Oh Canada!

When it comes to tea, I am definitely not a purist. Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE a good cup of straight tea (gyokuro yamashiro for example), but I also have a very big soft spot for flavoured teas as well. When it comes to flavoured teas I like them BOLD. I want to still taste the tea, but if it’s flavoured, don’t pussy-foot around it. This one hit it right on the money, IMHO. It’s sweet, it’s maple-y and the smell is just out of this world delicious. Everything I could ask for in a maple tea. The caramel and toffee bits are a wonderful addition, and the honeybush adds an interesting flavour. It’s like dessert in a cup and I LOVE it. Will be buying this one again and again. :)

i enjoyed this tea so much that i bought 100g of it. Its like drinking liquid pancakes
(maybe not the best analogy) It truly is something to consider buying when you stop by davids. my whole family says this is their favourite and they are always asking me to make some for them. This rooibos is top notch in my list of favourites

what a wonderful treat! Right now it seems like all my rooibos is either very fruity or very chocolatey, so while this one is still sweet, it’s a nice little departure. Its maple syrupy goodness is amazing! It also has some warm vanilla notes, and smells like breakfast. Having a cup of breakfast after dinner, what could be better!?

I hate to bring the poor tea’s rating down, but I feel I must. I: For justice!
I only had a couple sips of this. I was expecting a kind of sweet, authentic maple syrupy flavour and from the smell I assumed it would be a lot sweeter, but when I tried it it tasted… burnt. And bitter. I’m sure a burnt maple taste may appeal to some, but I was mislead by what my nose was telling me. =P Like those sailors and those sirens in that tale.

Regardless, it tastes smoked no matter how much sugar you add. I: I feel like somebody added soot to the tea mix when I wasn’t looking.

This smells very syrupy. The more I smell it, the less it smells like maple and the more it smells like table syrup trying to be maple. I love maple syrup but turn my nose up at table syrup, so I’m not super impressed here. This needs sweetener or it just tastes like an odd woodsey rooibos. Once sweetened, the syrup takes on a fuller flavor that masks some of the rooibos if I don’t take too many sips in a row. Adding cream kills the flavor a bit. This is an okay cup, but it is a little boring and leaves my mouth dry.

I. LOVE. THIS. TEA.

Maybe I’m biased. I’m Canadian. The sweet maple tastes are nostalgic and while I’m stuck in LA it’s a nice to be able to have something to sip on that reminds me of home.

The rooibos flavor isn’t strong, all I get is the yummy mapleyness. Love it!

I haven’t had a cup of this for a couple of weeks, so I dug it out of the tea cupboard this afternoon. I find this tea really shines with a good long steep time and a bit of sugar. I tossed in a light spoonful along with a couple lumps of rock sugar, covered it up, and just forgot about it for a bit. When I got back, I had a fantastic sweet, mapley cup of rooibos tea. As it cooled, the sweetness only came out even more. Super enjoyable and a blend I need to remember to enjoy more often!

Every time I had a morning shift at DAVIDsTEA I made sure to have at least one cup of Oh Canada! It smelled absolutely delicious and was so inviting! Try making it as a latte and sprinkle cinnamon on top to create not only a fantastic looking drink but an even better tea drinking experience :)

This is definitely one of my favourite teas. I love GOOD maple flavour, and this has it. It’s perfect to have hot on a rainy day. Quickly becoming my go-to at work. And it smells amazing! My friends and I were in downtown Ottawa to watch the fireworks on Canada Day and someone mentioned that something smelled delicious – sure enough I recognized it as Oh Canada being steeped nearby. Needless to say there was a little teasing for that one.

Note: my little brother (a sugar fiend) got this iced AND added agave. I gave it a sip, but iced maple tea is not for me. And it was definitely waaaay too sweet. Ugh.

This is one that you really do have to be in the mood for which is what I find with all the rooibos blends I have had from Davids. The maple is really sweet and is a very strong flavour in the tea along with the rooibos base which I found to be woody.