Forever Nuts

this tea tastes simply magical.
drinking this tea is like witnessing the birth of a unicorn, and said unicorn looks into your eyes and says it’s first words…and it’s your name. oh and for the purpose of this review, i’m going to say unicorns are born without the horn because…ow oh and i’m also going to say that they’re totally real. totally…

sidenote: forever nuts brews PINK and tastes like an apple pie baked by jesus himself.

I wanted to love this tea. It came highly recommended by a friend.

It does taste like hot apple cider though, and I couldn’t detect the nuts.
It’s pretty good, but I’m not sure that I’ll purchase it again.

There are many other options at David’s Tea that are exceptional. This one? Just scores an okay.

Love this one. It’s my new favorite.

This one is ok, though too weak for my taste. Tastes like apple pie with nuts on top.

I’m really glad I got to try this tea. It smells like something I should be eating instead of drinking—maybe an apple tart or crumble. It seriously smells like something has been baking all day in my kitchen. Considering I love baked goods but a) hate baking and b) am wheat-intolerant, this is a huge plus for me. It brews up a soft rosy-pink color, which was a lot of fun to watch in a glass mug. I didn’t expect the taste to live up to the smell, but it actually does. It manages to taste like a fruity, nutty pastry without having a fakey taste like many “pastry” blends do. I’m impressed. Probably going to be buying this one too once I have space in my tea collection.

My one and only complaint with this tisane, honestly, is that it’s just not strong enough. I love how it tastes (sweet and almondy, mmm), I just wish that the flavour was stronger. I originally picked this up after I tried “Sleigh Ride” (and loved it) because I had heard that they had a similar base, and they’re both quite tasty, but Sleigh Ride definitely wins in terms of strength of flavour.

I’ll happily drink through my 100gs of Forever Nuts (probably using more per-cup), but I think it’s Sleigh Ride that I actually need to stock up on.

Edit:

Drank 100g in two days. Oops.
Strong enough or not, I love it apparently.
Upping rating accordingly.

I love this tea. Love love love love love. This is on my list of always-must-haves for a reason. I’ve seen people compare this one to Mom’s Apple Pie (which I personally found to be only as appealing as watered-down cider), but I beg to differ.

As if the apples (and cinnamon, but mostly apple) weren’t enough, the almond offers a divine, almost flowery yet smooth taste of its own, has a satisfying aftertaste that lingers, and don’t get me started on that fascinating colour! The tea is slightly tart and cinnamony, yet sweet enough on its own to forgo the sugar, and when iced it might nearly pass for some fruit cocktail.

PS – Since the ingredients are only apples, almonds, cinnamon, beetroot (for colour) and “flavour”, I gave it a quick flush (to hydrate the tea and dilute the extra colour), strained it, and tossed the “leaves” straight into my banana bread mix. It was lovely, although a word of caution before reattempting this would be to be wary of the extra cinnamon.

Forever Nuts was the first tea I had tried from DAVIDs TEA when a friend made a pot for us about a month ago. This was the tea that started my DAVIDs obsession. I recently purchased a 100g bag and put it in a pretty purple tin…I’ve been trying other teas while it was sitting in my cupboard, but each time I’d go to make a cup of tea, I desperately wanted to steep a cup of Forever Nuts.

The smell reminds me of a specific Cinnabon location in the Union TTC Station in Toronto. The taste, for me, isn’t all that nutty, which is favorable because I’m not the biggest fan of nuttiness. Although I do taste cinnamon and a slight sweet, light nutty flavor, I can’t quite put my finger on what else I can taste in this tea – but whatever it is, it’s AMAZING and very warming…like a nice hug. Definitely one of my favorites from DAVIDs – one that will always be in my cupboard.

EDIT: I can’t believe I didn’t mention Forever Nuts’ gorgeous pink color! It’s one of the nicer colors of tea I’ve experienced so far. I also have to try this tea without adding sweetener. I’ve heard that it’s got a natural sweetness, making sweetener unnecessary.

I can’t decide which is better, the taste or the pink color of the tea.
This tea just might be a new favorite since I’m taking note of both.

This tea is wonderful. I didn’t have very high hopes for it – but I do like almonds and I knew this was one of the more popular of DavidsTeas.
This is pleasantly almond tasting with a hint of cinnamon. I had to add some natural agave to sweeten it up even more.

EDIT: EUREKA! I added a few ice cubes and put this in the fridge overnight. When I took a sip in the morning, it hit me; this tastes exactly like Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal!

SO I have no idea whatsoever why it took me so long to drink this. According to just about everyone, this, Pumpkin Chai, and Read My Lips are the quintessential DavidsTea holy trinity. And it wasn’t until they sampled it here randomly that I actually gave in and tried it. I think I was expecting a bland, nutty flavour and thats probably what put me off (same as Pistachio Cream honestly, I should have seen this coming) But I digress. The summer teas were hit or miss, and most of them had to be iced for this owl to properly enjoy them. The Spring teas however were the bomb. Seems like Summer is an unlucky tea season for Owlie because I’m adoring the fall teas. And why Forever Nuts doesn’t fall in there is a mystery.

This tastes like creamy nutty cinnamony goodness. Like autumn harvest, or some kind of apple crumble without the apple… I may need to blend this with another fall tea, Moms Apple Pie perhaps… or a nice chai… Hmm. So many options. (another thing I’m doing lately, creating ridiculous tea alchemy). And I nearly s**t my plumage when I saw how pink it turned. Was not expecting it. So beautiful. So delicious. If you haven’t latte’d this… do it.