Buttered Rum (organic)

Full disclosure: I don’t like Buttered Rum. I just don’t. So my entire opinion of this tea is skewed by the fact that its flavoured with a flavouring I don’t like.

So it should come as no surprise that I really don’t like this tea. And not because it doesn’t taste how I think it should, but quite the opposite. It tastes just like you would think it would.

One thing I really noticed this time was the woody characteristics. It really did taste as though the tea had been aged in a barrel like a fancy scotch. And I happen to really enjoy scotch, just not when it’s piping hot. That said, the description says to try it iced and I’d be interested to see how it holds up as an iced tea. It also suggest brown sugar and a touch of milk which might make it a bit more palatable.

It also didn’t seem as sweet as last year, much more “woody”. This is a good thing as it made it more enjoyable (well, relatively).

All in all not a terrible tea, especially if you like buttered rum flavour, but I really wish we had started with something I enjoyed a bit more.

1st tea of 24 days of tea 2012. What a lovely surprise.

This is one of my favourite teas as it’s just yummy. Nice black tea flavour with rum rum rummyness. I like to drink with some milk and even some spiced butter. So delicious!

Be careful of overstepping though it can get bitter.

This was one of the first DAVIDsTEAs that I tried when I first got into tea last winter. I seemed to overindulge in it though and couldn’t drink it again until now.

Had it with a dash of milk and some (probably too much, sigh) agave and wow, it’s delicious. I don’t remember it ever tasting this good and i’m wondering if it’s because I got a new batch of it. It’s most likely that I’ve just improved my steeping times and additives.

Anywho, the creaminess and vanilla with that bite of coconut has me glad that I gave it a try again!

I feel that I am the few people who did not enjoy this tea as much as others. I found the flavour of the buttered rum too much for me, it would have been better if the flavour was subtle.

Amazing, just add milk and some sugar and your good to go. I am kinda speechless when it comes to this tea, i didn’t think it was going to be that good, but now i think its my favourite tea i have tried.

I shouldn’t make tea at work, I think I overstepped it because it was a little bitter. The smell was yummy though, definitely like the lifesavers candy like people have said.

Excellent taste, kind of sweet whisky flavor. I wouldn’t drink it all the time but it makes a great winter drink.

Without a doubt my favourite tea EVER!! And not just from DAVIDsTEA but in general out of everything! The creamy and smooth flavour of this makes me relax so much I can only drink it when I know I’m not doing anything cause it makes me not ever want to get up. When I’m settling in to read my book, or cold and just looking for something to warm me up head to toe this is what I go for.

I’m not usually one for adding milk to my teas, and only sugar on occasion so I originally tried this one straight black. I didn’t love it that way and found it too bland.

Next I tried with milk and brown sugar as suggested. HOLY POOP AMAZING couldn’t get over how perfect it tasted. Smooth Creamy and just enough sweetness. I experimented with adding more and less brown sugar an found that the more added the closer it came to having a similar taste to hot chocolate. Even my boyfriend liked this and he’s not one for teas.

Having tried the brown sugar I wanted to compare it to regular white sugar. Although still very nice it just didn’t do it for me. I was so hooked on the perfection and sweetness the brown sugar offered.

Going even further into sugar testing I now had to try the difference between soft brown sugar and brown sugar cubes. Both were very very similar but for some reason I still prefer the soft brown sugar. I like being able to have more control over the sweetness of it and it just tasted more creamy that way. That being said after experimenting a bit I’ve found that two brown sugar cubes is a good amount (I will probably continue with this until my sugar cubes are gone and then go back to using soft brown sugar).

Of course with a buttered rum tea one HAS to try it with rum in it. I had no dark rum on hand as the tin suggested so i poured a shot glass of spiced rum in. I’m not sure if it was because I had to much in or the spiced rum just wasn’t a good combination but half a mug ended up going down the sink. I want to retry this with dark rum but I hate wasting my favourite tea and am scared to throw another one down the sink.

The only thing left to try I think will probably be the difference between cream and milk. As I said before I rarely even put milk in my teas so this will be a big step, however I’m confident that the cream will only add to the smooth texture….the only question will it be TOO creamy.

The only thing wrong with this tea is the name….it should have been more accurately called “Heaven in a Cup.”

I used to LOVE this tea. I still like it, but I haven’t been in the mood for it in a while.

Backlogging from a few days ago.
Dry leaf has a creamy and coconutty aroma. Tea tastes and smells very butterscotch-y. Tastes great hot or cold— traces of coconut seem to appear as the tea cools. I’m definitely inclined to get more of this once I run out.

I love this tea! It is my all time absolute favorite!

This smells and tastes divine. I frequently take it out of the cupboard just to bask in its scent (usually at night, when it’s too late to drink caffeine). It’s buttery, coco-nutty, and rum-y. Mmmm. Yo ho ho and a bottle of buttered deliciousness.

Oh YUM!
I just finished a large cup of this mixed with a few delicious things I will tell you about. I tend to drink this tea bare, or with the spiced butter recipe mentioned previously on here (Faith) and a little cream (so indulgent and delicious!)
Dry: Beautiful combination of leaves and such fine coconut. Smells like buttery-rummy-deliciousness. Such large vanilla bean pieces! I’m impressed!
Liquor: Creamy coconutty vanilla with rum. Slightly astringent, but almost not even noticeable (Yay!) Smell is deliciously Malibu rum.
The smell of the mug after drinking this tea bare is fantastic! (Always a plus for me.. I like to really appreciate the layers of smells that my tongue could perhaps not decipher (yet?))

Very happy I went with this one. Definitely a weekly tea. Maybe twice a week.

This tea has got to be one of my favorites from David. Its nicely balanced, and the flavors mesh together. I was really impressed.

AMAZING! I got the David’s Tea advent calander from my parents, and this one was inside. It has a really nice coconut flavor, and is great without suger. Love it!

delicious tea. vanilla coconut black tea its on my top list for sure

Soooo delicious. The rich vanilla with the coconut is DIVINE! I could drink this all day long!

This is one of my favourite David’s teas. I have it with a little bit of whole milk and about half a tea spoon of brown sugar. It’s delicious. I could drink 5 cups in one sitting and still want more. I am a huge coconut fan and this tea smells wonderful and has a very nice coconutty flavour. And it’s a black tea which means that it provides a nice pick me up in the morning. Overall, a wonderful tea.

Amazing and creamy. Paired in a large hugable mug and a warm puppy on my lap it is my happy place

Creamy and buttery flavour. Hint of sweetness on the aftertaste. Has a distinct astringency. Very caramel-like aftertaste.