Yesss! New Tea Collection!
You guys have no idea how excited I’ve been to get to try this collection; and today’s the day! I didn’t even work today, and I made sure I was at my store at some point today to pick up the new ones. It’s been killing meeee…
So, of all the teas in the collection this is probably the simplest and also the most traditional. It’s also the ‘main’ theme/inspiration of the teaware for this collection. A lot of the teaware has beautiful mosaic tiling/Moroccan inspired Motifs. I’m especially digging the colours for this collection: my two favourites pieces of teaware are the deep indigo Perfect mug with the gold/yellow mosaic pattern and the Moroccan Mint filled ceramic jar that’s the most beautiful shade of orange. The yellow carry mugs are pretty cool too, though.
Honestly, I was half surprised that until now DAVIDsTEA hasn’t offered a Moroccan Mint; it’s such a basic tea and generally speaking a relatively regular staple for most tea vendors who sell flavoured blends. Essentially, the only thing that separates our Moroccan Mint from the traditional ingredients is that we’ve also added peppermint to the Gunpowder green tea instead of just spearmint. Also, Moroccan’s generally drink theirs with SO MUCH added sugar and this one doesn’t even have stevia in it! Hooray DAVIDSTEA for resisting the urge to presweeten!
I was actually explaining to a coworker the history of Moroccan Mint today while he was making my tea for me – yesterday when we were doing Merch set up I mentioned this one is traditionally made from Gunpowder tea and he looked really freaked out. I couldn’t figure out why; but when I was picking through the leaf in the sniffer lid today to show him the Gunpowder in the blend I realized that he thought I had meant actual Gunpowder in the tea… No wonder he was concerned.
I may bring sugar cubes to work so the staff can drink this through a sugar cube held in their mouth… the traditional way.
Anyway; the tea is good! I wouldn’t call it a ‘knock you off your feet’ Moroccan Mint blend; personally I don’t think any blend is going to compare to the Moroccan Mint I made myself during my sommelier course. That one was so fresh. This is very refreshing though, and I think both kinds of mint are pretty balanced to the green tea. It’s sweet, but not overly or artificially. I was also worried that the peppermint would sort of make this one feel like traditional, but not really the case.
I’d call this one a really positive way to start out the collection!
Friendly reminder that I do not numerically rate DAVIDsTEA blends as I’m currently employed there and it would be an obvious conflict of interest. Any blends you see with numerical ratings were rated prior to my employment there. These reviews are a reflection of my personal thoughts regarding the teas, and not the company’s.
