Buttered Rum (organic)

This is possibly the sexiest smelling tea I’ve ever smelled.
Can’t help but keep smelling the pouch with it’s impossibly rich notes of buttery rum and coconut.
This tea is very rich and may not be an everyday tea but on a really cold,unappealing day it is the perfect cure for drowning those winter blues without developing a drinking habit.

I received this tea as a gift and have been quite pleased with it ever since. When I first smelled it in the bag, I was met with a warm tropical coconut/vanilla smell, and on second sniff it smelled almost like pineapples! This tea is delicious on its own or with the typical black tea accompaniment of sugar and milk. It has a coconutty/caramelly taste that goes down smoothly, and I will be sure to buy a 100g tin after my supply runs out.

This tea is a true pleasant surprise! It has a rich buttery aroma when it is dry and if it is steeped just right you can mimic this flavor in your cup. I really do enjoy this tea on its own but if you have a sweet tooth add some sweetness and some milk for a creamy treat. This will become a stable in my cupboard for sure!

I was really skeptical to try this tea, as I’m not a fan of coconut. But it was truly very good! The coconut really takes a backseat and the vanilla steps in to make it very smooth. I don’t know what buttered rum is supposed to taste like, but it’s a nice warming dessert tea.

With the cold weather months approaching and the days getting shorter and shorter, I wanted a black tea that would be a good pick-me-up in the morning, but also something comforting and warmth-inducing. Buttered Rum seemed like just the thing.

First of all, the smell is intoxicating. Lots of warm vanilla and some powerful rich coconut. Such a pretty tea too, with the pretty blue cornflowers.

Once steeped, the tea is a lovely golden brown, definitely reminiscent of a nice dark rum. The smell contains much more coconut than vanilla at this point, which disappoints me a little. The first sip, however, is great. Really nice vanilla flavour, the black tea comes out nicely, and just enough coconut on the finish. Piping hot, it warms you right to the tips of your toes. The perfect thing for an early morning commute. :)

Unfortunately, as the tea cools down, the vanilla and black tea flavours seem to diminish, and a slightly soapy coconut taste begins to predominate, evoking cheap coconut rum, rather than a richer dark variety. This is definitely a brew that is meant to be drunk hot.

Overall though, a really nice tea, great for the colder months :)

No regrets with this tea. Buttery and smooth, great with milk and brown sugar. I desperately need to try this with rum…

This is an interesting tea to be sure. The buttery part is a little to predominant for my liking here, and I don’t really taste the “rum” but I think I will try it without milk next time. Given that I like my black tea with milk, I doubt I will be purchasing this one again. It tasted a bit more tart than I would have liked as well which I found odd as that is usually a rooibos characteristic. Oh and the coconut? I could hardly taste that either. I wonder if I had tea from the bottom of a tin and got all the butter?? I’ll have to ask next time I go to David’s.
So, as it stands now, this is just an ok tea. I have so many other favourites that I have a feeling the last of this batch will go to waste- unless I add some rum. Ohhhh now there is an idea. The score for this one may be bumped once I try that!!!

i loved the way this smelled, but once its steeped, it losses all of its taste.

This was a nice surprise!

I bought this because the description sounded interesting. I’m not much of a rum fan, but the smell of this tea was so nice that I figured I could become one. Plus, most of the times, flavoured teas don’t taste like what they’re supposed to anyway, so I really didn’t see the danger in it.

Well, apparently a) it does taste like buttered rum and b)I love it!

It has a very strong, but not overpowering coconut smell, and buttery notes that give the tea a nice creamy texture. In addition, it has a slight rummy taste to it as advertised, but of course, without the alcohol.

The tea is really pretty to look at as well, with the variations of colours and ingredients.
It is divine mixed with milk and sugar, and lovely mixed with other teas as well. I like it with some Assam or a nice Earl Grey to create a nice coconuty mix of goodness, but it is the best on its own.

I just had my last mug full yesterday, and will be needing to restock cause this is a tea that I do crave from time to time. It works nicely as a dessert tea as well.

Beautiful.

This tea sounded interesting, and there’s so many raving reviews about it that I had to give it a go.
When it’s dry I really get the vanilla more so than coconut, as well as the rum. What I like is that it’s more of the typical rum flavouring, without any bite from the alcohol.
After the water is added it gets even more smooth, with hints of butterscotch. The first time I made it, I used a bit less than 1.25 tsp with like 1 1/4 cup of water and I wanted the flavour stronger. So I made it with almost 2 tsps of tea the next time and it was perfect!
I don’t feel too bad using more tea than I usually would, because 100 grams of this fills your tin AND there’s a few cups left over in the bag.

Here we have it. The buttery rum dessert! I mean desert because the black tea is in the background with the coconut taste. Do the balance is okay? No. It’s not just okay, it’s really great!

A desert tea need to be round in the mouth and it need to smooth away the flavors more than the tea itself. It taste like a strong tisane (at the beginning), but the after taste let all the body of the black tea fly in ya mouth with a little exotic coconut flavor.

A really rich and enjoyable tea at a low price! :)

P.S. -With the milk (a little), it’s even more tasty!

I got this tea as a sample when I first went into the store, so whenever I think of DavidsTea I get an image of Buttered Rum.
When it’s done steeping, it’s got this medium brown colour that’s reminiscent of spiced rum. The taste doesn’t really live up to RUM; it’s more like vanilla extract in relation to vanilla bean. It’s got the same type of flavour, but it’s more like a long lost son in flavour than a duplicate. And that’s how it should be, since this is non-alcoholic… and a tea.

Taking a break from it right now but for a month straight, that’s what I drank most of the mornings… with a bit of syrup, the occasional milk, it’s a morning treat during the winter morning commute.

“where’s all the rum gone?” Asks Cap’n Jack Sparrow.

Well I can answer you that… ’tis in the DavidsTea Buttered Rum tea!

Whenever I’m not in the mood to drink actual alohol, I’ll go straight to this tea. After steeping, when you take the lid/cover off, the entire room [if not house] smells like delicious warm RUM. mmm Rummy goodness, need I say more?

And for those days I want a double dose, without actually double dosing? Ice this baby and add some delicious dark rum to it. An absolute match made in heaven!

Not only does it smell delicious but it tastes pretty darn good too. I’m not certain how to describe it, but I quite enjoy it.

This tea is an experiment for me. I’m not a big fan of coconut (I’m indifferent, really), but a HUGE fan of vanilla. Before steeping, the tea smells strongly of coconut, so I’ve been hesitant to buy it until not. But the woman at the store assured me that the coconut mellows after it’s been steeped, and that this tea is delicious is some hot milk and brown sugar.

Steeped, you can still smell the coconut, but the vanilla’s there too. It’s a sweet smell, which makes me happy. Not crazy about it plain, but a heaping spoonful of brown sugar and some milk make it quite pleasant. (Then again, brown sugar and milk will make most black teas quite pleasant.) I’d buy this again.

I highly recommend this tea. I tried it alone, with no milk or sugar and it was simply exquisite. The buttery after taste warms you to the core. A perfect tea for a cold wintry day.
Now I know why the store is always sold out.

It was okay. By no means did it taste bad but I like sweet teas.

Black tea mingled with coconut, vanilla, and cornflower petals. Wonderfully smooth and light.

Pretty sweet black tea, I find the taste to be very mild, I wish it was tastier. It’s not bitter at all. It’s not my favorite, I like it, but I would not buy it.