MaddHatter

It is with a heavy heart that I drink this one for the last time, until I get into DAVIDsTEA for somemore, but there are so many teas to try before I race back to this one, green teas are not my first choice for tea.

The flavour of this one gets me every time, the scent of popcorn and candied apples is enough to make me want to savour a really good book while sipping this or turn on Netflicks and watch The Notebook for the billionth time…

Mmm, I wish I could have more, but I’ll just have to wait until I can get a ride into DAVIDsTEA. Soon, Soon…

The last little bit is sitting in a glass over ice and I am a little upset about having to say “good bye” to it until I get into town to buy more.

Delish, Delish, I added some agave this time, mmmmm!

4th Steeping… GROSS!! I took one sip and could not get to the bathroom fast enough to bush my teeth, definanly pungent, and indiscribeably terrible! I will NOT be steeping this tea more that three times! EVER!

3rd steeping

Only half of the leaves are fully open, and the flowers that are wrapped inside the leaves are starting to float around and changing the flavour of the tea slightly. Athough the colour is not as intense the flavour still is. I can’t describe it other than to say it is becoming more of a creamy green tea in flavour.

Today is the last time I will make this tea until I purchase more, 6tsp into my 8 cup botum and I will pour this over ice because I just LOVE this iced! It is all I have been drinking in the afternoon on ice at work!

Can you see my pouty face? Maybe I should be 200g next time, instead of just 50g…

Second steeping

I am going to forgo the milk as this is more green tea in taste than black. There is quite the kick of caffine and I am buzing around the house getting little things done. I definantly like this tea and despite the apparent expense, it is really cost effective!

This is my first jump into oolongs that are not flavoured with fruit or chocolate or vanilla beans and… WOW!

When I walked into Janet’s Special Teas, I noticed that she only had 4 oolongs on her tea list. I explained that I was new to loose tea and wanted to know which oolong was best to try; she instantly without hesitation told me that she had just opened a fresh bag of Osmanthus and that I should try this first. She was also very careful to explain how long to steep it and how hot the water should be. She was so careful with her instructions that I will be going back when I want to try burgamonts or straight black or the like!

First Steep was for only 1 minute, and at only 87C and I found the tea had a slight peppery taste, and the original “mouldy grass” smell to the leaves was tough to over look but once steeped all I can smell is the Osmanthus flower that give this tea it’s name.

I think that I might try a touch of milk for the second steeping.

This tea was a successful first leap into the world of Oolongs, and I am not looking back!

The leaves smell rather medicinally cherry at first, but once steeped there is a distinct honey scent. Sweet to taste, but not overly so, and I am glad I purchased this tea dispite how medincial the leaves smelled.

I am an evil person, I bought 50g of this stuff, and have been eagerly sharing it with people to the point that I think there is JUST enough for me to have some tonight!

Getting people hooked on DAVIDsTEA, one cup at a time. I am terrible though, the co-worker who is getting a cup of this today is going to Hawaii on Saturday and will either have to hope to run into a DAVIDsTEA there, or wait impatiently to get home! hahahaha!!

Yumm!! Great iced with a little rum, enough said….

I am even an evil person, I gave a sample to a friend and she LOVES to too! Making new DAVIDsTEA lovers one sip at a time!

Oh… Wow… I have never found a chai that I like (unless it is that syrup-y Starbucks Chai Latte)

I had this one iced today with my ice bath to cool down after a long day stuck in a hot bus carting sweating pre-pubescent children around from place to place, and wow, I can’t place all the flavours I am tasting, but it has a pleasant after taste that is more enjoyable, I think the next time this would be great with a few tablespoons of heavy cream… or perhaps with some spiced rum… …. hummm.

This tea will definantly have a permenant place on my tea shelf!

Note:

2 tsp
8 oz of hot water
steeped 4 mins
poured over ice in a 20oz cup

leaves steeped a second time and added to cup later.

This tea has now been left at work! it is just too easy to over steep, and too easily scortched when adding water and the horrible orange rind taste of this tea just just vomit inducing! I feel awful since it is a delightful smelling tea.

