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Kristal drank Luscious Watermelon by DAVIDsTEA

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Oh, sweet, sweet Luscious Watermelon- how I’ve missed you. David’s tea brought you back for a limited time online and thus I had to buy 250 grams. I’ve been desiring this tea for 3 years (that’s when they discontinued it and when i first got into tea). I’m so glad to finally get some more- this is one of my favorite fruit teas. That watermelon mint tea they had last year just wasn’t the same.

I steeped 6 “perfect spoonfuls” (about 3 tbsp) in 2L of near boiling water overnight in the fridge (at least 12 h?). then i removed the filter and enjoyed the (not overley) sweet taste of watermelon and apple. So refreshing. I adore this tea and glad to have lots to enjoy over the summer. Grab it now before it goes out of stock!

Tasting note from 3 years ago (2012):

I really like this tea. This is more of a juice-like tea, but it’s not too overpowering. It really does taste like watermelon, and I like it iced or hot. It’s especially nice in the summer :)

Flavors: Apple, Fruity, Melon

Preparation

Iced 8 min or more 15 tsp 68 OZ / 2000 ML

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i wish you could sample this in store…don’t want to commit to 100g+ of a tea i’ve never tried heh

Kristal
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The lowest amount is $50g but I totally know what you mean- that’s still a lot to commit to. I wanted to try another tea that’s an online exclusive (caramel corn) but I didn’t want to buy 50g either. I’m lucky that I do have a DAVIDs store so close so that way I can buy just 8-10g of a tea when I’m unsure of whether I’ll like it. Of course that doesn’t help when they have these online only teas..

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i wish you could sample this in store…don’t want to commit to 100g+ of a tea i’ve never tried heh

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I used to drink coffee, but it started to hurt my stomach so I switched to tea. A friend of mine introduced me to DAVID’s TEA and I couldn’t stop after that! I’ve now been expanding my scope beyond DAVIDs away from “candy-like teas” into more natural teas or flavourings. Current favourite stores include International House of Tea (iHOT) and Verdant Tea.

When it comes to tea ratings, I usually only ever rate them once. I know a lot of people on steepster do many tasting notes for the same teas depending on their mood, but I prefer to rate once and if my opinion changes, I will delete the old note and rate again. How I rate teas goes as following:

1-49: Teas I won’t buy again. Either the taste is disgusting to me, or it’s too bland, etc. I’m most likely not even going to finish the tin/bag.

50-59: Teas I wouldn’t buy again; I have to force myself to drink the whole cup to not waste it.

60-69: I’ll finish the cup and even the bag/tin, but I wouldn’t buy these teas again. Teas of this rating are “lacking something”.

70-79:Teas that are pretty good and ones I might buy again. Usually these teas are ones I have to be “in the mood for” and drink occasionally.

80-89: Great teas! Ones I will drink several times a week and often have in my stash :).

90-100: Favourite must-have teas!

My favourite types of tea are green tea and different types of “natural” herbal tea (different herbs, natural flavourings, etc). I cannot drink black or oolong teas due a sensitive stomach. I don’t really go for white tea due to its cost and the fact that it has just a little caffeine (if I want caffeine I’ll just go for a green tea and if I don’t I’ll go for a herbal-no sense on just having a little caffeine). I also like to do iced teas in the summer time, and then I’ll gravitate towards herbal fruit blends that are bagged to cut costs and convenience (it’s easier to throw out bags than clean a filter). Flavours I don’t care for include anything too tart, bitter, artificial, overly spicy or overly sweet.
Also, when I have time (usually when I’m not working much) I like to make tea lattes out of different rooibos blends.

My everyday green tea is Gunpowder since it is strong and not sensitive to temperatures or steeping time which is something I cannot be bothered with when I’m getting ready for work. Other greens I enjoy are dragonwell, sencha, and different Chinese greens. I’m not the biggest fan of yunnan greens since they are so finicky (although I do like gyokuro)

On a day to day basis I usually have 2-3 cups of green tea and several more cups of different herbal blends.

Besides tea I also work at a couple libraries (I am finishing my library tech diploma),am in my early 20s and got married in Oct 2014.