Coffee Pu'erh

Before I write my note, I’ll admit: I’ve yet to try this iced, I probably steeped it for too long, and I drank it straight.
That being said, as much as I wanted to like this tea, I just couldn’t. It’s not sure what it wants to be. It asks me, Am I coffee? Am I pu-erh? I’ll just be a strange mix of both! I’ll have to try this again and see where it takes me.

I think I need to keep the coffee flavoring, for coffee.

This was a pretty enjoyable cup, forgotten and steeped a little longer than intended (about 9 minutes), but maybe that’s what made it probably the best cup of this I’ve had so far. I still don’t think I’ll be buying anymore, though.

It tastes somewhat like coffee, but like a flavoured, almost sweetened coffee but of course with a bit of the earthy pu-erh characteristics.

I am sold to that tea. I will do anything to have a cup of it. The almond is a kick in your mouth. You feel rejuvenated when you smell it. Imagine when you taste it! I haven’t had coffee in more than three days because I’ve been drinking this baby all the time. It’s not too sugar-ish but it’s a good replacement for when you want to take dessert! It’s also a good tea to take at night, when you have a long evening to go. It’ll give you a little kick in the ass :P

Homemade Advent Calendar from Arby: Day 7

I’m behind! We were out of town this weekend visiting family. I did bring a few of the bagged teas from my homemade advent, but alas — tragedy struck, and my lavender-scented hand sanitizer leaked all over them. :( That and the fact that I’d have to heat my water in a hotel Keurig didn’t lead to any enjoyable tea sessions while we were away.

One tea bag in a paper envelope is probably too lavender-soaked to drink, but a few were OK, including this one. I drank it when we returned home, exhausted from getting up super early after we changed our flight to avoid bad weather.

Aaaaaaaanywaaaaay… what an odd tea! But I kinda like it? The eartht pu’erh sitting behind the lighter coffee flavor is fun and unexpected, and then the vanilla arrives at the end. It’s definitely a novelty, but one I might crave at unexpected moments?!

One of my DAVID’s TEA favorites, influenced by Tea with Jann of course! I found Jann’s videos when I was just turning 18 and I created thereadersteacup over on Instagram and a now-closed blog soon after. She made the wide world of tea a bit more accessible and a lot less overwhelming. Prior to her videos, I only knew that Harney and Sons, Tealightful, and the local tea room had looseleaf tea. Now, I have a decent collection and tea addiction… Also, I’m so grateful to have Jann as a tea friend, she’s such a positive part of our community and I’m so happy she’s back to making videos.

Sipdown! (40 | 76)

Picked this one up with a reward, as I always have DT rewards lying around from teaware purchases. And I do like coffee teas, and this one came highly recommended from several tea people I follow, most notably Tea with Jann.

So I tried it plain first, and I’m just not a fan. It tastes overly artificial to me, in a cloying way, even though it’s not sweetened. I think it might be the almond flavoring that’s giving me that impression? So I sipped through the rest of the bag as a latte, and even that’s not my favorite either. The milk definitely helps to smooth out some of that artificial taste, or maybe it just makes more sense in a latte format.

Anyway, definitely not one I would reorder. I just don’t seem to mesh well with DT’s blending/flavoring style, so I think I’ll stick to their Garden to Cup collection when using my rewards from now on. I have a bag of Butterfly Jasmine that I’m excited to try now that I’ve finished this off!

This has a pleasant, authentic coffee flavor, and I don’t taste any puerh, which is a relief to me. With milk and sugar, this was like a nice cappuccino. It was just the right level of coffee for me to be desserty, but not bitter and unpleasant. The resteep still had a nice coffee flavor, and the puerh came out a bit more, but still at a level that I could stand. I enjoy trying all DavidsTea blends, so I was really happy to see this one in the TTB!

(DavidsTea 2022: 119)

2022 Sipdown 134/365!

Drank a cup of this just to say I had, before giving the rest to a friend and her husband to enjoy. It actually wasn’t bad at all, and was one of the better coffee teas that I’ve had. Perhaps it didn’t contain chicory and some other flavourings that I find thoroughly not coffee-like? I think I may have actually been able to get through it with milk and sweetener, but it has found a better home.

I keep wanting to drink this, even though I have built up a decent selection of other options, a number of them I really love.

And, of cource, its no longer even listed on the site now.