SO GOOD ICED!!

Mmmmmmm

I had loaned my small sample to a friend and almost forgotten about it. There are five of us at work who are obsessed with DAVIDsTEA’s so when we get a new flavour we offer to share them so that other’s can decide if they want that tea, and we trade off teas that we bought too much of and discovered we don’t really enjoy.

Anyways…. After getting this pouch back today I was quick to make some of this tea and pour it over ice. I should note that although the label calls for 1.5tsp I have only been using 1 tsp when hot or just 2tsp when pour it over ice, I find that because most of DAVIDsTEA’s can be steeped twice I don’t need much.

Because of the mint and peppercorns in this tea it is DELISH! cold! And certianly makes me feel “right as rain” after learning that my car will cost me $2100 to fix! (Stupid Mopar!)

Mmmm, I tried a new messy twist today.

I had this baby iced, but rather than discarding the papaya with the used leaves I dug them out, rinsed them off and put them into the iced cup, they continued to steep as the morning wore on and beat out the chicory taste.

Still my favourite week day pick me up!

This was my “to go” tea today, I wish I had had the foresight to bring a container to keep the leaves in, so that I could have infused them again. That being said this tea that “smells like Christmas” was a little over steeped but I don’t think that will change my opinion enough to take this tea off my shopping list.

This tea with some steamed milk, would really make a delightful treat on a cool fall afternoon.

Thank-you honey for buying this one for me!!!!! :D Even if it did get over steeped, next time it will be AWESOME!

Oh …. My… GAWD!!! I ordered this today during Brunch at White Spot and nearly died in my seat! I am excited to say that the waitress was so kind to constantly refill my little teapot with hot water over and over and over again! It was not until the third refill that I noticed the taste start to fade!

I added a little cream to this tea and it was like drinking a vanilla bean cheese cake! All I can say is I will be hunting despretly for this tea on shelves everywhere… or begging my hubby to order it online once the Postal Strike is over with!

So good, SO GOOD! but I might be biased!!

Smells delicious! we shall see, we shall see!!

Later…

I have to say if I had had some milk to steam this would make the tastiest before bed treat! But without steamed milk this was still a tasty treat. I have not had many Rooibos, so I do not have a lot to base my opinion of this tea on, but it is a beautiful colour and 4 tea spoons infused nicely into an 8 cup botum full of water to make a delight pot of tea to share with my Hubby (a must since he was kind enough to purchase the tea for me)

He enjoyed it although his comment was: “It tastes like tea”, umm thanks for the imput honey! :D

Ummm, not really my thing.

I love the way the leaves smell, and the guy who was doing samples today must have figured out by now that the odds of my making a purchase from what I taste is relatively high (not only that but I usually get 100g right away)

Although it is not my thing, I am keeping it on my shopping list, because I have a feeling that this tea will make a great edition to my birthday ritual of putting up the outdoor Christmas lights, coming in for Birthday cake and warm (yet very liberally spiked drinks) and pulling out the Christmas tree, decorate tree, continue drinking and watch "White Christmas and sing along with Bing Crosby in my terrible “yes she’s drunk ‘cause she’s now tone deaf” voice.

It just did not make the right impression on me on a muggy, overcast and misting June day. Cold day yes, hot day NO!

meh… took this one to work too and left it…

Reasonable, but not notable. Despite loving peach and mango this tea is just not all that. I might try it again one day, but again another box of tea that has been taken to work.

Yet another tea taken to work and “forgotten” – It is just not memorable or all that enjoyable.

Had this once, hated it and took it into work to share.

I am sure that based on what I know now about teas there is a good chance I skortched the tea with water that was too hot and that is what made it undrinkable.

Not great, not notable… There was no way to make this tea drinkable…

Glanford KK Tasting Note

This tea is one of a few that I use at my site for movie day, in place of pop and other not so great drinks. I love this tea because it takes minimal amounts of sugar and the kids love it hot or cold.