it turned out really well! Rooibos sun-steeps so well and does not over steep (it would seem)… Not only that, but all 16 kids that showed up tried this tea, of the 16 over half prefer this tea over the “Bear Trap” we made and 2 requested this tea for Christmas Camp!

Verbatum: We could steep this and add hot-chocolate powder!! (Wow, I am creating evil tea genius’!!

I have had this one iced for the past three days straight. This is just the right kick of spice on these overly hot days. It has been a Summer where I have not been able to handle the heat, I don’t know if it is the weight gain, or the mild depression brought on by panic inducing financial stress… but this tea has a way of making me sip, slow-down, and relax, if only until the pot or cup is finish.

It is a shame this tin will not last me until September.

I bought this for the kids at work – What an expensive treat this one was! $6.50 just to make a JUG!

We did unintentionally over steep this one, but a little extra kick of apple doesn’t harm. And I was impressed when one of the kids mentioned: “This would taste better with fresh squeezed lemonade instead of the agave.”

On the whole the kids that were willing to try this tea, truly did enjoy it, but if I were to get this tea again for them, I would just add the lemonade and tell them it is “Berry Lemonade” instead – might get me more kids willing to drink it.

I am happy that when I said: “Sell me something that smells like bubble gum” the gal behind the counter gave me this one to smell!

A big thumbs down… Thippppph!

I enjoy DAVIDs Oolongs, but this one was a bust! BIG TIME! To the point that I am happy I only asked for 10g. It’s very vegital, though I don’t mind a veggy taste it really does not mix well with the intense fig smell or the melon taste…

I’ll be happy when this is done.

(Please note: I combined this tea with Ginger Pu’erh, to make a full pot of tea)

Good Gawd! I really read to get more of this for my cupboard for evenings where a little cinnamon is needed to calm me.

I would suggest against enjoying a bath with this tea, as I could smell the less appealing notes of the pu-erh. But the cinnamon taste ran right along the center of my tongue, from tip to back, and it did not take me long to polish off the entire pot!

Note, I used 1.5tsps for agave to sweeten the 32oz pot.

O… M… G!!

Sweet! Literally. I wish it had been tasty enough to keep my attentions long enough to finish it. But I will admit this would make a fabulous weekend tea (if only because of the sweetness)

I did not detect any other flavours, but I would not doubt that I either understeeped of the water was not hot enough – I was a little distracted this morning: “Are you kidding me?! A December Rain Storm in AUGUST!!?! WTF?!”

Back log

Eeeeew! I remember thinking Eeeew!

Eventually I will try this again, maybe I did something wrong?

This tea is up for a swap because I do not want it to go to waste

It was purchased early July 2011, and is being stored in a well sealed tea tin.

This tea is up for a swap, as it is not my fave and I would hate for it to go to waste.

It was purchased early July 2011 and is stored in a well sealed tea tin. This is a delightful tea; I am just not a fan of all the licorice flavour in this tea.