15575 Tasting Notes
Made this on the weekend as a hot cashew milk latte with a big scoop of vanilla ice cream in top. I came to two conclusions. Conclusion one was that lavender and cashew are not a combination that I much enjoy. I felt like something here was drawing out a savory sort of note instead of the soft, creamy floral I was going for. Conclusion two? Adding a scoop of ice cream to a hot latte is a brilliant idea and made for a wonderful sipping experience. Plus, the lavender and vanilla went together nicely so that helped with the weird savory situation happening in the rest of the mug.
It’s been a long time since I last had this tea but it was raining pretty heavily all day Saturday and that made me nostalgic for when I used to drink this tea regularly back in Saskatchewan during summer thunderstorms. You know what’s crazy? Sipping on this weird potpourri like mug of tea with cinnamon, citrus, floral, and slightly rancid coconut notes I know with absolute confidence that if I was trying it for the first time today that I would hate it. And yet this mug filled me with nothing but positive, warm recollections of the past and I had a great time with it.
Clearly sweet apple was on my mind the last few days because I steeped this one yesterday, just a day after making Biscuit & Brew’s Caramel Apple Betty black tea blend. Honestly, the baked apple notes are quite similar between the two. Gentle fruity offsets to the mellow sweetness they’ve been paired with. In this case, the maple note is very distinct without being cloying. I like it as a more modern interpretation of a “caramel apple” profile. Plus, the maple is a deeper, denser sort of sweetness which is especially interesting on the green tea base which is more medium bodied and has a lighter grassier vibe that allows both maple and apple flavours to read with more clarity…
Anyway, very good. I’m bumping up my rating.
This was almost painfully familiar tasting but I couldn’t pinpoint exactly what “in real life” thing it was reminding me of. I mean, something caramel apple flavoured obviously. But it was like an exact food/bev product and I just couldn’t land on the brand or product type. Really great sweetness balance though! Mostly buttery but brisk black tea with an almost phyllo dough/pie crust note alongside just a hint of caramel and a smooth, gentle baked apple note. So spot on for my mood that day!
Smooth, fruity, and no off notes with (surprisingly) more kiwi than strawberry overall. I do think, of the many fruity flavours Jaf carries, this is one of their least interesting but it was still a very approachable, pleasant fruity cuppa. I slurped it back yesterday morning, and it was the kind of tea that caught just enough of my attention while working to make me smile but not enough to distract me from what I was trying to accomplish.
Doubled up on sticks of this to make a super large iced tumbler, which was really refreshing. Definitely still more of a juicy, tart and intense souped up lemonade kind of vibe. So little ginger. I mean, really, the more I think about it the more I feel like it was a misnomer on Blume’s part to put ginger in the name instead of going the lemonade route.
Cold Brew!
Definitely a very sweet cold brew, but dang if it doesn’t taste like a strawberry donut. In this case a little more like a Simpson’s style glazed donut but with the icing sugar airy sweetness as well. Rich, fruity, and flavourful. Still one of my all time favourite teas I’ve gotten to make.
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Sprinkled a few scoops of this over some vanilla ice cream because I thought it might contribute a nice watermelon flavour. I did get the odd pop of watermelon in some of the places with a higher powder concentration, but overall I think I’d need a lot more matcha to get the effect that I wanted.
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 and feelings regarding the teas, and not the company’s.
Got a little worried when I opened up one of the (many) tins I keep of this tea and didn’t smell a whole lot coming off the dry leaf, but the moment the water hit the tea magic started happening and it sprung to life. Smooth, creamy pear with that perfect lightly tart cranberry note. A forever favourite.
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 and feelings regarding the teas, and not the company’s.
Sipdown (2527)!
Tastes very much like what you’d expect. That typical, highly roasted and dark profile with notes of chicory, date, carob, and barley. Very typical Teeccino composition. Just has a little bit of a sweeter finish with a chocolate-y note. More that chocolate liqueur vibe, but not quite so artificial. Very complimentary. I really enjoyed it.