Glitter & Gold

Advent Calendar 2017, Day 5: Strong caramel taste. Would brew with more tea leaves next time. Produced decent second steep.

1.25 tsp of teas, 1 “perfect spoon”

Second time brewing this tea from my Davids Tea 24 Days of Tea Advent calendar. This time I brewed a stronger tea and added hot milk (almost 1/4C) and 1 t honey, and it’s MUCH better. The aroma and taste are much richer this time, and with the milk it’s a much more enjoyable cuppa. I would drink this as an option between a plain black tea and a full chai.

Finally got to try this tea on day 5 of #24daysoftea! I’m a big fan of chai, especially David’s Tea’s pumpkin chai. This chai doesn’t disappoint. It has a slight aftertaste, and is a bit sweet, but overall it is tasty and true to the chai flavor.

The gold stars in the tea make it beautiful to look at. The spice notes are nice, especially for fall and winter. A good tea but not necessarily one I would purchase when there are others to explore.

This is a nice fall/winter cinnamon black tea. I think it is a little less packed with flavor as some of the other teas this season (like Pumpkin Chai or Cardamom French Toast), but still a nice mild Xmas-y tea. It’s not too sweet and not too spiced.

This tea tastes like Christmas – strong, spicy, sparkly, sweet, fun. I don’t know how something can taste ‘sparkly,’ but this does. It just has a certain brightness to it that keeps it from being simply a heavily spiced black tea. I adore the clove in this (mmm cloves). Like eating gingerbread cookies decorated with sugar crystals underneath the Christmas tree, staring up at hundreds of twinkling lights. I crave this blend in the cold weather.

Good. I won’t buy again, but good. Tastes so much like Pumpkin Chaï so I’m just going to stick with this one instead.

I underestimate this tea. I always go past it when reaching for a flavoured black. Did a coldbrew with it today and it was the best I’ve had today. The black base is actually really tasty and the spices taste like cardamom, brown sugar, and spicy cinnamon. It reminds me of cardamom french toast. Slightly sweet, very spiced, flavourful, and all-around enjoyable.

Not too bad for a flavored tea, but I am kind of “over” most flavored teas. This must be the newer version, since I didn’t get any cool glitter effect.

There is some malt and astringency; that’s pretty much all there is of the base. Tastes like a cheap Indian base, which hey, I’m cool with.

Of course, the flavors mask the tea, since this is Davids. There’s maple, brown sugar, almond extract, vanilla, a little bit of creamy saltiness. It’s a nice dessert tea.

Liked it much better the second time around! I tried it again plain and then as a latte. Both were really good. I’m not sure what I did to the first batch to make it so mediocre lol. Don’t know if it’s just me, but the dry leaf smells exactly like a Bounty bar? It took me a few minutes to think of what it reminded me of but it’s definitely a Bounty bar. There’s no coconut or chocolate in the blend so I find this odd. Not complaining though, it’s a good smell!