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Cherry Blossom from DAVIDsTEA

Steepster Score 39 Ratings Rate This Tea

85/100

Cherry Blossom

White Tea by DAVIDsTEA

If you’ve been to Japan in the spring, then you know about the cherry blossoms. People gather under the blooming trees to eat, drink and celebrate for days on end. This cherry tea brings you right there. It’s a festival of white Bai Mudan, green Darjeeling, Chinese green teas, dried cherries, coconut and rose petals. Many wish it could last all year long. But alas, come summer, it’s gone.

http://www.davidstea.com/spring-collection-2010/cherry-blossom.html

39 Tasting Notes

marilane
100

What a lovely tea! It’s beautiful to look at and smells so nice in the tin. Once made, it’s a very delicate cherry without any artificial notes. I am late coming into this tea and managed to score a 100g bag before it went away. How can they not continue it?

kaite86
80

I just brewed Cherry Blossom for the first time. It is still pretty hot but man it smells amazing.
It also tastes pretty good. From the smell I was expecting a strong cherry taste but it is actually very nice the taste is there but in a more relaxed note.
Very impressed. I’m sure I’ll be enjoying this.

Awkward Soul
100
Awkward Soul 5 tasting notes

Very nice tea!

I Purchased Cherry Blossom as part of the “Back from the Dead” event from Halloween. It was available online only at this time.

Pouring it into the tin yesterday it was ultra cherry smell! I was getting a little worried it be like “Cherry Potion” tea. I gave the two teas a sniff test, and the teas smell very similar.

This morning when I tried it, the instructions said 3-4minutes steep time, so I stuck with 3 minutes. It steepted into a white tea look and first sip I was blown away by it’s complexity – cherry (but no tartness), a bit of floral (from the rose and jasmine, I love that combo), and white tea. I didn’t notice the coconut, maybe it evens out the tartness of the cherry? In add, very delicate and balanced, with nothing over-powering the other flavours.

I’m about halfway done my cup, and I want to buy more to stock up – though I did buy 100g, lol and the tea is on the light side so there’s quite a bit there, so a little irrational. I hope it comes out again for the spring collection, as I’ll need more!

I discovered a few lumps of rock sugar makes this tea super yummy – the coconut pops out really well with the cherry flavoring, finishing off with some rosy floral!

Yum! I need more white blends in my life!

oh yeah! Made a nice 24oz pot of this tea to enjoy for brunch. Turned out very well – 175F for 4 minutes is perfect!
Cherry, creamy, floral flavor, but when I smell the tea it is really sweet, but doesn’t taste overly sweet!

I was feeling off the last day or two, so I thought this tea would be a nice treat, which it was! yay! /love

This is one of my top fav teas – now to try it cold steeped! 3 hour cold steeping.

Interestingly mine came out a sweet cherry flavor. No tart or bitterness. No floral taste, but smells floral. I found the cold steeping made this tea taste more cherry. The sweetness is perfect and refreshing.

Oh man, I’m never going to share this tea now. Might be the tea I grab if my house was on fire (ha, a good conversation topic). Well, I’d grab the bunny and my hard drive first of course.

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Carleigh
92

Wish this tea would come back….delicate and lovely fruity flavor.

daisymarcotte
83

One of the better cherry blossom teas I’ve tasted, it’s quite mild and has a lovely aroma. Good hot or cold…

yuki
80

The tea before brewing smells very flowery with some currant notes. But when you brew it, the floral aroma doesn’t overpower the tea. I’ll drink it on a sunny day or whenever I feel peaceful.

Chromalaya
54

Not a fan of the floral note, decent but probably wouldn’t re-buy

Shoshan
97

I’ve tried this tea both cold brewed & not, and I have to say I prefer it hot with just a bit of honey. When I’m sick this is usually my go-to tea for feeling better.

jennwhite484
92

They sell the exact same tea at LuxBerry Tea (www.luxberrytea.com) for cheaper… love this tea though! its great hot and cold!!!

Patty L
67

This is a nice, light tea and the cherry flavour is not too strong or overpowering. In fact there is a nice floral quality to this tea. I like it but my housemate said it tasted like those red lollipops you get from the dentist so try it and see?

Tea4Me
94

I completely agree with Doulton’s tasting note here. This is lovely!

Mary
83

A mild, refreshing tea. Very relaxing